75 O f thefpiritnallemits whichaccompany wort*things; rnaine as long as they liuc?but thus do thefeblindêd'world- h ogs layvp their tieafures oa earth,whcrethey cannot flay, andwhere theyhaue Teen bytheir owneexperience al their ancetiors rubbed, ifnotbymen, yet by death, ofall their ri- ches; and lendnopart ofrheirwealth before them into our heauenly counrrie,where we (hall remaine for euer.So who but fooles and mad menwould exchangepure gold for fhi- ningbraffe,and a faire inheritance, for fome childi(h trifles? but thusdo worldlings,whoarecontent bywilful finning to lofe hcauen for earth, trueglory forfallevanities, and euer- Jailinghappincfl which (hail neuer end, for báfedelights, and counterfait comforts which are euer ending. Who but fooles and mad men, when the-fire ragingly burnethf would,to quench it, cation ore woodandoile? But thus doe worldligs, who fecketo quench theburning heate of their vnfatiable concupifcence, by multiplying, andas it were,heapingvpó thefire,worldly vanities, riches,pleafures andpreferments,vsBich are the fuell oftheir lutis,by theas. cef£e hereof,thcyare more enraged. Whobutfooles and mad men, who being in their pilgrimage, and trauelling through theeuiflrplaces, would Carrie all their jewels and treafures about them,whichnot onelyouer-burthen them in their iouraey,but are in continual! danger to be taken away byrobbers,and al1:o endanger theirrownersto theirrageand -crueltie? whereas theymight fafelyfetidthernbefore them, and follow after with fecuritie and comfort. But thus doe worldlings,who trauelling in our earthlypilgrimage, Carrie all their treafureswith thein,asit were,openly in their hands in the middetl ofrobbers, tyring themfelues with the ca. riage, and hazarding their hues to be murthered for their goods; whereas they-might by.bils ofexchange,fendthem fafely into ourheauenly counrrie,in.the -fatecutlodyofGods fa&òrs,the poore membersofIefusChrifl,,and fo in the pil- grimageofthistranfrorielife,trauellafterthemwith much comfort and contentment. Whobut fooles and mad men would let theirhearts andaffeólions vpon their Inne, where theyare to continuebutanight,andfall tobuilding,purcha- ßng,and planting, as though they were there to cad their dates?
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