w 674 That worldly things are tdie comfit ofidolatrie, in his bellie,and not inhisbreaR like other creatures. ,Sei1:7. Seeing therefore the world and worldly things beingCNN pre¡eruatiuer med about deferr, and loued out of mcafure, doe Reale our oga¡nß the for. hearts from theLord, feparating them here fromhis grace, and ucrfine. hereafterfrom hisglory, let this ferueas an effe&uallreafon to moderate ouraffeelions : andPeeing iftheloue of the world do remaine inour hearcs,theloue ofGodwil not enterinto them; let the better haue preeminence ofplace, diflodging the loue oftheworld,that the loue ofGodmaydwell with vs; for ifwe Auguftin.in draw our hearts drieofthis worldly loue,Gods loue will fpring r.loh.Tra&i. in the place, and replenifh vs with Tweet delights. Wee are veffclsnaturally full ofthe liquor ofcarnall loue, and emptie of that which is diuine and fpiritual,and thereforewe mull powre out that wehaue, that we may receiue that we haue not :natu- rallywe are carted dewne theRrearne with the loue ofworldly things,and there is no flay,vnlcíle we wil catchhold ofthe true treeoflife, and cling votohimwith a liuely faith, that fowee maynotbecaried downe.with this violent, or rathernatural' motion. Which that we may doe, let vs confider, that whatfo- euer goodneffe,beautie, or excellency there is in the creatures, infotne finatl .mature, and for fotne fhort time, they are infi- nitely andeternally in the Creator ; and therefore thoughour hearts were inflamed with a whole world ofloue, yet incorn- pardon ofhi m, theycouldnot deferue the leaffparke ofour af- feSlion.Againe, let vs remember, that ifwee Pet our hearts on thefeworldly things, we exceedinglyabufe thefe gifts ofGod, and himfelfealfowho is theauthor ofthem; for he gaue them vnto vs, not that our hearts fhould cleaue veto them, and our loue be feated on them, but that as by hisgifts andmeffengers he might wooe our loue vetohimfelfe, who is inchabountif ll futer; not that we Mould ref in them as in our paradife, but that they Mould be comfortable companionsof our journey, and that receitting them by faith,the hand ofthe fouleraswel as with the handsofour bodies they mightb'e untovspledges of hisloue, earned pennies of our heauenly inheritance, and as forcible arguments,taken from the leffer tothe greater, where- bywemightbemouedwith all earnetnefieto delire I glo- rióus prefence, and the ioyes of his kingdome; thus conclu- ding with.ourfelues,drat ifthere be.ánything onearthworthy out g
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