Ofthefpiritmedleuits which accompany worldlythings. 773 the foule,ÿ they may feed the body,todifroabe it oftheglo- rious garment ofrighreoufneffe, and leaue it fpiritualliena.. ked,andvtterlydestitute ofall vertueandgoodnes,that they may pamper the flefh, and adorne this earthlycarcafe; toNullopaao wound it with fin to eternal death, thatthe outward mS¡may mulltarepar flouri(h in worldlyabundance. And yet for all this, in truth !la". eraryemi their loue towards their bodies, is butfalfe and counterfeit; C ar;:;.ia. Chryoß.in for,for theprefent,they oftentimes weak it with pampering, Rom.8,Ser.a;. and kill it with cock ring ; orcon trari wife, whenthey areca- tied withworldly loue in more violent conrfes,they pineand contitase it with watchings,cares, feares and forrowes,wea_ rieandtireit with toilefome labours; and continually.ha- zard itto defperatedaugersbothby feaand land, that they may obtaine thefe earthly things, which they louebetter then either bodie or foule. And finally, when by all this care and paincs, they haue gotten theminto their.pofîeffìon, they will rather pinchboth backe andbell ie,then they will (pendand diminifh that,which their foule fo dearely loueth. And ifwe refpeì the time to come,whocan imagine that he who toomuch loueth theworld,dothat all loue either bo- die orlbule? feeing hetakech a wilful! courfe offinnefor the obtaining ofhis earthly delires, whereby he cafketh them both,as it were,headlong into hell; the oneto bee tormen- ted in vnquenchable flames, the other to be purfuedwith a heauier punifhment, the fierce and implacable wrath of God. And therefore it may be truly faid,that hewholoueth theworld hateth himfelfe; fecing ifhe haue any loue atall, it is falfe and counterfeit,and hewho falfely loueth,truly ha- tech ; becaufe the fruitsthereofare noleffe hurtfull and per.. nicious,then thole which proceed from the cruell maliceof an enraged enemie. The fixth euili which this great profperitie and abunVA' dance ofearthly bleflingsbringeth, is, that they doeexcee-Thar earthly dinglyaggrauate their Gnnes, who abufe them in theirfrui- abundance ag- tion,both in the fight of God andmen. For firfî the Lord8raaates sink according to the greatnes ofh is benefits,doth iulyexpc6l ahaetiithat proportionable meafure of thankfulnellè and obedience; which whenmen negle.6 ,.and contrariwife abufe his gifts Dd d 3 unto
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