Downame - Houston-Packer Collection BX5133.D76 C552 1611 v.2

That thefeearthly things abufedbecomefnares tint V!. 247 fing themeanes of attaining voto a competencie ofriches, for the maintenance ofour felues, and thofe who are com- mitted to our charge, couetoufneffe incroacheth vpon vs, and fixingour hearts to this earthly Mammon,maketh vs to delire fuperfiuities,and ready to vfe any means for the cotn- paflìng ofthem. And thus whilell we open the doore ofour hearts to giue entertainement voto our friends, dangerous enemies attending on them, doe thrullin vpon vsat vna- wares, and before we haue any leifure to thinke ofkeeping them out,and oppofing againli them. Whichbeing entred doe keepe open the dore for the rell oftheir companie,aud fo llrengthen and backe one another withall their forces, that it ishard, yeaaltogether impoffible to difpoffeffe and call themout, vnleffe webe mightilyaffified by the fpiritof God. For delire ofhonoursbringeth indelire ofriches;and richesbeing entred,doemakeway for voluptuoufneffe. To which purpofe one faith, that defire ofglory inflameth our Chryfoft.in heartswith the loue ofriches; andforgloriesfab`e doe men pro- Matt .6.Hom. aidetrooper orferuants,flatelyhorfes adorned withgolden trap- aoa. pings andrich furnitureand thelikc,nsttofatisfenece itie, nor becaufethemfelnes tape anygreat delight anit,but that they may let out their pompe to the publ.che view. Howfoeuer,it cannot bee denied, but that when any of thefe vices haue taken firong poffeflìon,there is often oppofltion betweene them, by which garboile we haue as much trouble andmoleftati- on,asat firll we had danger when they entred intovs. In regard of which their power and potencie in preuai- ,Sett. . ling withvs, Satan doth twit vfually imploy their llrength 4hat Satan v ¡u- tomake a way & entrance forhis tentations,fetting before ally maketh vs thebootie either ofhonours, richesand pleafures, when the!e earthly he intendeth to draw vs into his fecret ambufhments and things. to ferne mares of finny. And thushe began withour fir(1parents ,a1- a° baits to al. g P lure vs unto luring them tobrcake the commandement of God in eating rinse. ofthe forbidden fruite; becaufe it was pleafant to theeie, Gen.3. profitable for the gaining of knowledge, and would ad- concupifcentia uance them unto fueh a glorious ellate, that theyfhould be rtetarel sod equal( withGod hirnfelfe; and with the famealluringbaits deligno lento bathhe intangledand infrared all their pofleritie,as the ex- gufiatterunt; & R 4 perience concrapifcentaa

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