748 That worldlythingshindermost fa attainingheaaélyrey nail happine(fe, that we fhouldhaue our conuerfation in the world as citizensof the earth,and yet hold fuee ourinhcri. MarkA.r, tance inGodskingdome. Andtherefore as fome thinke,our Sauiour before he wouldgluehis difciplesfome final Blimps ofthat heauenly glory in his transñguration, fir!} withdrew them apart veto mount. Thabor, feparating and diuidingg them as it were fromthe world, to teachvs typically this lcf< fon, thatbee who will e.uer, hope to fee and enioy eternal glory, mutt fit!! draw his affc&ions from the world, and haue their conuerfation in heaucn,.feeking thofe things which areaboue,and railinghis meditations into themoue_ tameofGods holineffe. To this purpofe one exhorteth vs to weane our.affe&ions from -the loue of theft worldly vani- ties, becaufe ifour heartsbee fixes4, vnto them, they will de. Bernard.de priuc vs ofeuerlafling glory: Learne tocontemne(faithhe) inrcr.domo thofe things whileft thou art aline, which thou canffnot e+P4S _ haueafter thou act dead. For it is hard, yea altogether fin. poflible, that a man fhould with- immoderate loue enioy thefe temporal! good things,andthofe that areeternall,that . he fhould here glut hisappetite,and there hauehis foule fa. tisfied withheauenly ioyes, andfopaffe fromone delight to another,and appeareglorious both in earth and heauen,&c. feeingthe motewe are delighted with earthly vanities,the more arewe feparated from-eternal! glory.. S4.2. Now ifwe wouldknow the reafa s why both thefe can- The re4ona hy not fraud togexher,and why we cannot let our hearts vpon weecannot the things oftheworldwhileflwecontinue with them,and greatly afterwards inherit heauenly happineffe; they are eallyren. and.beauenty; dred : for firfl,thofe who too much affe& thefe earthly thing, things,they too little.regard,or vtterly contemnethat eter. nail glory in the life to come; ifthey be in loue -withthe flefh potsof Egypt, theywill neuer trauell cheerefully.towards the land ofpronnife; ifwith Ejau they-more cfieeme their portage then-their patrimonie, they wil takeno greatpaines to be aflitred ofit,or fel al their titleand interet which they haue in it atthe bale!+prizes; ifthey canbeconsent with the prvdigall tonne to feed on the huskes ofworldly vanities, among the filthie fwine, fo long asthey can haue plentie of thcmy,
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