That worldly things arevnprofttable. 497 laughter of phrantickcmen, which is onelyfirom the teeth outward,andnot naturali andkindly; or vnto thofewhoare tickled, which laugh in their torment, as though they were EccIef.s.a, rauilhed with ioy,whenas inwardly theyare vexed, and not delighted.And as the mourning and forrowof the faithful' is notto be reputed any extreameandbitter griefe, becaufe it ismixed with fo muchioy and comfort; and therefore the Apofile maketh it but a teeming forrow : where hee faith, Asforrolbing, andyetala>aresreioycing r fo contrariwife wie- a.Cor,6;to, ked worldlings haue no true ioy in their worldly pleafures, which is properand peculiar vntofaithfull men, in their ho- net+delights,which are warranted by theword, and appro- ued by their owne confcience, but onely a counterfait fem- blance thereof; fo that it mayas truely be Paidofthem, as re- ioyci e , andyet a1a-aies forroBing : for they that laugh when Walle verier theydoe euil, they laugh, but they reioyce not; and (asone mt/criaguaw faith) there is no truer miferie, then this falle ioy. Now if Bc ni:die tra&e anyworldlingsboat+ that they l curely inioy their delights, de£caria& withoutany fitchpangs and cerrours,it is a manifell argu- lib.arbit. ment,that theyhaue afeared confcience and hard heart, and are giuenouer ofGod to a reprobate mind, and to commit finne with greedinelfe,till Gods wraih fromheauenbee re- Rom.re uealed againfl them ? And confequently theyofall otherare Auguft.enar: moli íharpelypunifhed, when as they haue no fenfeoftheir ratin.Pfal.67. punifhrnent,andaremot} feuerelybeaten when as they brag "68. that they doe not'fmart. Lafily, whereas it isone ofthe chicle comforts in this life 4.Sec74. tobe inthe loueandfauour ofGod andmen, outward prof- That worldly perityand abundanceofthefe earthly things, affureth vs of things allure neitherofthem; for it is not a figne that wee are chofen oftherloueofGod Chrili,that the world butchvs,feeing it loueth onely his sot ma. owne,andhateth chofe who followChriti. It is not a ligne ofour adoptionwhenwe flourish in profperitie, feting the Lordchaflizeth all chafe whom he loucch,and they areba- Ioh.rf.19. Bards and not fonnes whomhe correáieth not; whercascon- trariwife wickedmendoe mofiflouri fh in prolperity, asbe- AP0C..t ;. fore Ihaue (hewed. It is nogood frgne that wee are inthe 110%i 2!6° way toheauen when wehaue all wee can with, and find all Kk things
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