798That worldly thing: binder'nenfroattainingheatei77 lays. the feare ofGod,whichwife Merchants doe for feare of the fea,and beeas readie to leave cur vnprofitable load ofriches for the fafegard ofour foules, as they are for the preferuing oftheir momentanie hues. And let vs nor goe flooping and groaning vnder this vnfupportablewaight, and be hindred thereby from finningwith ioy our iourneyvnto our owne countrcy; teeing we mayhaue the poore tohelp vs,andcafe vs ofour load.For ifwecannot,being ouerburthened, travel far on even ground; howmuchmore vnable (hall wa e be to mount vp therewith vnto the hie mountainsofGods hob- nefle?Ifwe cannot runne anearthly race beinghindred with fuch clogs; howmuch lelfc (hall webe able to runne the fpi- ritual! race that leadeth to heaven, when our hearts are op- preffcd with thisworldly waight? :4.Sta.6. Finally, voluptuous pleafures, and even thole delights That tarthlyde- which be lawfull in themfelues, are,being immodcratly lo- lights binder vs ued,notable hindrances ofour heavenly happineffe.For they frovsattavnwg who fez their heartsott the vainepleafures of theworld ,haue [arts ütrea noaffeìtion to-the pleafureswhich are at Gods right hand for cuermore. They who take their felicitie in carnal' de- lights,negleóèand contemne-the euerlafling ioyes which are referued inGodskingdome,-vfing all wicked and vnlawfull meanes, for the compatfing of their voluptuous pleafures, though they make herebya forfeitureofeteroall gloric;and arelefly, yea fometime malirioufly, negeéling all meanes wherebythey may be affured ofthe faluactóof their foules, and of the fruition of thofè heavenly ioyes, becaufe they efleeme them-not in comparifon of their worldly delights. Or iftheyhaue any purpofe ofgoing in the way which lea- dethto happinefl'e, they are-notable; for being pampered with pleafures, they are too purfie to trauell in this weari- fome pilgrimage.And ifbyforcible reafons and perfualions, theyaremoved to fee forward in this journey, they are pre- fentlydifcouraged-; for being wholly addibled to cafe and delight, theywill neuer indure the ffrait,rough, and vn- pleafant way which is fall of the rhornes ofafliielions, and briarsoftribulations; but will prefently withLots-wife look .back to their de'lightfull Sodomc, witha dcfirc to enioy again
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