476 That worldly things are vxprofitable. our faluation, before we can recciue thecrowneofrighte, oufire(fe, and triumph as conquerers in cuerlaflingglorie. CHAP. XX. Ofthe vnprofttablenef ofworldly vanities, incomparif re ofgods f irituallgraces andheavenly ioyes. Nd thus haue I (hewed thevanitieofthe world andworldly things, & thatby rea- fon hereof they donot fatisfie&content vs.The nextargumenrwhich in mygene- rall diuifon Ipropounded to perfwade al toa lull contempt ofthem,in come,arifon offpirituall grace and eternal glorie,is their vnprofitalenes. Thewhichalfo is a neceffariecon fequentoftheir vanitie:for becaufetheyare vaine and worthleffe,therefore theycannot greatly profit thole that haue them; whereofit is that the Wife man hauing flamed tinatallir vanitie, prcfently infer- reth, that there is noprofit vráer theSunne. AndholySamuel exhorteth thepeople toferue the Lordwith all their hearts,and not to turne after vaine things,which could notprofit nordeliuer them, becaufe they were but vanitie. And our Sauiour Chrifl tellethvs,thatit will not at all profit aman, though hegaine thewhole world, ifhee lofehis faille, as hee furely doth, who more efleemethgold thengod lineffe, and fetteth his heart more vpon thcfe earthly vanities, then vponGodhimfelfe, and the eternal) ioyes ofhiskingdome. So that there world- ly things are like vntoglitteringtinfels, which make a glo- rious fhew, but being vaineand worthleffe,ferueto nogood vfe, but make thofe that weare them the prouder only, and not the warmer, as equally letting in the outward wind that cooleth them,and the inwardwind ofvaine glorie,whereby they are (welled and puffed vp ; or like untoocloathes full of snalhegold,which adornevs voto others,butloade vs in our owne fenfe; for howfoeuerworldlyvanities snake a goodly (hew to thole who nester had them, yet their owners find them §.Sei1:t. Thor there intro profit in world- ly things, to thofe whofee their hearts vp on the+w. ECClCf.aS t. t.5am.taaat. Htatth.16.26.
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