TheJîaei ofihe loueaf the world. 26r pleafe ourfelues iii our corruptions, but labour to mortifie and fubdue thé,and to accullome and inure our hearts and tongues, to meditate and talke of fpirituall and heauénly matters, as being ofchiefelt worth and excellencie. And if we thusdoe,then can wenot be laid to loue the world more thenGod, althoughwee talke more ofit : for not fimplie to thinkeand fpeake more ofehefe things, Both Phew that we loue and affeél themmore,but to thinke and fpeakeofthem. with greateft delight andchiefefl comfort. For feeing the obieEls bothofour meditations and fpeeches, are offered vnto them by the minifierie of the fenfs, it is no maruell thoughwe think and fpeake moreoffeníble things,though we lefí'eefleemc them, then ofthole heauenlyexcellencies, which are onely intelleeluall, and not fubie9 to thefenfs, althoughwemull value them in our iudgements,and affei them with ourloue. Againe, ourordinarie callings andne- celfarie affaires ofthis life, do inforcevs ordinarily and com- monly to thinke and fpeake of them, more thenoffpirituall and heauenlythings; but hereofit followeth nor, that wee loue them more then they,for there is great difference be- tweene doing a thing often vpon neceffitie, and doing it with chicle comfort and delight. The workman thinketh moreofhisworkeand moles, the husbandman of his huf- bandrie,the painter of his piElure andcolours,thenoftheir beloued wiues and moil dearechildren ; but yetit follow- ethnot,that theyaffeot themwithmore loue,feeing the rea- fon hereofis,becaufe theft thingsare continually fubieEt to their fenfes,and the obiea of their labors and imployments; and not becaufe they moti elleeme them in their iudge- -ments. Thirdly,we loue thofe thingsmoli, which wemoll dcfire4,Se ;4; to enioy, and bellow greateflpaines and fludietoobtaine The thirdfgne our delire ; for according to the meafureofour loue in affe- ihuheewemoft Eling,is our zeale in deliring,and our care andlabour in fee- defire there king that which we fo much affeél and delre. And this all() teremo tear; is ioynedwith ancarnet endcuour, tovie all meanes which andpaines in may further vs, and to auoid all impediments which might compa/Jing :1 ë, hinder vs in attainingunto that,which with fuch great reale S .3 we
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