Of thefpiritaall ealls which accompanyworldly thingt. 783 vnleffe we floope when we hearehis alluringcall, andgree- dily hunger after that prey, which hehath purpofely fet out, thathemay prey vponvs. The lafi fpirituallmill which thefe worldly things immo- 4.Secel.i6. derately lowed, do bring to thofewho fo affeel them, is, that Tbat wildly theyexpofe them to the beaniewrath ofGod, andhis !care- thingsitnmode- full plagues andpunifhments, in the dayofhis viftation:for rarrly¡oued ex- vvhen men haue fet their hearts and affebtions vpon thefe nfe men to P Gad,mrathand earthly vanities which areGods due, and dorightly apper- beanie iugde- taine tohim alone, and are by them made the feruants offin, menu, and flaues of Satan, readie to perpetrate andcommit any wickednes, which may helpe forward to the obtaining of there things whichthey fo much defire, and yet notwith- handing paffe their time in fecuritie,and reioyce in the frui. tion oftheirbelouedvanities, blefling themfelues in their s aine hopes,as though theyneeded no otherfupplie oftheir wants,norfurther helpe to be freed out ofdangers; then the Lordbeing zealous ofhis owne glorie, doth calk his.ven- geance towax hot againfi them,and purfueth them with his judgements and plagues till he haue vtrerlydeffroyed them, . euen,when they leali fit(pe&anydanger ofapproching euil:. fo the Lord thrcatneth worldly tnen,who woke all their de- light in earthly things, and in the fruition ofthem paffed their time in impenitencie and fecuritie, promifing vnto themfelues immunitie in time of danger, that hee Would gray a", Ia. fweepeaway their vaine confidence, difanulltheircouenant with death andagreement with he@, and that when thefcourgepaf= fed owes, itJhouldnot enter-pad them, bar take them away, &c. And the Apofile defcribing the enemies of the croffe of .Chri(i,ioyneththefetogether, that they were fuch as didphilip:g.rg. mindearthly things, andhad damnationfortheirend. How lit- tle therefore are we beholding to the world and worldly ofeculmmne- things, feeing their frienddhip and loue expofes vs to thequam,quodfolct wrathandanger ofGod; andby fatisfying ourdefines in the bums fermies vt fruition o£fome!mall benefits, do makevs (whileft we too'dei facia, ini- muchdotevpon them)liable to Gods greatefi iudgements, mice,.Bernard, . and mot}grieuouspunithments?Bpi thiswil yetmoreplain- cpift.tor, lyappeare,ifwe further confider the fpecialLinfiances, and firft
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