828 That ?be arecitieensofheauen. as the Apoffleobferucth.And therefore ifwewould not be like reprobate Caine, ordelire to imitate rhefc holyPatri.. arches,let vs not fettle our affc 1ions,andfix our hearts vpon the world,andworldlyvanities ; but onlyvfe them asnecel. faries for our paffage, and contemoc them when wefnde them impediments, or when they come in compariCon of Godsfpirituall graces,or heauenly ioyes. §.Sell.6. Which thatwemay the rather doe,lct vs confîder,that all That all the Gods faints and feruants haue gone before vs in thishohe faithfull base pra6tife, as precedents and examples: for no fooner were from timeto they made partakers of the gifts and gracesofGods holy contemned f irit andhad but fomelittle tafle ofthe hcauenlyha Ines tbeworld. P > pp' , but prefently they contemned the world and the vanities thereof; they were readie to leave all and follow Chriff, and euen to lay downe their hues,for the profeffion ofthe Gofpell. Itwere endleffe tonanic all; forcefew (hall fuflìce. a t.Cor.z.z. TheApoffle Paul profeffetb,thathede fired to al ownothing t, Ga1.6.r4. but [epee Chrf andhim crucified; and faith, b God forbid that he fhouldretoyce in any thing, butin thecroffe ofour Lard lefua Chrifl; tbhereby the world wascrucifiedveto him,andbee veto eP6i1. ;.S. theworld. Yea he accountedall things cloffe,and nobetter the» dung that hemight t;inneOrig. So elfewhere heeprofeffeth, ir.Thefa.6. that he "fought not thepraifàofinen, neither ofthe Theffalo- nians norany other. Thus alto Abrahamat Gods comman- dement left his ownecountrcy, andcontemnedall the pro.. fits,pleafitres, and preferments which it might haueyeelded vino him, incomparifon ofthe landofpromife, thoughbee Heb.tr.9.ro. dwelt therebut as e a ffranger, and had little ioy and com- fort inn, but onelyasit wasa type ofthe heauenlyCanaan. So c 9llofes refufedto be called thefonneofPharaohs daughter, andwas content to abandonall the profperitie which hee might hauehad in the landofEgypt; and chofe rather tofuf- fer aduerfttie with the people ofGod, then toenioy thepleafures Hcba I.54.2 Ç off inefor a f afore; efieeming the rebuke ofChrili greater ri- z6, ches,then the treafures ofEgypt,and that becaufeheehadrefpeá to the recompenfe ofthe re:nard, as the Apoffle teacheth vs. Yea Dauidhimfelfe though heehad all the royalties,profits, and delights,whichakingdomecould affoordvino him;yee could
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