Of thefpiritaall milt whichaccompany worldly thissgs. 75q tan blindeth the ties of worldlings, Both call him in that placc,the God,if theworld ; implying thereby, that he vfcth the world, and worldly vanities, as his inlihuments for the finiting ofthemwith this ípirituall blindneflè.rn whom(faith z.G.or44. he) theGodofthaworld loath blendedthe minds, that is, ofthe Jnfidthtbat thelight of the glorious GofFellofChrill,rehrchis theimage ofGod ,Jhould not Arnevitro them. ForSatan caf}eth this duff ofworldly vanities,intothe eies ofcarnal nren,thac Naziarz:de theymaynot difcetne the fhining beames ofGods truth ;1 a finis vi. butmaygrope at nooneday, and for want ofthis 1pirituall light to guide them, n,ayerre out ofthe right way, which lcadeth to gloryand eternall happineflè, and goc the broad and plaine way which leadeth to deftruaion. In whichrc- fje, thefeworldly things may fitlybe comparedto plea- fanr wines,which being drunke in abundance, fo intoxicate the braine,that there is forthe time, nodifference botwecnc drunkards,and foolcs,ormadmen : for fo they who abound iaallearthlyprofpericie, haue their vnderllandingsinfatua- ted, and their fenfesbcfotted withmuch drinkingofthefe golden cups, fo as they have no more wifdome or iudge- menttodifcerneoffpirituali things,thenverylooks orfran- ticke Ferlons. For as madmendoe notfee things as they are intruth,but as their lunafie and difeafe loth offer them to theirdciuded phantafic; fo neither dot they who go amad- -clingafter worldly vanities, vndcrl}andandfudgeofworld- ly and fpirituali things,as :hey are in their owns nature, and acc,rding totheir true worth andvalue, -but are whollyled with their difeale, fudging neither according to religion, nor yet well grounded reafon, but as theyare deluded and misguided with their carnal concupifcence.And that world- lings are in truth thus mad and foolish, and whollyblinded with'the things whereuponthey haue let their hearts,it may clearelyappeare, ifwee confidertheir wholecourfe and ca- riage. For who but fooles and madmenwould lay vp their treafures there, where they haue no certaintie to continue one houre,and where all their predeceffours hauing Bored vp all theirriches hauebegi robbedolchem; not placinga- iiypart of themin their ovine countrie,where theyare tore_ Gcc 2 mains
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