Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

44 `Real ns mouirg vs to contemne worldly pro#tritie. Gods fan6lifying fpirit. And being armed, we mull obfcrue the bell maner of fight for obtaining the viéloric : to which purpole let vs know, that wee proclaime warre againfl pro- fperitic and worldly vanities,and manfully refill in the com- bat of tentations; when wee thrufl them out from hawing a. chicle place in our hearts, making them as flaues to follow and obey vs, :and not as Lords to rule and raigne ouervs. When as wanting them, wee doe not greatly delire their companie, much leffe vfe wicked and vnlawfull meanes, for the obtaining of thisvnprofitab lefocietie. When ashauing them we do not let our hearts vpdn them,but efleeme them bate and contemptible, incomparifon oldie rich jewels of Gods graces,& the eternal ioies ofhis lcingdom;being con- tented to lofe the, rather then in the leall degree to hazard the other ,And when wee immoderatly grieue not,but ref( well contented, if it bee the pleafure of God to take themi from vs; yea when wee our felues can willingly call them away for Chriflfake,and renounce and £orlake them ,when as they will not (land with our profeßïon and praólife ofre- ligion being content to leaue all the worlds glorie, and to takevp our croffe and follow Chrifl.In a word,wee fight a. gainfl worldlyprofperitie,when we defic it; we killit,when we contemne it; we obtaine the vi6orie when we flee from it,and renounce it; as often as it isthe diuelsfolicitour to perfwadevs vnto finne, or a corrivall 'with God or his gra- ces wooing vs for our hearts; or an alluring bake which in- ticethvsto.fwallow the hooke of tentations,and to glue entertainment. to.the wickedfuggeflions oldie diuell. §.s0.r Trofperitiefel- dome bettered) our ffüritxaX efiate, CHAP. VI. ,Reoofons which may moue vs to contemn worldly proeritie. Ow that wee may not thus let our hearts and affe- &ions immoderatly vpon worldlie profperitie, but may defpife and contemne it when it com- ìneth intocomparifon with Gods fauour and grace, or the gnlorie