8 t o That lireare in the rrorldpilgrians and'. they confe1fed that they werefiranger:andpil{rrims on theearth. Hab.x3.r4. So the Apot}le faith in the name ofall the faints, shat they had hereno continuing city, but that they fought one tocome. Andmore efpecially hee faith of Abraham the farherofthe faithful!, that he abode in the land ofpromife as ina ¡Irange Hcb.x t.9. countrte,R.r one that dwelt in tent: with lfailsand lácob, ¿e res iVirb himofthefamepronifC. Thus lace&both ih the behalfe Ceo.47.9 of bimfelfeand his anceflors callcth the daies of their liucs x.Chron.sg, thedaiesof their pilgrimage. Andholy David in manypla- i t, ces confeffeth the fame, bath ofhimfelfe, andhis fathersal- Pfa1:39.rs.& fo:Wearc (faithhe)grangers before thee and foieurnerslike 419.19. all ourfathers, oui die,are toFt thefliadosvvpon theearth, and there isno abiding. The which as it is manifefl by the Scrip- tures, fo altomay it be demonfirated by euidcntreafon ; for that is to bee efheemed a mans countrie, where his chick friendsand kindred remaine,where his liningand fubt}ance doe lie,wherehe is to lend themot}part of his life,, where h&hath moll contentment, and belt entertainment. But the fairhfull haueall their kindred in heaven, fauingfome fewwho are pilgrimswith them on the earth; for there is not onely their heauenly father, Chrifi Terns their elderbro- thet,.with all theft anceflors whohave formerly lived;iaut innumerable other brethren and fillers, who are together with them children to the fame fpirituall father; there alto theyhaue their chicle treafures and patrimonies, euen anin- I.Per.I.4. heruancevndefiled, andthat fadeth not away, as the Apofile fpeaketh ; there theyare to fpendall their lilies,fauing a few daies in which they are to finilh their pilgrimage, which though they wereequal! to the age ofMerhafelab,yetwere theynot fo much as a minute in comparifon of eternitic :Fi- nally, there theyhaue bell entertainment,and moll content- ment, becaufe there al tea,es {hall be wipedaway from theit eyes, and there they {hall haue manfion houfes,inhtritance , crownes-ofglory,andfulneffe ofioy for euermore; where- as contrariwife the worldaffordeth them nothing but vaine and worthlefietrifles, vecertaine poffeflìons, andvnprofta+ blegifts; and that with the mixture of innumerablemift» ties, crofres,loflhs,troubles,difcontcntments,afflióions,and malicious
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