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The Agnes of the loneofthemos- . 2 S the earth,that we Ioue the world better then Cod,and more eaeeme ofthefe tranutorie trifles, then ofthat eternal! hap - pineffe in Gods Kingdome. Secondly, that which a man bell Jonah, of that he moll §.Seci.2. talketh and (peaked), with great( ft comfort,and vnwcari- The frcond eel delight; either commending, or admiring it, or finally fgneistofpeake conferring of the meanes whereby he may compafhe and in- of than71h ioy it; for as our Sauiour teacheth vs, out of the of andco/l ort. j and comfort. theheart,themonth fpeals,eth. And the tongue is the snterpre- Mat. 11.34 35. ter of the mind; and confequently by the tongues language, Lingua ¿fi an: wee may eafilic gcfe at the hearts meaning, As therefore mrMercowco, the doore - keeper laid vnto 'Peter, thou art Surely ofGalilee, for thy Speech bewraieth thee: fo when a man taketh his whole delight in worldly and carnali communication, wee mayconclude,thac he is a citizen of the world, becaufe his fprcch bewraieth him : for as when the clocke within is difordered,and the wheeles out offrame, the hammer and bell mua needs give a falfe found : fo when our hearts are inwardly difordered and corrupted with worldlineffe and prophanenes, our fpeech outwardly accordeth with them. So the Apotile John faith, that becaufe they are worldlings, therefore fpealle they of the world, and the world hearer them r.Iohn 4,5. Thus as the Prophet Efay telleth vs, the niggard will talke of ]ïfa nlggardneffe; and thus the ambitious man taketh his chiefe delight to fpeake of his honours and preferments ; the coue- tous man ofriches,the voluptuous man of his pleafures and delights : In a word, whofoeuer hath his mind chiefly de- lighted with the worlds muficke,he hath his tongue alto tu- ned to the fame key; and taketh his ioy and comfort in fpea- king ofnothing,but of the world, and worldly vanities. But on the other fide,when once ourminds are weaned from the world,and when we haue laid vp our chicle treafures in hea- uen ; when we caerme God our foules foie and chiefe de- light, and with the Prophet Dauid account the Lord our Pfa1m.3.3. glory and reioycing,when our chiefe comfort is in that afin- and E =7 rance which we haue ofour heauenly inheritance,and ofthe eternal! ioies of Gods Kingdome; then doe wee take our chiefe ioy and comfort, in talking and conferring offitch S z matters