6O4 That theworldandworldly thing!ore momentanie. trauell in it, let vs kaue our earnefi purl-nit ofworldly vani- ties,which if :hey were not to be fortaken, becaufe they are contemptible, yet bccaufc aftergreat painesand care taken, wecan haue no alluredhope ofobtaining them; and wholly fet our hearts and affections vpon thele heauenly excellen.. cies, purfuing them with heartie delire, and earneft endea- uour; teeing theyarenot only in themfelues of infini: mare worth and value, but alfomay be enioyed with muchmore certaintie and facilitie. 4.Se 1.i. That the world r corruptible, andfhailend, CHAP. XXVII. That the worldandworldy things aremomen- tanie and corrupr:Ile. -zNdthushaueI(hewed that there. worldly things arenot ntuc h to be efleemedor defired, yea tobe ` contemned anddefpi.ed, in comparifon ofGods fpiritual graces and heauenly ioyes,in regard that theyaremoftvncertaincin obtaining, thoughwe fhould fet our harts vpon them,& purfue then with al cur endeauours, andthefe molt certaineand affured,to ad that loue and feeke them. Now let vs further confider, thatifby our great care and labour we do obtains them, the poffelhirm isno leffe vn- certaine then the fuite.And that both in refpe&ofthe things themfelues,& alto in refpe&ofvs,who are poffeffed ofthem. Forfirfl,al worldly things aremoll vncertainewhen they are pofeffed,becaufe they aremotnentany&mutable : rnomen- tany inregard of themfelues, as being in their owne nature corruptible,& Cubic& to diffolution; and mutable in regard ofvs;as being changeable,&rubieE&to alteration. In relpc anof vsthey are vncertaine, becaufe we aremortali, &our liues momentanie; and therefore though they lhould not be taken fromvs,yet wecannot long cótinue together, becaufe we fhall in íhor.t time be taken from setn. Corcerning the momentany continuanceofthcfe worldly things,it mayeui- dently appeare, ifwe confider that the wholeworld it felfe generally, and fpeciallyall that is contained in it, are butof Ilion
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