chatall worldly thingsarehut meerevanities. 277 bed, the fiable for his lodgingchamber, and the oxen and bodes for hischamber-feilowes. Neitherwas hebetter pro_ ui.cd for, when he came to riperage,forashimfelfetefüfi_ eth, the foxes haueholes,and thebirds oftheheauen haue mils, Matth.t7.1?, but cheSonne ofman bath not whereon to lay his head; yea, fo vnfuruifhedwas he ofwealth at fume times, that whenhee was to pay pollmoney, he was faine to borrow it ofa fillie fu . Finally, theplcafuresofthe worldarealto Godscommon 4.Sefï 9 gifts,which he befioweth as well on the wickedand repro_ Themicked bate, as vpon his owne children and feruants: yea in truth woridiing hatb much more plentifully haue the enemies of God and his agreaterJhare grace, enjoyed them from the beginning oftheworld to ofworldlie this day,then chofe who have feared and ferued the Lord Pkafares,tbaK forfecing theyare to vs, by reafon ofour corruption, like 6odtdeearg tbildten, kniues in the hands of children, and Tweet and licorous mears,whereon theyare apt to furfeitç therefore.the. Lord fuffering wicked men, as it wereflaues andvaffals, to take their libertie, and tovfe what diet they lift, as not regarding their fpirituall health and life, nor caring what becomesof them ; bath alwaies had fpeciall care of his-owne children, dieting them with filch afmall pittance, asthey maywell digefi, without impairing the health of their foules; and mixing thefe delicious drinkes ofpleafures,in thebitter cup ofaflli6hons,whereby he hach fill purgedaway thcfe grofte humours ofcorruption, whentheybegan to abound with them through their daintie fare. And thus hefùffercd thofe abicas,IfnaelandFface,to fpend their time in hunting and reuclling, pleafureand delight; whereas the promifed feed, Ifaac and lacob,to whom the promifesbet onged,fpenttheir time in painefull labours,and while(+ they kept their fheepe, induced the fcorching heate ofthe Sunneby day, and the pinchingcold oldie frofis by night. ThusDauidr wicked enemies were fo pampered with delights, that their oiesPfa1m73.734. floodoatwithfatnefe ,where:uhewasdailypuntreed andcbafle- ned every morning. Thus Dimes the rich glutton, clothed himfcl fe withpurple andfine lineen, and fareddelicioteya terie Lùice.t6. day,and poore Lazarus, beloued of God, is pinched with T 3 hunger
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