772 Ofthefpirituallmilswhichaceompanjmorldly thing,, thatthe moremen flourifh inprofperitie,the further theyare ftonatruerepentance; and that when being.. wedded unto their finnes,they haue alto receiued thedowrieof earthlya_ bundance,there cannothing but death diuorce andfeparate them; becaufe asthey loue their vices and corruptions, Co they hate and skorne al meanes,whereby theymay be cured. Which ifit benot cleareenoughby the reafonsbeforeallea- gcd,let menbut looke into the courtsof Princes, and fuch placesas moll abound in all profperitie, where finne is gra- ced, and the meanes of repentance del-Pifer], fo as they will not heare Gods indgements againfl wickednefl'e at all, that theymay lay them toheart, and be reformed; or ifthey bee prefent when theyare denounced, cannot heare themwith- out difdaine or skorning; and fomay they eafily beeconfir- med in this truthbytheirowne experience. §.Sell.Io. The fifth fpirituall mill whichprofperitie,and abundance that the inns. ofearthly things immoderately lottedandde firedbringeth, Berate lose of is that they. take away.fronaysall true loue ofour felues : for tror[d[yth:rs, they make thofe, whaare befotted on them,voluntarily to truetouefom lofe the libertie of Gods feruants, and to inthrallthem- esrroue from mutje[r,rt. feluesin the milerablebondage offinne and Satan; toneg- ica the wages ofeuerlafiinghappineffe,and tochufe rather death andcondetnnation,which isthe wagesoffinne,tode. priue themfeluesofthefruition oftheir eternal! inheritance inGodsKingdome,andto call bodie and foule defperatelie into hell, by wilful( running in anywicked courfe, which may gaine vino them then mentanie poffeflìon ofthefe earthly vanities,honor,riches,or voluptuous pleafures.Now what enemy -could Phew a more notable fruit ofhatred,then to intice themby alluring perfwafions to feeke theworld, and lofe their foulc,toprefer earthly profperitiebefore.hea- uenly glorie,andthexemporarie fruitionofthefe momenta- nietrtfies,before theKlngdome of-God, and eternal! happi- nes?Yea,eu inrefpe6t of this lifc,they takeaway the loueof theirbetter part,and make them,whileft they loue the.cabi. ( net, to negle6l the rich¡menwhich itcontaineth; whilefì they dote vpon the body,toPhewall fruitsofhatred. to their Soule. For theyare continually ready andwillingto.ílaru the
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