Ofthe citede1Uls,.whichworldly thingsbring to their owner..71 in theymot] delight,theyprefently firike faile,andthe creffe oftheir pride is taken downe, hauing it birth and death,ri.. Çng and ruine, with thofc carnali pleafures whereupon they haue Pet their hearts. Andthefe,withmany other,are the e, uils and mifchiefes,which thefe worldly things toomuch e- fleemed and immoderately loved, caufe men to fall into in regardof their neighbours. Thewhich fhould (erne as effe- &nail reafonsto weane our hearts from the loueofthefe va- nities, and to moderate ouraffeelions towards them, Peeing otherwife, they will become not onelydifhonourable to God,butalfo hurtful! and pernicious vnto our neighbours, whomwe ought to lone asour felues,andtender their good, as much as we doe our owne. CHAP. XXXIII. Oftheeiuill evils Whichworldly things immoderately lotted, bring to their owner!... Auing fhewed how finfull the loue of the world; 4.Seil=.L and worldlythings is inrefpeel:ofGod,and howThat abuts. s " many mifchiefes it caufeth towards our neigh- dance ofnortd- bours ;.' c now followeth,that Ialto thew, that as it is hurt- ty things e$emi full and erniciousvntoothers fomollofalltothemfelues nazeandle di P , i theheartand whoare poffcffedofit,as beinothe caufe ofinnumerable e- mind. uils and mifchiefes, and thofeboth temporary andeternal!. The temporarieeuils which thefe worldly things immode- rately loued, bring to thofe who dote vpon them,areeither eiuill, and meerely humane ; elfe fuch as are ípirituall,refpe- ctlìngthefoule,and th,e inner man. Theculls ofthe former fortare diners : for firtt, theprofperitie ofthe world,and a= bundance of earthly hidings, doe fatten and effeminate theheart and mind, making men impatient in bearing the lealicroffe,andimpotent in performing any thing,wherein is anydifficultie and labour :for profperiticand plentiecaufe wantonneffe,and wantonneffe waywardneffe,ifthey be but touched with the leaticaufe ofgriefe: and hauing been long inured to tread onelyinthe foft pathofworldly happineffè,- their
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