4g4 Tbatworldlj thrng' are vreprofe.ble4 . tablenejteof who let theirheartsvpon them: the likeallomay be faid of worldly pica- carnal pleafures,which ifthey beouer highlyvalued,and too /ores. much affected, do vs nogood, but are as voprofitable as ei- ther cftheother, And this the wileSalomon teacheth vsby his.owncexperience, for barring fought to pleafe himfelfè withallmanner ofdelights, and denied no ioy to his heart which it could defire,concluderh at left that he could find no ccclefi.r. profit in any ofthem, but vanitie and vexationoffpirit. If tort, therfore he .s ho hadal the delights which agreat kingdom, a:. peaceable and profperous raigne, and abundance of all worldlypleflings, were able toyeeldvnto him,could not af- ter he had tried manyconclufions, togiuehis heart ioy. and ,pleafure,find anyprofit in anyofthem : how vnprofitableare our delights like to proue,whowanttheleplentifull meanes wherin he abounded,andhaueall ourcomfortscroffedwith manymifertes, from which he was priuiledged ? But ifwe wou:d iirther confider,that thataloneistobeelleemed tru- lyprofitable, which dot') profit vs.inour place andca'ling, and aduanceth themanic ends atwhichwe aime, we fhouhd plainly perceiuehow littleprofitthere is inpleafure : for we arecalled to the flareofChriflianitie, tobe the feruants and childrenof God, and themaineend whichwe.propound in all our doings and proceedings, is tcyglorifie'.;od in cur owne faluation,to finifh our courtewith ioy, and topafl the timeofourpilgrimage fe in Gods leave, as that in the end of our hueswe may arriue at ourheauenly countrie,and inherit thofeeternall ioyes.But alas how littledoworldlypleafures (efpeciálly when they are toomuch efleemed and affeeled) in thefe refpc6tsprofit vs? How flenderlydoe they aduance thefe ends and further -vs in thisway ; yea rather howmuch datheyendamage vs, and either fl'ackenour pace or quite hinder vs inthis fpirituall race ? whileft héing fo befotted on thefeearthlydelights,we neuer thinkofoutheauenly ioyes, or fpend that precious time in vaine (ports, wherein we flaòuld labour to f urniflr ourheartswithGods fpirituall and fauing graces, andattaine voto certaine aflùranez that we haue our part and íntcrelt in that eternall haprinef e; orfi- nally,whileflbeingpampered with chefeworldly .pleafures, WC
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