670 flat *oddly things withdrawoxr heartsfromCod. cleave vnto the Lord with all ourhearts,louing,trufling,& ho} ping inhim,wholly and folely,asbeing our chiefe goodnes,our omnipotent Creator,our al-fufficient preferuer,and mot+graci- ous Father in lawsChrit+; this ecceffiue eflimationand loue of theworld andworldly things,dothwcane our hearts and affe- ¿bons fromGod, and fixeth them vpon thefe vanities : for as our Sauiour bath taught vs, that which we efleetne our chiefe tauU.6.ai. treafitre, on that our hearts will be fixed& feated.It is true that carnaliw'orldlings would faine reconcile theft two together, the loue ofthe world,and the loue ofGod,diuidingtheir harts betweene rhem,howfoeuerit be inveryvnequal portions, fee- ing for euery dramof loue which they afford vnto God, they mot+ willingly yceld to the world a pound. But hereby they difcouer themfeluesto be but meere hypocrites, which make Tames4.8. thew ofthat which is not in them intruth; and thofe double Hofea ro.a. minded and double barred men, ofwhich the Scriptures (peak, l'lah= ILA. who hauing, asthe Pfalmifl faith, an heart and a heart, one for God, and another for the world, one for the feruiceof their Creator,and another for theTempter,are odious and abomina- ble vntoGod :foras it is inonfirous in the fight ofmen, to be- holdone looking with one eye vp to hcauen, and with the o- ther eyedownevpon the earth ; fo is it no I eflè mont+rous in Gods fighr,to tee the heart divided, one part feruing him, and another theworld and the Prince thereof. But let fut h know that the loueofGod,and the loue of theworld are not onlydi- uers,but flat contraries the one to the other, which cannot poi- fiblie in anygreat degree, continue together in the fame tub- caidulce/cìt ie&; but as the loueof God increafeth,the loueoftheworld a- chrifiur,ama- bateth; andas theloue ofthe world getteth flrength, the loue refcit.mundue ofGod isweakened and diwainifhed : and as the fame piece of ¡sterft,inasa- wax will notreceiue at oncc,two prints ofdiuers fraies; but the morum fecula- putting in ofthe one, its the blotting out ofthe ocher; or if rrum,freperna through a flight impreflion, the latter donot quite do out the charitatismet firft, yet there isnodiftin&piEìure,butaconfu fedmingle man- ftserminare glewithout forme or fafltion; fo the print ofGods loue,and of a;ottpotefï:Gre- a gor. MoraLhb. theloue ofthe world,will not at once remainein thefame harr, cap.A. but the impreflion ofthe oneblotteth out the other : or if there bean equall mixture ofthem both, it isanodious botch porch Matth 624. inGods fight. To thispurpofeourSauiour faith, that n cannot ferne
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