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Reafons to dtftrade ys from the loue of the world. 267 afpiring from one degree to another,til at lift we attaine vn- to that degree ofperf'eetionand fanthfication, that wee can loue and reioycc in God,more then in the world,and gricue more for his difpleafitre,then for any earthlylofl'e, and that both in quantitic and degree,and in our owne fenfe and fee- ling. For otherwifç ifthefc affeóüons which we thinke fan.. tIfied,and in truth, doe iandat a flay, and we be contented with that weakc andimperfeéi meafure,hauing not fo much as a deuce orindeauor,that they go forward and increafc;it is a manifefi figne that there is neither truth nor fan&ification in them;but that they are fade and counterfeit; feeing al true grace is either in the growth, or at leafi,defireth and labou- reth in the means,whercby it may grow to more perfection. CHAP. VIII. That the bell thing: in the world .are busmeere vanities, in conzparifwt of (ids fpirituallgraces,and beauen y excellencies. Nd thus haue I let down the fignes of world- 4.Se11.t lyloue,whercby this dangerous difeafe may Tbattbeben .''`' bedifcouered and knowne; according vOto are toC math which if wee examine our fclues, I doubt tainted with nt4.7 ; 1W4 not, but many who through their fecuritie thelo " " "frbe thought themfelucsfound,and in good cafe, Mall find that world. they are defperatelyficke of this dileafe cucn to the death, vnle4fe they prouide fpeedily wholefome medicines for their recouerie; yea and thole who arc in the befi efiate, ifwith- out fenfe -loue, flatterie and partialitie,theytrie their efiate according to there rules, they (hall plainely difcerne, that howfoeuer Chril bath called and culled them out of the world, yet they haue left lome part of their heart and affrcRi- ons behind them and that howfoeucrthrough Gods mer -, cie they are pulled(as it werc)by firong hand,out of this fpi- ritttall Sodome; yet they are ready euery hand -while with L sir wife to lookebacke,as being loth to.leaue their world- lyprofits and preferments;andto beweaned from the plea. lutes