Ofthefpiritual euils whichaccompany ìborldlythings. 7551 (clues headlong into thofe ditches and pits ofviceand wic- kedneffe, to their eternal! perdition and condemnation, whichSatan and the world doe dig for them; fo oft as they are indeed to goe on in thefe defperate courfes, with the al-. luring promifes of earthly benefits; wilfully falling (as the Apoltle fpeaketh ) for the loue of earthly abundance, into tentations andpares, and setomany foolifh andnail-one !cr/Is, t.Titn.s.g, which drowne them inperdition and de/trufilon. And thus the immoderate loue ofhonours andpreferments,doefo blinde the eyes ofambitious worldlings, that they putfue with headlong hafle glorie and aduancement, neuer difcerning nor greatly caring whether they be in the way that leadeth tohell anddefirutlton,or in the way that bringeth vino life and happineffe. It maketh them fooliíh in refpeel offpiritu- all wifedome, which guideth vs to euerlafling glorie, and with proud contempt to difdaine it as childifh fimplicitie, efleemiugthem onlywifewho with themachiauellianpoli. ciesdoeattainevnto earthly preferments,thoughthis wife- ton 3.!ç. dom be earthly,carnall,and diuellifh,leading men asit were hoodwinckt intoeternal! death. It caufeth them like foolesHof' z. t. or madmen,whenthey arc hungry,to gape after the winde, and to fceke to fatisfie their emptie foules with feeding on the breathof vulgar praifes ; negleóling in the meane time that fubfiarìtiall bode, and true nourifhmentofeuerlailing glorieand heauenly happineffe.In refpedl whcreofthis fol- lie ofworldiings,is by theProphet compared to the follyofHabac.z.5. drunkennes,which maketh men to follow their prefent ap- petite, and to flop their cares again!l all reafon and well- grounded perfwafions. And the Prophet Dauid compareth them to thebrutifh creatures, which are onelyguided with fenfe,and haueno vfe of reafon : Man (faith lie) in honour, pfa1,49. *o, underliandethnot, bee is 14e to heafls that perish. The which their brutifh folly and frantickmadres, isfomuch the grea- ter andmore vncurable,becaufe they think themlelues wife, andall other men fooles and idiots in comparifonofthem. Forfo the Wifemanaflïrmeth,that ifaman bewife in hiseren Prouaó.n.. conceit,there is more hope ofa foole, then of him. For as one Greg.Moral. faith, the longer pride lodgeth inthe heart,the more hardly hb.z4.cap.,3. Ccc4 it
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