Thatweare citizens ofheanen. 8 t5 forrenners, hut citizenswith the Samts, andofthehouflioldof..dmhr'antter- God; let vs leaue thefe idols to be adoredby the Gentiles, renaGe.tXes whohaue no knowledge ofthe trueGod, nor intereft in his swn q bdme fien cæil detur; teia heauenly kingdome; andlet them delire things prefenr,who concupifcant haue no hope to cnioy Gods gratious and rich promifes prgfentia qui concerning things to come : and let it be a forcible argu- tucanon cre- ment(as our Sauiourvrgeth it) toreftrainevs from immode. duns. rate louing orcaring for the thingsofthis Iife,that the Gen- March,ó. ;s,;;. tiles who haue nobetterhopes, feekemainly after thefe tri- fles; but let vs who hauemore knowledge,.andbetter aílit- ranee, feekf firs the kmgdome of gadandhis rs hteoufne1Te, Hebr.r;s.6. feeingwe haue Gods infallible promife, that thefe things, withoutour carking care, (hall in forcecompetent fufíîcien- cie beminiftred vnto vs. More efpecially, (icing wehaue affluenceofeternall glo- 4,Sef 4 rieand beadoptedheires ofthekingdome ofheauen;let vs rinaearthlybe. not inour iudgements ouerualue and efteeme, nor inour af- nors, richesand fee-lions and endeauours immoderately loue and feeke, theplealhres,are vaineglorie acheworld,and thefe momeritany honors and befe andeine prcferrnents;whicb befitreth them who baue nohope ofbet- WO rifontoJthe- ter aduancement; but ill-befeerneth vs whoexpect withina rreafureselorie. while fuch glory and grcatnes.And this argument Ieremie andioyesofhen- vfethto diflwade Baruch from looking afterpreferments in sen theworld, becaufe they weremomentanie andof no conti- nuance. Behold,faith the Lord, that which I halebuilt will I Icrem.41.4S M roy, and that which1haueplanted,teill Iplucks vp,essen this whole land; and feekeri thou great things for thyfelfe? feeke themnotAnd our SauiourChrif}by the fame reafon perfwa- dcthhis difciplesnotto afpire ambitioufly afterworldly fu- perioritieand foueraigntie, becaufe it betterbefitted earth- ly potentates, who had no hope of reigning in theking- domeofGod:Tehiso , (faith he)thetthey tbhich defile to beare Marke 10.43, ruleemo,v,b: Gentties, hauedornintuien otter them, and they thatbegreat among them, exercifeanthorttie euer :hem; but it fhallnet befoamongyou,&c. So feeing thisworld is the place ofourpilgrimage, & heauen ourcoütrey, where vnualuable treafures are refcrued forvs it is now no time toaffe6 world dywealth,and abundance ofthis earthly riches,fot as theA- pofle
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