242 Cautions tobeobferuedinlamfnllpleafnre s. wickedman affeólingpleafures; whatpleafures-can there be fo long as thy limes whichoblige thee to eternal]punifh- i.King 9.a2. meritsremaine vnpardoned? But afterwe haue the remiflîon offin, peace withGod, and peaceof confcience,and in lieu ofthankfulnesfpend ourilrengthin his feruice, then is the time ofdefiring thefe pleafures, that we may the better Cher- bybeinabied to theleduties. Whereby it mayappeare, that therepleafures anddelights arenot only lawful] to the god- ly and faithful], but fo appropriated and peculiar vnto them, as that theybelong tonone befides them : and there- forethe Pfalmill exhorting men to thisioy, doth dire& his Pfal.3 r..tI. fpeech only to the faithful!: Beglad (faith he) yetrighteotu, and 33.1. andreioycein the Lord, andde ioyfullall ye that are vpright in heart : and in the next Pfalme : Reioyce in theLord, Oye righ- teens,for it 6ecornmethvpright wrento be thankeful/, 4.Seí1.7. Sccondly,ourpleáfuresmull bemoderately cfleemed and Wemua not affeéledaccording to their ovine natureand worth,and not ouerualuetbtm, preferred either in our iudgements or delires, either before aerhe'atty ourfpirituall ioy in God, or the eternall ioyes ofhiskinb dome; with which ioyes when they come in comparifon they are to becontemned, and tobe loathed and reie&ed when as they will not (land together. So that if we would haue there pleafures lawfull, wee muff neither ouerualue them in our judgements, nor let our hearts and affe6lions vpon them,which ought to be referued- for thofeotherjoies offarre greaterexcellencie, butonly efleerning and louing them, as the traueilerdoth theplea furesòfhisInne-and the pilgrime thole delights whichhe paffeth by inhis way : and t.Cor.y.3o. as the Apoflle exprefferhait, reioycing as though we reioyced not; let vs placeour chicle joy in theLord,and principally e(teemeandal eétthatfulmeffe of feywhichwe (hall haue in Pfalm.tó.rr. Gods prefence;and tkafevr.fpeákeable pleafures,which arc at hisright hand for euei more. §.Sd1.8. Thirdly, as we mull moderate our affeélions, foour plea O r pleafares lures themfelues muff bemoderate : for beinenotabfolute- themieluesmuîil y goon but asthey are referred voto and limirced by their bemoderar, attd refeirrdtotheir ends: therefore when they exceed these id] :Ids, they lawful ends.). Acgencrateand become euill and vnlawfull, Nowthe chicle toGods glorie. cod
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