5T ?hat teertdly thing, are vnprofrtable. Pate our paines; ifwe haue notby them asby hone(} recrea- tions, beenbetter fittedfor Gods feruice,but haue viedthen) immoderately, fpendinga great part ofour life in fports and paflimes.Othen what will itauaile vs to haue beenpraifed ofmen,God and our owne confciences not approuing vs, feeingwe Thal notDOWbe defended ofmen whenGod (hall iudge,nordeliuered by them,when ashe (hall condemnvs? Whatwill it profitvs to haue been rich in the world, when asbeing (lrippedofall, wee fhall haue nothing left,but our finnes and foreswhich they haue made in our confciences in gettingor vfing them ? Finally, what good (hall ourpaffed plealirres then bringvnto vs,w hen as hauing abandoned and left vs, nothing femainethofthem but pollutionand flthi- nelle offoule, and the iuflwrathofGod, whomwehaue dif- pleafedbypleafingour felues with thefe wicked delights? Mark.B. ;é, or in a word,what will it profit vs to haue gained the whole world, and tohaue loll our owne foules? 4.Sr/1.14. Seeing therefore thefe worldly thingsprofit vsnot,either The contrition as meanes toprocureour chiefegood, or to freevs fromour . perfaadingto greatefleuils. Seeing they doe not inwardly inrich vswith feekeafterGods vertue and fauing grace, nor outwardlyby goodworkes; rp:nrna¢gra Peeing theydoenot bring votovs true delight and comfort, cer,aadbeaaen- a Y g g ¡y ioyes;sobicb and neither allurevs ofthe lone ofGod,nor fauour ofmen. atone bring Seeing theydoenot free vs from dangers,norcure our bodi- traeprofrr lydifeafes; noryet preleruevs in the day ofvengeance from Gods deferued plagues; nor minillervnto vs any truecom- fort or helpe at the houre ofdeath, afterdeath, or at theday of judgement : therfore let vs notany more ouerualue thefe vnprofitable trifles, nor Pet our harts andaffeElions toomuch vpon them; but rather let vs clleeme,al£e&and feekeafter Gods fpirituail graces, and heauenly ioyes, asbeingalone truely profitable, and nothing elfe in the world without them. Let vs delight our felues in hearing and meditating inGodsword,and vpon our owne experience we (hall con Pfat rr9.7x. cludewith the Prophet Daseed, that the law of G'ode month is r.Tim.6,6.and better vnte va, then thaufand, ofxold andfrtuer. Let vslabour 4.8. ro inrich our hearts with godl:nefJe, which as the Apollle faith, is thegreateÿgainewith contestation r for ir isprofitable for
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