260 iheAtter ofthe loge ofthe world. matters as concerne the fining knowledgeofGód, then do heauenlydifcourfes repleniflhour heart with delight and then is it our chiefe comfort and contentment, to fpeake of Semi) tit imago theexcellencie and riches ofour blefl'ed patrimonie refer- animi; quails eft ued for vs,or ofthemeanes howwee may further beaffured vit, tatisoratio, that we fluff inherit and enioy it. Let therefore our tongues be the touchllone ofourhearts, wherebyweemayeafily di- fcerne whether they be of heauenly mettall or ofearthly droffe. And let vsexamine our owne confciences, whether we take our chiefe delight andcomfort in fpeaking of thefe heauenly things,and delire to frequent theircompany moll, whovfually interrainevs with fuch diuine difcourfes; and whetherin hearingand talkingofthem, wee benot glutted with fatietie,but ratheraffetedwithcheereful alacritie,and tickled with inward ioy. And ifwe finde thatwee can abide this triall, wee maybe affured..to ourcómfort,that the:Lord is our chiefe loue anddelight,andthat ourtreafures arenot on earth, but in our heauenly countrie the kingdome of Cod. But ifwee find our felues.vnacquaintedwith this lan- guageofCanaan,and take no more delight toheare it then come vnknowne fpeech If after a wordor two fpokenof thefe fpirituall and heauenly excellencies, wee arellraight glutted with loathing fatietie, and offer occafion offome other talke;it plainly difcouereth our inwardcorruption, andeuidently fheweth, that our hearts and affecRions are not ftvpon.God, and the riches of hiskingdome,but doe chieflyefleerne,and : mollferuently loue, the thingsof this life,theworld,and worldly vanities. 4.Seci.3. But heere force may obial, that ifmuch thinking and rnwhar/en¡e (peaking ofthe thingsofthisworld ,be;infallible fignes,that gmhthink- wee loue :themmore thenGod, and the ioyes ofbis king- of vvertdlie dome,thenwhocan beacquittedof this corruption, feeing thivgsareAgnes the vfuall matter-of meditation, and the mofl ordinarie oftbeloae oflhe theame whereon all men difcourfe, are their earthly affaires, world. , and the things ofthis life. Towhich I anfwere, thatwhilefl we remainehere,weare more flefh then fpirir; and therefore it isno maruell ifourdifcourfes be for the moll part world- lyand carnall : but yet wee mull take heed that wcedoenot pleafe
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