Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

Reafens to eiifs'ade vsfrom the loere of the kborld. 169 thefe tough andnoifome humours oppreflîngvs,wcewere brought into adeepe cönfumption ofgodlineíffe, andeuen unto the very gates of death. And finally,for cordialI refto- ratines to recouer vs being weake, vnto our perfe& health, and confirme and firengthen vs more and more in the true loue ofGod,his fpirituall graces,and the eternall-ioies of his Kingdom.Tltat therfore we may not immoderately loue the world and worldly things, but may contemnethem when they comein companion ofheauenly excellencies,and that we may not at all affect them,but may hate and abhor them, as they are the diucls infiruments and baites to perfwade andallurevs veto finne; let thefe reafons moouess: firft,Thegexer°Qdi- becaufe there is,no caufe why we fhould thus-immoderate- arguments oftbofe 1 loue and affect them, nor thus vnlawfull delire to com- ° r y la le may dif- paffe them, in refpe& ofrhe things themfelues which are fw°devs from thus lowed and defired. And fecondly,beeaufe there is-no -the lose°fthe reafonher _ofin regard ofvs,who do affeckand couet them. World. In the things themflues, there is no caufe of this immode- rate loue; firft,becaufe though we neuer fo much dote upon and delire their, yet they doe not bring vnto ,vs any true, fubftantiall,orcertaine good : and fecondlÿ, becaufe being thus affected, they become the inflruments of mud) euill; and therefore as in the former refpe& they are to bee con- temned and defpifed,fo in the latter they are to be abhorred andreieéed. They doe not bring unto vs .any found and certainegood:firlt becaufe they are òfno great and détra bie goodneffe,though we Thould -long inioy them ;and alto becaufe they are altogether vncertaine, both in the getting and poffeffìng. They are of no great goodneffe unto vs, though we could for tiler inioy them; firfi, becaufe thefe things themfelues arevaine,and of no great worth or excel lencie;whereupon.allo it followeth,that they do not fatisfie, nor giue vino vs any true or found contentment; and fe- condly, becaufe they are vtterly vnprofitable,and betides mixt and accompanied with innumerable euils, & manifold miferies. For if I (hall pronue that there is no cattle why we Ihould delire thern,.either i -n refpe& of themfelues or vs;that- they bring vs notrue good,but contrariwife mucheuill;that as