7H6 worldlythings hindermifromattainingheauélyioyes. poflerity, the Sodomites fulneffe and filthineffe;with fire and brimflone from heauen. And Lots wife for looking backe,withadelreto inioy thofepleafures offinfvll Sodom, 4i,orLot re. was turned into a pillar offait, that fhe might (as one faith) fpeair,& vbi feafon vs with her example, and keepevs from lullingof refpe,n,ibire. ter thereworldlyvanities. And thus the whole t ibeofBen_ ma íit.tit Mon Limn t.t rnalmofltvele utterlydeflroyedfornotpunifhingthea- prwdentrscon- bominable vncleanneffe offome few among them. And e.. diret evemplo. urnDausihimfelfe loft thatdelight which hee had taken in Auuß. Senn. his vnlawfull lull, with the fling ofconfcience,apprehenfion s9.rom.to.. ofGods wrath, and byhis owne formes fhamefull abufing ofhis concubines in the light of the people. Whichiudäe_ mentsand punifhments ifanyefcape in this life (as they lei.. dome doe,becaufe voluptuous picafures doe aimollalt.saies bring theirpunifhment with them) yetthey (hall moll lure ly be ouertaken with Gods plagues in the life to come: ac- cording to thatof thewife Preacher :R,eioyce ô Yong man lu Ex9lcf.t.t.9. thy youth,and let thy heart cheere theein the dares ofthyyouth, andwalke in the mates of thine heart, and rn thefight of thine yyes ; but knew that for Chef things cats-oil brirg thee to iudgement. CHAP: XXXV..: Oftheester/agingculls whichworldlythings immoderate. ly lotted, do bring to tho[c who hams them.. Nd thushaue I (hewed the temporal milli both ciuill and fpirituall, which doe ac companie there worldly things, when they are ouerualued aboue their worth,, and immoderately afe6led and defired. It now followeth that wee intreatebrief- ly ofthofewhich areeuerlafl.ing in the life to come. For well were it with worldlings, if the earthly things which they immoderately loue, were onely hurtful' to their foulesand bodieswhiicfl theycontinue here; for then they might let . theirtemporal' gaineagainfl their temporal' loffc, and baue their § Selbb That worldly thines immo- derately laved binder vs from attaining the ioyos ofGods kingbolt.
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