930 The Couclmften. forcing {ions tentationsofworldlyprofperitie; byíhevving and 'pinioning :bat wiiub bed, that the world andworldly thingsare bale and contempti- beeneÌaidtbe Y eo,RCen,pt.f ble, andnot worthie any loue andefleeme,in comparifon of the worId. Godsfairitual! graces and heauenlyioyes.Forifchefe earth- ly things whichcarnall worldlings doe lo muchaffi&, bee vaineand worthies,and Gods Spiritual graces, and heauenly ioyesbe moliexcellent andprecious; they vnprofitableeuen in this Iifc,and thelemoff beneficiall both in thislife,and the lifeto come ; ifthey in themfeluesare miferable comforters, andbringmany ocher mifertesattending on them,and thefe moil fiveeteanddelightfuil,without themixture ofany euil; if theybevncerainetobe gotten by thofe who loue them, and fugitiuc to tlsofe who moil run after them, and thefe moll alluredly obtained by thofe who delire them,andvfe the meanes wherebythey may inioythem ; if they be as via- certain in their poffrflion, as in their purfuit,being everyday readie to kaue their owners, or their owners tokaue them, andthefe moil conliant,permanent and eternall : finally, if they throughour corruption abufing them,doe fomuch hurt vs,being the crudes, occalions, and infiruments of famani- foldcuils; and th1e fo much benefitvs,adorningvs with all glory,inriching vs with al goodreplenifhing vs,both in our Sóulesand bodies withall ioyes, pleafutesanddelights, and making vs inall refte&s truly happie, and eternallybleffed what doting folly atadtrancicke,madndlè is ir,cither in our iudgcmencs orafìe&}ions,. to preferre theworlds bafe,worth- leffeandmomentary trifles,before thefe ineihnaable Teasels, and heauenly treafure&? W,eaceins [sr him a child orafoola, whowil preferre a counter before a k imgdome,a.Aaadowbe, fore a fubflanbe, and euerybafetrifie,beforehis patrimosie asad inheritance : and weberth wonder 2ndlaughat the fm plicitie of the barbarous nations, wdaowill iexchange their gold and pearles,for aknife or glaffe; bun how.much mote abfurd and ridiculous is theirfoliie andmadneffi?, whopre- ferreearthbeforeheau,mammonbeforeGod,audthe vaine pleafvresoffie, which tail butforafeafon,before the King- domeof glorie,and thofe vnfpeaiceableioyessshich fhal ne- uercodi' Let vs thetefore beware of this worldlyfrenfie; aud ssooMMININI
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