830 7h.at mearecitizensofheaaen. p a.Cor.t.9. withheauenlycreafures; as the Apolile tef+ifie th, p Te knee} (faithhe) thegraceofoar Lord !elite are, that hebeing rich foryourf4e:becamepeore,that yeby hispouertiemight be made rich.The Ikecontempt he alto fiewedofworldly pleafures, (pendinghis time inwatching, andpraying,preaching, and teaching; in wearifotne Tourneys, and fore trauell,accoun- tingit his chicle pleafuretopleafehis heauenly Father, and Io64 34 even his q meate and drinke to doe his will. Finally, in all things our Sauiour Chrifi humbledhitnfelfe,fetting light by worldlyprofperi tie, in comparifon ofthat glorie whichwas referued for himwith his Father. Whole example we alto arc to imitate,as the Apofile exhorteth vs`! Lei (faith he) the famemindc be inyou, that war euen inChrifi lefus, whobeing in theforme e f Çod, thought it no rebberie to be equal! withGod: but hemade himfelfofno reputateon,and teale on him theforme ofei feruant,andwas made likevata men, andWasfoundin'hope as a man. lie humbled htmfelfe andbecame obedient onto the death, euen the death o f thecrof/e; wherefore God bat hago ex- altedhtm,andgiuenhimaname aboneeuery name.Owhy ther- lorefhouldwee ambitioufly afpire vntohonours, feeing the fonneofGod himfelfe was contentfor ourfakes to bec thus abafed ? Why fhould the feruant defireimmodcratly to bee advanced, when his Lord and Mailer was thus humbled ? Why fhould wee greedily lecke after thofe riches which Chrifi Iefus the w ifedonte of his Father contemned ; feeing if they had been abfolutelygood, and worth the hauing, he who is Lotd ofheauen and earth, might haue abounded with them? Why fhould wee dote vpon voluptuous plea- fures,feeing our Sauiour Ipent his time in ainfull labours, and attained vnto the eternall ioyes ofhisfathers kingdom, by trauelling in the vnpleafant way of troubles and aflli- &ions? In a word, why fhould wee adore the world as our earthly idoli, and fet our hearts and affeaions vpon thofe mornentanie vanities, when as all the faithfull from time to -time,hatteby the contempt ofthem entred intoeuerlalhing ,a,olorie? Why fhouldwe dreame ofhauing a fpeciall difpen- .fationand priuilege,aboue all the ref+ ofGods faithfull chil- dren, and thinke that wee may cleauc and cling vnto the world
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