That we are mollprone toJule thefeearthlythings. 245 worldly pleafures, as furfettingand drunkenne(fe, chambe- ring and wantonneffe,Iuflandvncleanneffe,vnlawfull (ports and recreations: all which being in themfelues euill and wicked, are not onely to be contemned,but evenhated and abhorred ofall Chritlians. CHAP. VI. That weare exceeding prone to abufe thole earthly blef_ fings,whereby they become thedieselspares to Entanglevs in time. Nd thushaue I (hewed the goodnesoftheft 4,Seîl.i earthly things in their own nature;andalto Thatthrough how they may bee lawfullyvied ofvs, fo asour corruption, theymay be truely goodand comfortable : weabufe Gods from whencealfo we mayvnderfland how tarthlpbleQings. they degenerate from their owne nature,andbecomecuili; namely,whenas they are abufed byvs, the formercautions and couditions,concerning theirgetting, keeping, imploy_ ingand vfing,being negledled andnot obferued. Now we are to know, through the corruptionofour nature, we are exceedingly prone to this abufe; and whereas by thefe blef- fingsof God,we (houldbemade more thankfull,andmore obedient,contrariwife, wee abiding Gods gifts, are vfually made by them moreforgetful) ofGod, more cold and neg- ligent in performing ofall good duties, and more prone to fall into any nmanneroffinne, asboth the Scriptures them- felues,and the experience ofall ages doe plainelymanifeff. All which commeth to paffe for want of due care inobfer- uing the former cautions which are required to their lawful vfe,and efpeciallybecaufe in our iudgements we ouerualue them,and in ourharts toomuch loueand affeé them,prefer- ring thembefore Gods fpirituall graces,andheauenly excel- lencies, yea, loving and of ccming the creature better then the Creator; inregard whereof,men areready to hazard the loifeofthere things,which are ofinfinit more valew, by ta- kingany wicked and vnconfcionable courfes, either for the 3 getting
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