Reafens to eiifs'adevsfrom the loereofthekborld. 169 thefe tough andnoifome humours oppreflîngvs,wcewere brought intoadeepe cönfumption ofgodlineíffe, andeuen unto thevery gates ofdeath. And finally,for cordialIrefto- ratines to recouervs beingweake, vnto our perfe& health, and confirme and firengthen vs more and more in the true loueofGod,hisfpirituall graces,and the eternall-ioiesofhis Kingdom.Tltat therforewe maynot immoderately loue the world and worldly things, but may contemnethemwhen they comein companion ofheauenly excellencies,and that wemay not atall affectthem,but mayhate and abhor them, as theyare the diucls infiruments and baites to perfwade andallurevs veto finne; let thefe reafons moouess: firft,Thegexer°Qdi- becaufe there is,nocaufewhywe fhould thus-immoderate- arguments oftbofe 1 loue andaffect them, nor thus vnlawfull delire to com- ° r y la le maydif- paffe them, in refpe& ofrhe things themfelues which are fw°devs from thus lowed and defired. And fecondly,beeaufe there is-no -thelose°fthe reafonher_ofin regardofvs,who doaffeckand couet them. World. Inthe things themflues, there is no caufe ofthis immode- rate loue;firft,becaufe thoughwe neuer fomuchdoteupon anddelire their, yet they doe not bring vnto ,vs any true, fubftantiall,orcertaine good:and fecondlÿ, becaufe being thus affected, theybecome the inflruments ofmud) euill; and therefore as in the former refpe& they are to beecon- temned and defpifed,foin the latter they are to be abhorred andreieéed. They doe not bring untovs .any found and certainegood:firlt becaufe they areòfno great and détra bie goodneffe,though we Thould -long inioy them;and alto becaufe they arealtogether vncertaine, both in the getting and poffeffìng. They are of no great goodneffe unto vs, thoughwe could for tiler inioy them; firfi, becaufe thefe things themfelues arevaine,and ofnogreat worth or excel lencie;whereupon.alloit followeth,that theydonot fatisfie, nor giue vino vs any true or found contentment; and fe- condly, becaufe they are vtterly vnprofitable,and betides mixt and accompaniedwith innumerableeuils, & manifold miferies. For if I (hall pronue that thereis no cattle why we Ihoulddelire thern,.either i-n refpe&ofthemfelues or vs;that- they bring vs notrue good,but contrariwife mucheuill;that as
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