That Chr f ia^tsfnouldnct dote o;r tborldly vanities. 255 be in heauen, which is our owne countrie, and there ict vs lay Phil.3.io, vp our chicfc treafures, where they are exempted from all Mauh.6.r9.10 danger. Let vs vie this world and worldly things,as though. s'C01.7.31. we vied them not,neirher inour iudgements elteerning,nor inour hearts affeEting, nor inour praElife feeking them be- fore Gods fpiritual graces,and the eternal! ioiesofhis king.- dome; but let vs loath andcontenute them,when they come in this comparifonwith them. Let not this earthlyburthen ofthe flefh keepe dowse our foule and fpirituall part, from hauing their chiefe refidence in thofe heauenlyhabitations: for(as one faith) GodQaucvnte vsan earthlybodie, that wee corpus de terra fmuldcarrie it intoheateen,and not thatby it,rhe foulefodeld be nobis dens ton- draneseandfredto theearth. It isno* earthly,butifree i/llbetrrlitvtip /um may makeit heavenly. Let vs not be like thoievncleane fifhes Z':; without finnesforbidden in-the Law,whichcontinually lie auumanper ip- tumblingand wallowingin the mud ; but vinothole which fumad terrain havinghones dofwimme aloft vpon the waters:and as they, teraham1 t, though they be not able to flie towards heauen, yet often Chryfon.Ha indeuour themfelues to leape aboue theyvaters; foalthough mil.ad pop. 55, we are preffeddowns with thefe bodies offlefh, yet let vs tom.4. mount aloftin our foulesby heauenlymeditations, and not Lcuit.r r. fuffer them continually to lie groueling vpon the earth, withoutanv defireor indeauour of inioying that freer aire offpirituall contemplation. And this (as one faith> is the Chryföfl.de reafon why the Lord hath given voto vs a firaight and vp- Provides. rightbodie; whereas contrariwife thebeaffs baneabodie °rats. grouëlingtowards theearth,that hemight thereby teach vs to haue no commerce or communitywith theearth,and the fadingvanities thereof, but might with our eies alto lift vp our hearts toward heauen,in divine and fpirttuallmeditati- :ons. in the time ofourinfancie, and fpirituall nonage, wee hatefor want ofknowfedge affeEled theft trarft tone trifles; but now being better inflruEted, and hailing betterktowiedge of them, letvs ¡carne to contemne them. - for(asonefaith) this fireetneffe isdeceitfell, this labour vn- Auguft.ad fr't,uf rill, thefeure cantinuall, and our exaltation dangerous, Lab i eP The beginning wit.hout:rrflóme, and the end` will r'épentanee. eAndthrs is thecdndttionofalth.dgs exthis reefiSiftatc,9fm0- talrtie,
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