254 flatChril liansfhoaddNot dot: onworldly vanities. ovine doting fondncífe onely maketh eflecmable; nor to obtainethe toies ofGods hcáuenly Iiingdome,which alone ire truly excellent, hailing by finne, oeglec l andcontempt, often made forfeiture ofthem for theobtaining oftheother, they Thai end their daies in griefe &mifery. To thispurpofe Chryfo(i.Ho one demandeth; What. (faith he) feemeth delightfull vnto mil.adpop.6a. thee,ofthe things appertaining to this.prefent life? is it not com.4. a table daintily furuifhed,healthofbodie, glorie &riches? but ifthou compareft thele worldly fweets, with the plea. lure ofagood confcience,they will feemebitter.And ifyou willlearne.this,letvs inquire ofone readyto depart thislife, or.decrepit with old age, and putting him in mind ofhis worldly vanities,withwhich in time pa(i hewas delighted, and on the other fide,ofall thofe good workes,and fruits of pietie,which hehath euer brought foorth inhis whole life; and thenaske him in which nowhe doth moll reioyce; we (hall find that hewill be confounded with fhame to thinke ofthofe,and exceedingly reioyce, when he calleth theft to Era.;8 his remembrance:. So EzechiaebeingGcke, doth not corn. fort himfelfe by calling tomind his former glory,kingly for ueraigntie,pleafùres and delights, but hisferuingofGod in integritie and vprightneffe ofheart, &c. for as for thefe things, weekaue thembehindvs, whereas we carrie thefe withvs into our ovineCountrie; they increafe.ouraccount which wemuff giue,whenwe are called toa reckoning, but thefe augment our glory,and,as it werc,addewaight toour crowneofhappineffe. 4.Sel.g. Let vs therefore, who haue giuen our names toChrifl;, Thatit beam= andhaue in the Sacrament of Baptifme, fworne ourfelues meth chritlianr his fouldiers,andprofeffed,thatwe will withftand and fight tocontemn againfl ,efworldlyvanities; makegood thisour oath and their earthlie promifr,not adhering with our hearts and affcóionsvnto vanities, and io the. feearthlythings,butlet vs,as ourSauiour exhorteth vs, este&'ene+at .ferff feeke the Kingdome ofGodand his riglteoufneffe; andas Matth.b.; 3. . theApolleperfwadeth vs; let vs,heing rifenwith Chri.?.fcehze Co4.14. thole things whichare aboue, where Cbri i ftteth at therigisf handofGod, fetting our afeflians on things which areabo;e, and not on thingswhichare on theearth. Let our conuerfation be
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