That worlds things bindermen faattaining homily ío7et.789 them, they will neuer care ro retorne vnto their heauenly father, neither will theyglue all theyhaue tobuy thispre- ciouspearleofglory, iftheymore efleeme their earthly of- fetfions,and in comparifonofthembafely value thofehca- ucniy treathres. So one faith, that holy delight in heauenly happineffe fhunneth the heart which is prepoffeffed with Berd.de world! delires, neither can there beeany mixture ofthings afccnanfrd.d truely ubflantiall, wich ellipticvanities; oftrue things with Domini.Serm. falle; eternal! with tranfitorie, fpirituall with corporall,the 6. highefl with the loweli, fo as aman mayat the fame time fa- nor ofthofe things which are aboue,and thofe things which arebeneath. For these worldly things haue in them a be- witching quality,whcreby thofe who affect them, are blin- ded that they cannot fee thofe heauenly riches,thoughmuch greater and better, and fo being out ofliight, they arealto out ofmind, and are either quite forgotten, orvtrerly difre- garded. Andashe who louethanharlot doth prefentlyloath his wife,taking hiswhole delioht inhercompanie and wan- tondalliance, and ellceming his owne home a iaile orpri- fon ; fo they,who set their hearts vpon this worldly flrum- pet, doe prefently contemne our husbandlefus Chrifl,and flee fromour hcaucnlyhome, as ifit were the placeof their banishment. And this theApoflle implieth, where beefaith ,rr pi).1,, that the outward forme or beautiful! appearance of this A 7111446 world clothfeduce or mifleademenout oftheirway, like the tCor. going fire which leades thofe who behold it into hedges 7.35. andditches,andfo blindcth and dazleththem,thac theycan- not find thewayto their owne home. In which regard this bewitching worldisfitly likened toakindofferpent called by the Grecianso.?.whichwhen the cannot ouertake the fleeing patfengers,doth with her beautiful!colours allonith andamaze them,foas theyhaueno powertopaffeaway till theehaue flung them; for fo doth the counterfait beauty and brauerieoftheworld inueigle and bewitch thole who beholdit withouerpartiall eyes, that theyRand atlonilihed tillit haueflung them with carnali concupifcence, and do- tingloue, foas they haue neither will nor power to fct one E e e 3 foote
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