Cautions tobe obfereledin lawfullpleafures. 241 vs as it were there fira fruits, and finall carteofhis euerlafling ioyes in there temporali delighes,to makevs long after thofe fully- fatisfying and neuer glutting pleafures, and to thinke no labour too much for the obtaining of thofc pure ioyes which are at hisright hand for cuermore : feeing euen thefe earthly pleafures though momentany,andmixed with many miferiesand much bitterneffebyreafonoffin, doekauene- uertheleffe fuch a pleafant rellifh behind them. Secondly, they finable vs to thole dutiesofGods feruice,anddour cal- lings, as they do recreateand refrcfhvs after our painfull la.. bours. In which refpeEi they areexceeding neceffarie, feting in regardof our frailtie and vveaknes, it were impoflibleto trauaile in our Chriflian courfe,vnleffe we were flrengthned and cheatedwith thefe earthly baits : for our bodies would be tyred,and ourminds made dull andfluggifh,ifthey flood alwaiesbent; neither could we long labour if our hearts were not cheated and our fpirits refrefhed with this fweete oyntment ofpleafitreanddelight. And thus haue I chewed that thefe naturali and ciuillplea. Veil 6 fures are in themfeluesgoodand lawfull ; yet, as I laid, they That;/1,24 arenot goodabfoluteiy, immutablie, orin anyhigh degreepleafuresare of ofperfe6 ion. Butin refpedi ofvsandoftheir vfe ofan indif- an indifferent ferent nature, holding their naturali goodneffe when they satre, holding are well vied, and degenerating into euill, when as they are only when they abufed, ascaufes,meanes,or inflruments offin.And therfore are wellvied, in the nextplace we are to confider, how there gifts ofGod voto which a which arc good in themfelues,may alto be good vntovs: vn- requiredthat towhich isrequired,firfl that our perlons be iuflified and re- júflpedons be conciled vnto God bya true faith in Iefus Chrifi : for as we may obferue in the Apofiles order,true coyand reioycingare Rom.it3a the effeéis and fruitsofouriufiification and peace withGod: withoutwhich as we haue no right or intere1t in there plea- lures, fo are they altogether falle and full ofvanitie, like vn- to the delights ofa malefactlorwhich he hath berweene the time ofhis condemnationand execution,or vitroa faireway which bringeth himto the gallowes. As therefore Jebel laid to Iehorem, what peace can there be fo long as the whore- domes ofthy mother lefabel remaine ? So may I fay to the K wicked
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