O/ the#iritualeuilsmhichaccompanyworldly thing!. 753 found, and the .fruitleffecareofcorneholdeth ithead hip, h- eft : fohe ismoflpuffed vp, and loftie in his own ,conceit, who ismolt emptieof grace,and disfurniflredofall fpiritu- all goodnes.Thus alfo riches too much affeéaed,become (as Luke 8.14. ourSauiour Chriflhath taughtvs)thornes whichwallet no graces grow in vs, and come to ripenes ; and therefore the ApofilePaul telleth vs,that we mull flie couetoufnes,before wecan follow after righteoufnes,gadlines, faitVane, patience, r.Tim.ec.to.t r. andmeekenes. So that it is hardto haue worldly gaine, and fpirituáll grace; tobe rich in poflèflìons, and rich in godli- "Li Iucram,ibi ties; tohavechefis full ofearthly treafures, andheartswell & d area furnifhed with the fatting graces of Gods holy Spirit: for dannrrm in " thefe earthly vanities intangle mens hearts with the birdlime cenfc,entia.Tg_ ofcarnall loue,whichbeingadmitted Both quench in vs the let z efië,e'per. loueofGodwhich is the fountaine ofgrare and true obedi- dufidem.Ac- ence.Nowwhat (asonefaith) will it profit vs, to have full `perdn tu$t. coffers and emptie confciences ?cohauegoods,and not to be team.Auputt. good? for who bath not iufl caufe ofblufhing and flume, Q edprodcFE thoughhis houle be full ofgoods, if he knoweth that they plena an,joCOr. haue an euillmafler? The like alto maybe Paid ofvoluptuous esiia i ac. pleafures;for as the heathen man could truly fay, the treeofAnon,.de vertue cannot grow in the land ofpleafures; becaufe they verb.Dom. whoare addi&ed tocarnali delights are made-fo purfieand scrm.,a. Mort winded, that they cannot take the painesto afccnd the Cato hlaior. Ell ofvertue ; neither in truthhaue they anydefine; for they Cic:x.de'finib, iudge all thingsby fenfe,andnotby reafon; and eflecrte that bell, which is fiveeteli to their appetite. In aword, if we makeour hearts the harborrough ofany worldly vanities, -they will not fuller anyfpirituall graces to lodgeand mingle with them; forexample, ifwe fee our heartson honors,they will not admitfaith tohaue an entrance. For as our Saviour fpeaketh, Howcanye beleteuewhich reoeiuehonor one °fanother, Cohn andfeeke not thehonor whichcommetti of God alone? And the fame effeêrbath the immoderate loue ofriches; for as the A- ,pofileteacheth vs, theywho lu.fledafter moneyerredfrom the t .Tins 6. r o., faith, andpiercedthemfelues through lbithmanyforromes. To Ambrot.Tum. which purpofeone faith, that ifany be intangled with the 3.Serm.r. - fìtares.ofworldly riches, the medicineoffaith cannot profit C c c him, 1.11.11111111, ---
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