Natural!andciui!lpleafares aregoodin themfelues. 239 alfopleafantand comfortable, fettling for their honell de- light; as appeareth in the várietie ofcolours, finelles, táttes, metals,(tones, fruits, beans andbirds: the lawful! and de- lightful!vfe whereof Godschildren cannot refute without contempt,or atleaft negleé ofthe Creators bounty.Againe,. the Lord hath mixed thefe pleafures withall our naturali aótions, aseating, drinking, fleeping, and the rett, that we might be mouedto dochofe things which are neceßârie,be- caufe they are altopleafant and delightful.Aud thereforewe are notto reieel and contemnepleafures, feeing they arethe bountifihll giftsofGod,buttoimploythem fo as that they may tend to the glorie ofhimwho gane them, and to the furtheringofour owne fpirituall good; neither is their vfe, but their abideonly to be taken away. To this purpofe one faith, that the matter ofour pleafures whichwe enioy are -the 1rb Ìgor moral; gifts ofGod, as meats anddrinkes, hoofingand;rspparell,&e: and therefore let vs heafhamedto turn Gods graces and freegifts into weapons ofvice; forwee fballgrieuoufly inflamethe wrath ofthefupreame Judge againJJ vs, :faithbis owne liberallgifts wefight againfihis bountie. Secondly, thefe pleafures well vied are warrantedandap- 4SeFl.4. proued inthe Scriptures:for fo the Wife man faith,that there Rowellpleafures ua time toweepe, anda timetolaugh, a time to mourn, and a warranted by time todance;andthatitisgood andcomely toeat and todrin&e, tbescriptares. andto tae lea ureinall amans labours, &c. or thin is his or- cdef.3 4. k P f f P Cap.g.r. tic»ryeawearecommandedtocommunicatewithoneano- therinourioy,àttdtoreioicewiththemthat.reioice:thewhichRom.rx.r5.. was accordinglypraétifedby theChrifliansin the Primitiue Church, whomettogether attheirloue-feafts, and didBate theirmeat together !btthgladneffe,andfrnglenejeof heart; and greatly defired by the Pfahnill, namely, that he might re- ioyce in the ioyofGodspeople, and glorie with his inheri- tance. And in truth thisis not onlyfauce for our meat which maketh it Tweet & comfortable,but the feafoningofal other Godstemporallbenefits,without whichwe hauelittle com- fort ofthem. For what would it auaile vstobe exalted to the feateofhonor,or to aboundwith earthly riches,ifwe fhould take no delight or pleafure in them ? And this is the Wife mans
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