Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

Reafans mooing vs to contemee worldly pro.fßcritic. 47 that to their profits were ioyned pleafures,and both continu- ed not only to themfelues etien to their death, but alfo to their children and polteritie. So the Pfalmift telleth vs that the wicked boafteth that he bath his ovine hearts de (ire, and DCal.ao.3,5,6. that his wares alivaies proser, and flandeth fo firme in his olbne concert, that he can neither be maned, nor be in danger. Seeing therefore thefe worldly things are fo common,bafe and con- temptible, let not vs who are heires of all Gods promifes efteeme them worthie our loue, when as Gods defpifed flaues, and trayterous enemies haue them in fttch great a- bundance :butler vs fixe our hearts and affeaions vpon that heauenly inheritancewhich is prepared for vs, which being of infinite value, is worthie of our loue, as being that rich trealurc, which the Lord hath peculiarly referued as a patri moniefor his owne children. And as we are exhorted, Letvs r.Cor.rr. vfe this world, as not ouer vfing,or abufing it,that with his goods sic vtaris hoc we may do good, and nor be made eari!, becauC in their owne na- moods tanqud non vtens,vt ex lure they are good; neither are theygiace unto men by any other bonis eiusbona then by him, who path all power in heauenly and earthly things ; Fieias, non ma- the which he bathgreen to good men, left they fbould be thought lus frac, &c. cuill, and to mill men, leg toe), fhould be thought excellent, and : ugftpift. dBlonifacium gifts o f greater-I. value; and are taken f rom oodmen ,that the ylcp.9o.com.z . maybe tried, and from examen, that they may be tormented. And in another place he faith, that it feemeddood to thediuine Auguft. de ci- prouidence, to prepare for the time to come good thrngs forthe i Dei,lib.a. lui?, lbhich the vniuF? (hallnot enioy ; and eutls for the lbic1Zed, with which thegoodfhall not be tormented: bat be would haue thefe temporall things,good and euil,common to both, that neither the good things (hould bee osier greedily de fired,which the wie- bZedalfoenioy, nor the euill thinosfhonldbe drfhoneltly andvn- lawfufly auoided, the which are commonly incident to rhegood. Fourthly,let vs remember that very rarely the fame man is .secrtt 4 richly rewarded, both in earth and heauen, or inioyeth the t' or1dlyprou e- glorieoftheworld ,andtheglorieofGods kingdome, the the andIva- treafures of earth, and the treafures of heauen ; temporall rants happinelle pleaftires,and eternal! ioyes : I fay rarely, left any fhould de- arefeddome be- f airy and but rarely,and not often left any fhould rel tme [to wed on the p Y> Y P and thinke that he may, fecurely, and with eafe enioy both. lame men. So_