a86 Ofthe right rifeofhanours,richer,anelpleaflres.. to better leisure; fo answerably (thefe heauenly and fpiri- tuall treafures,muchmore excellingall worldly things,then the richefidiamond in the world, the vileft pceble !lone) it wereno better then fottifhmadneffe, ifwe fhou!d notgiue voto them the firli place,as in our do fires,fo in all our labours and endeuours,efpecially confidering, that it will beno hin- drance at all to the attainingofworldly benefits, ifwe gibe the prioritie to thole whichareheauenly ; both becaufe it is as impoflible by our owne care and induftrie to adde any Mar.6.27. thing to ourfiint,in our earthlyeftate, asto adde therbypne cubit vnto ourbodily flature ; and alto because wee hase a promise fromGod, whole bleffing only maketh our etiate prosperous, that if wee will feeke thole better things firfi, thefe whichare worfe (hall be cart vpon vs, as it were ad- uantages into themaine bargaine. Forfo ourSauiourexhor- Mar.6.33. teth vs,ftrff tofeeke thekrngdame ofGod, andhis riehteaufnes, ,sndall thefe thingsfoallbe winiffred untovs. 4.Secá.9. And as wee are not to feeke there earthly benefits in the That we muff firfi place, foneither mutt weat all feeke them for their own net ['eke thefe fake,propounding them as the maine endofour labour: for earthlythings this were tomake them our fummum bonum, andof infe- faakébeirowne riour and meane goods,toefleeme them chiefe and princi- pall ; but wee mull in labouring after them,aime chiefly at the glorifyingof God by the vfe of them, at the'good of the Church,common-wealth, and ofour neighbours; and finally atthe furthering ofour ownefaluation. Neithermul* we euerbeat refl., though by ourindufiriewee haue attai- ned vnto abundance ofthefe things, vnleffe in the vfe of themwee further there ends : nor at all regard thefe crea- ,Vcquid nebi, tures,vnleffe we imploy them fo,as that their vfe doth glue adeß 'meter de- vntovs Tome affurance ofthe lone ofthe Creator. For what- um noftru ",non foeuer wee haue without our God, it is not fweete ; neither elf duke: Nolu- arewe to efieeme any thing which hegiueth, vnleffe alfa he mus arsnia Y a g > gr,ædedit,f non giue vs himfelfe who giueth all. And as the infant being dar feipfum qui richlyadorned with precious iewels, and coyly clothing, omnia dedir. Bothnot at all efleemethem whenhe is hungrie, but taketh Au i un all his delight in fucking the mothers breafi: fo a Chrifiian yelut infans man,eueu when heaboundeth in all worldly things, taketh Liroundatus little
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