Ofthejpetialleuilswhich accompaxieworldlyvanities. 6t faultedwith moll puilfant enemics,the diuel,world,&our own $efh, thinke this a fittime to fpend in furfetting and.drunken- neffe,reuelling and riot,exceffe and wantonnes, feeing we fight not for acorruptible crowne,or earthlykingdome, but for one Hieronym. ad which isheauenly and eternal?Now ifwe would flit there car- Laetam,totn.t. nail pleafures, we muti take heed that we do neuer embrace them, for ifthey catch holdofvs they willhardlykaue vs; we mull if it be poflìble be vtterly ignorant ofthem, and not fo muchasknow them,that we may notcouet them ; for howfoe- tier it maybe thought a point ofmore Chriflian valour to con- temnepleafures,when they allurevswith all their baits; yet it is more fecure continencie,and a more fatevi&orie, ifwe donot fomuch as take notice ofthem. Ifwewill not haue themdefile Augufi. ad vs,let themnot touch vs;ifwewill notfuffer them to allure vs, Paulinum. E let vs not admit of their acquaintance, nor hearken to theirP'l 39,Toms. charmes. Finally, ifwe would eafilypart with them, let vs not by cutlome incorporate them and turne them intoournature ; for as anancient faith, It is one thing not to incorporate chofe things whichare wanting,and another thing-topul themalun- derafter they are incorporated ; for thole,like meats, are eafily refufed;but thefe,likemembers,arenotcut offwithoutexquifit torments,and intolerable paire. And thushaue I generally thewed,that theeworldly things t.Sec s are veryhurtful and pernicious-to chofewho ouerualuethem inThat worldly their iudgements, and dote vpon them in their affeélions, pre- thingswith- ferring thembefore Godsfpirituall graces,and heauenlyioyes.d rawour carts. Now for the better vnderilanding ofthispoint, let vs alittle em moreinfifl vpon it, lettingdowne more fpecially the manifold curls which thereworldly things thus immoderatly loved pro- duce and bring forth; al whichmay ferne as fomany effeeluall reafonsto diffwadevs from this exceflìue loueoftheworld and worldly things, feeing it is the mother of loch a motif/tons . brood. And for orders fake I wil referal there euils, either vnto thofe finnes whichherebywe commit direélly againtl God, or thofeculls and mifchiefeswhich through this immoderat loue arc caufed,both to our neighbours, and our fillies. Firfl there- - fore thefe worldly things ouer-piifed,-and exceffiuely loucd,do make vs to neglebl al dutie towards God, and to difhonorhim diuers waies with_many.grieuousfins. For whereas we lhould cleaue
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