156 That Chrisiian5Jliaul notdoteonVearldlyvanities, talitie,whieb aremeregreedily, thenwifely,afefled anddeirred, It well becommeth children to dotevpon trifles,their want ofWit fcruing for theirexcufe; but ifwhen theyare come to age,and haueknowledgeofbetter things,they ateail' fond oftheft foolcries,and ride vpon flickes,or fit playing in the dufl,theyfeeme toall abfurd and ridiculous:and fo although our infancie in knowledge might excufevs, and make our formerfondneffe in affedting childifh vanities feeme more tollerable; yet rfnow hauing attained to riper eeres, and more knowledge, both of their vilitie andbafenes, andof theexccllencie ofGods fpirituall graces,and eternall ioies, we will fill dote vpon them, and preferre them either in our iudgement,affe6lion,orpra6life before theother our folly is fo much greater then cheirs,asthe things whichwenegled toobtaine there trifles,doe excell chofe things in worth and excellencie,whieb worldlymen doe thinke eflimable. Whi- leflwe lookevpon thefe thingsalone,and vncompared, wee may thinke themof Tome worth, and fuch as may deferue ourloue in affe6ling them, and our labour in feeking them; bin; ifeuer wee had tailedof there fpirituall and heauenlie, dainties,we would incomparifon ofthem, loath theother, phd.3.7, eflecming themwith the Apoflle nobetter then dung and Joffe, in rcfpeól ofChrifl,and the rich treafuresofhisbene- fits : and as thofewho hauing walked in the bright fun- fhine,canfee nothingwhen they come into darke places; s.Cor.za. fo if with the Apofile, wee had euer feene the glorious brightneffe ofcheheauenlyioyes, wee fhould neuer bee fo cleere-fighted inbeholding there earthly vanities; but ha- uing the ties ofour mindsdazeled with the formerbeautie, we wouldTooke oucr thefe contemptible trifles without re- fpetr Ifwecould fhare our hart andaffe6tionsbetween God and the world, haue onefoot in heauen,!and the other fixed upon the earth,lifc one eie vp to there heauenly excellencies, and call the other downe vpon thefe earthly vanities; final- lie,ifwe could haueboth the honour ofthe world,and the gloryofGodsKingdome, thefe temporaryriches,and thofe eternall treafures,the pleafuresofthe flefh, and the ioycs of heauen,there.were Tomereafon why weefhouldefleeme,af- fc6l,
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