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That metre morall and ciuill venues are to be contemned. 51 portion for fuch as thus abode it with hypocrites in hell, where there is weeping, wailing and gnafhing ofteeth : for woe vnto them that naiv laugh,for they foall not only ceafe their Luke 6.z6. mirth, but contrari wife ß iall wade andweepe :fothat worldly Pfalm.e9.ea. mens plentie is their mare, and their profperitie their ruine, as the Pfalmifl fpeaketh. Now if we would alto remember how prone we are to this abode (as before I haue (hewed) there would be little reafon, why we fhould greatly define this worldly profperitie, if wee haue it not, or not feare it when we haue it, and much Idle that we fhould take more paines for the obtaining ofir,then the rich treafure "sofGods kingdome; or fer our hearts vpou it with more feruentloue, being both bafe,+momentanie and dangerous, then vpon thofc heauenly & eternal! ioyes which are prepared for vs in the world to come.And thus much fhal °fuffice for thofe argo. ments which may generally perfwade vs to cötemne world- ly profperitie, comming in comparifon with fpirituall and heauenly things, and to flie and renounce it, when it is vied as the diuels,or the worlds baite to allure vs vnto finne :vnto which many more might be added; but that referue /hem, and the more full and effe6luall vrging of this point, till I come to fpeake of the contempt ache chiefe parts ofthir profperitie, namely the honors, riches and.pleafures of the world. CHAP. VI'I. Ofmorall and mill vertnes, which are in worldlings,and that they are to be contemned being faltered from fandijing grace. Nd thus much in generall concerning the tenta- 4.Sea.I. vve ma refill them : now wee vvill defcend to tues de not he- ! ' ' et more particulars, and intreate of the feuerall t n , but butt t Isindes of thefe tentations. To which purpofe wee are to to t barreit hem. know thatthe tentations of profperitie may diuerfly be di. llinguifhed ,inrefpe, &of the matter orfubie6t of them from E 2 which