240 Naturt!!andciissllpleafirresawegoodin themfeluet. Ecdrf.3.sx. mans conclufion ; Il¿non, faithhe, that there is nothinggood in them, but to reioyceanddogoodin his life. f .Seft.5. Thirdly, chelenatural( and ciuill plcafures which we take katarallasd in the fruitionofGods temposall blcffìngs,do ferue to good riuiup;eafures ends and purpofes ; for they are the matter ofGodspraifes, écod nds andpur- and Ipeciall motives to flir vs vpwith cheerefull hearts, to pies. laud and magnifie his great and glorious name, when as he not onlybeftoweth vpon vs things ncceffarie and profitable for the preferuationofour liues, but alto in hisinfinit boun- tie giucthvs to inioy things pleafant and delightfull,where- byour hues arc nmadefweet and comfortable. A:nine, this ioyand plealure isthat precious oyle, wherewith beingan- nointed,the countenance ismade lonely and pleafant : for fo Prou.tf.13. the Wife man faith, that a joyful!heart makth a cheerefàfl and r',sa, countenance.It is a foueraigne balfome for a wounded fettle, and aprecious preferuatiue to continueour health: for as the Wife manfaith, o/I ioyfisll heart caufahgoodheaith,butafar.. ronfullminddrieth the bones. Yeait is the lifeofour life, and a chiefe meanes ofprolonging our dales. In which refpei Ecclef.30.st. theSonneofSyrisch exhortethvs to delireand affe&it: Ghee z2.53. notosier (faith he) thymindto heasinefe, andvex not thy felfo in thine(mtecosinfed thetoyofeheheart ú the kfeofman, and amansgladneffe ú theprolonging ofhis dales. Lone thine own: fettle andcomfort thineheart, drisseforran farrefrom thee, for entocritns forran bathElainemany,andthere át noprofit therein.To which spudstobsum. purpofe another comparethamans life which hath no plea- fures or delights, to along iorney without Innes; inwhich there is much trauaile, and no comfort orrefrelhing. Laaly, thefepleafures fit and inablevs the better to ferueGod, both in the dutiesofreligion,and inthe workes ofourfpecial cal- lings : and that lira as theyare incouragements,whichmake vsperforme thefe duties with alacritie andchearefulnes, not only inrefpe& ofthe prefentfruition ofthefe earthly plea- fures,as being the fweeteil rewardofour labours which this world affordeth, but as theyferue to put vs in mindofthofe eternal! andvnconceiueable pleafiures and ioyes, which are referued for thofe that ferue and feare the Lord in hishea- uenlykingdome. And therefore hath the Lord giueuvnto vs
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