Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

254 flat Chril lians fhoadd Not dot: on worldly vanities. ovine doting fondncífe onely maketh eflecmable; nor to obtainethe toies of Gods hcáuenly Iiingdome,which alone ire truly excellent, hailing by finne, oeglec l and contempt, often made forfeiture of them for the obtaining ofthe other, they Thai end their daies in griefe &mifery. To this purpofe Chryfo(i.Ho one demandeth; What. (faith he) feemeth delightfull vnto mil.adpop.6a. thee,of the things appertaining to this.prefent life? is it not com.4. a table daintily furuifhed ,healthofbodie, glorie &riches? but ifthou compareft thele worldly fweets, with the plea. lure ofa good confcience,they will feeme bitter.And ifyou willlearne.this,letvs inquire ofone ready to depart thislife, or.decrepit with old age, and putting him in mind of his worldly vanities,with which in time pa(i he was delighted, and on the other fide,ofall thofe good workes,and fruits of pietie,which hehath euer brought foorth in his whole life; and then aske him in which now he doth moll reioyce; we (hall find that hewill be confounded with fhame to thinke of thofe,and exceedingly reioyce, when he calleth theft to Era.; 8 his remembrance:. So Ezechiae being Gcke, doth not corn. fort himfelfe by calling to mind his former glory,kingly for ueraigntie,pleafùres and delights, but hisferuing ofGod in integritie and vprightneffe of heart, &c. for as for thefe things, wee kaue them behind vs, whereas we carrie thefe with vs into our ovine Countrie; they increafe. our account which we muff giue,when we are called to a reckoning, but thefe augment our glory,and,as it werc,addewaight to our crowne ofhappineffe. 4.Sel.g. Let vs therefore, who haue giuen our names toChrifl;, That it beam= andhaue in the Sacrament of Baptifme, fworne our felues meth chritlianr his fouldiers ,andprofeffed,thatwe will withftand and fight to contemn againfl ,ef worldly vanities; make good this our oath and their earthlie promifr,not adhering with our hearts and affcóionsvnto vanities, and io the. feearthlythings ,butlet vs,as ourSauiour exhorteth vs, este &'ene +at .ferff feeke the Kingdome of God and his riglteoufneffe; and as Matth.b.; 3. . the Apolle perfwadeth vs; let vs,heing ri fen with Chri. ?.fcehze Co4.14. thole things which are aboue, where Cbri i ftteth at therigisf handofGod, fetting our afeflians on things which areabo ;e, and not on thingswhich are on the earth. Let our conuerfation be