That worldly things withdraw ourheart)fromgod. 67z feruetwomaffers, being fo contrary in difpofition, wee cannot r_Ioh.z.rf, ferneGodandmammon. So the Apo(lle lohn telleth vs, that if we lone the world, the loue ofthe Father cannot abide j Yea theApoflle lames goeth further, and plainely faith, that the Iam.4.4. lone oftheworld is enmitie with Çod, and that when wee once are the worlds friends, wee prefently become Gods enemies. And another treading in their holy fleppes affirmeth,that . heewho is ouercome with the loueof the world, cannot by Greeor.in.7. anymeanes take delight in God; and by howmuch a man Pfal.paniten. burneth in theheare ofhis delire after temporali things, with Pfal.z. fo flinchmore damnable numbnefîe he freefeth towards thofe which are fpirituall and eternal!. Yea let them furtherknow, that though they couldbecontent to offer veto God thehalfe Pro.z;.zG;. facrifce ofadividedheart, he will not accept ofr.t ; for ofall o- therparts theLord is moll jealous of the heart, and therefore is impatient to haueany (haring, or to admit any corrivals in . his loue ; buteither heewill haueall or leaveall to the world and thedinell. So that ifwe thinke Godmay be pleafedwith a diuilion, andwill quietly take his (hare and goe away, weede ceiue our felues; for Peeing he hathcreatedall, and redeemed all, andpreferueth all, heewill haue all or nothing; and there- fore to denie vnto himapart, is to dense the whole ;and to of fordhimonly foie, is to grant and'giue himnothing. For well doth theLord know, that ifwe bee once luke-warme, we will Tooneafter bekey-cold; if the riuerófourlouebedivided into, many fìreames, it will within a whilebee driedvp ; and ifthe force of our affelion bedifunited, it will eafily beeouercome. Betides, it is thenature of loue to transforme theloner into the perfon beloued, and fo toknit them together in a moth- neere bond,that he isno more his tingle felfe,but as itwere aconioy- nedperfon,ruled by the fame foule. Nomaruell therfore if(the loueofthe world hauing transformed ,them into ir, andmade themworldlings) the Lord cannot indure to haue filch a co- partner, or tohaue hisholy imageconioynedwith this mifsha- penmonller, or todwell in acorner ofthat houfe,vvhak fairefi roomesarc taken vp bySatan and the world. To thispurpofe one faith, thatholy delight inthe Lord doth íhun that heart Bemardde k-; which ispre-poflefledwith worldly delires ; neither can there mint 9 bee any-mixture of truefubtlances with vain thadowes, of things
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