The Ceneluften. 931 and teeing we profeffethename ofChriil,&boat} our felues ofour heauenly hopes,as though wee wereaffured ofthem, andexpeótedeternal crownes andkingdomes,let vs be afha- med that ourpraólife fhould bewrayour judgements affe- élions,manifeftly!hewing by our negleaofthings fpirituall and eternal, and byour earnefi &inceffant feekingofthings momentanie and temporall,that we more efleeme earth then heanen,and deliremore the fhortpoffeflìon ofthefe worldly vaaities,thcntheeuerlaüiogfruition of Cod himfclfe, and thofegloriousioyes ofhis heaueniy Kir,gdotne. We know thatthofe who haue fedon dai ríties,do loath ÿ tall ofgroffer meatsiand that when theSun fhineth vpon the fire,it maketh the lightthereoffike vntoapainted colour, andmuchaba- tech ofit heate,ifit doe notciuiteextinguifhit: and fo let vs who haue tailed how good God is, and the moll delicate fweetneffe ofthofeheauenly ioyes, learne to loath the fsvi- niflr husks offilthie pleafures,and the win die!milkofworld- lyhonours; and feeingthediuinel.ight ofthat heauenlyglo- rie hath fhined vnto vs,let it dim the light ofcarnail realon, and abate, ifnotextinguifh,theflame and fire of our earthly concupifcence.Forthis is the end, as the Apoftle teacheth vs, . whythe Lord inmercie bath canted his truth to thine vnto vs,and to inlightenour mindswith thofe gloriousraies. The Tit, z,ua s.. grace ofGod(faith he)cbar bringethfsluation vnte allmenpath .rppeared,and teachethvs, that we fhould delirevngodlineffe,and morlddlyluFis,andthat wefhouldlutefoberly,and rOteoufly,and godlyin this prefntworld. Let vs not toomuch efleeme and ,affeá this flue ofmortality,feeing weour fèluesare immor tall,nor value thele earthly things at high rates, asthough they were parts and members of 'our bodies, but onelie account of them as haires, wiles, and other excrements, making a fit proportion ofchemto ferue for ornarnene, and vie,but cutting themoff (at leafi in our harts and affeSbons) when being morethen needs,they growfuperfuous. Wee arepilgrims on earth, and therefore let our hearts be fpeci- ally fee and fixed on our heauenlycos triez we are torunnea race forno leffe aprize,then the crowne of glory, andCher- foreletvtfarm:,tbatweraay obtains, andas the Apoille ex- r,Cor.9.23,4. horteth
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