The srorldlingtidolatrie. 253 theprairofGod. Withwhich corruption old Ellewas Come- what tainted,who honouredhis fonnes more thenGod,and r.Sam.z,z9. choferather to pleafe them,then topleafe his Creator. And thus doe couetous woridlings offend,who more efleeme their gold then theirGod, and more affef earthly riches, then the fpirituall treafuresofGods graces, andglorieinhis kingdome ; fpendingmore time, and takingmore paines to attains vnto worldly abundance, then for theof urance of their owne faluation. And fuch an one was tudae,who fold Chrifl himfelfe for money, and made more account of his idoli then ofour Sauiour ; and Demaa,whowhen theprofef-. z.Tim,a,ro, fion of religion,andpoffeflion of his earthly wealth would not be reconciled,forfooke that, and embraced the world. Contrarie vetowhich examples, was the affeélion andpra- dlifeoftheProphetDauid,who louedGodsword and com- PTl9.1 o.and mandements aboue gold,yea much finegold,andefleemed n9.rz7. them fwceter then the honey and the honeycombe. Final- ly,in the fame kinde voluptuous worldlings doe commit thisgroffe idolatrie, which as the Apofile faith, are loners of theirpleafuresmore then lamer! ofGod;and as he of irmeth in ç,a ,,,, Fes» o another place, make a god of their owne bellies; taking s' o,bsm,. morecare and paines to pleafetheir appetite, then topleafe Ph l..9 their maker, and preferring a daintie difh or fome vaine 3 i fport,before a good confcieuce,andthe euerlaflingioyesof Gods kingdome. Wherein what doe thefeworidlings elfe but like foolifhEfau fell theirbirthright for a metre ofpot- tage,like the feruile Ifraelites preferre the thraldome ofE- gypt before the libertie of the fonnes of God, and the o- nyons & flefh -pots before their affuredhopes of free pien.. tie in the land that flowed with milke and honey? What do they elfe but like foolifh children efleeme fhining braffe beforepuregold, and their toying trifles wherewith they make themfeluesfport,before their patrimonie and inheri- tance? the which their follie and vanitie though they can- -not now fec,yet hereafter they Ihanboth knowit,andwith griefs confeffe it; when as thefeearthly vanities being rea- die to lcaue them, they (hall alfo bee abandoned of better hopes; and being neither able to retaine thefe, which their owne
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