Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

Of the vanitieofworldlÿnodilitie, 359 bodies, we doe ere& in vs the kingdome ofleftts Chriff, fuf- fering him to raigne in vs by his word and holy fpirir.And- when byvertue hereof our reafon being fan6iificd and affi- fed, doth raigne and rule ouer our corrupt affe6lions and vnrulie paflions, reforming formwhichmaybe feruiceable, and fubduing, mortifying, and flaughtering others which are vnprofitable and vnamendable ; efpecially when as wee Rex eft pi mc- crucifieour carnali concupifcence, our greedic auarice and tuitnihtl' proud amhition,andfetvp in our minds true cementation, Rezeftquica- which makethvs truly kings, inioyingtall,and needing no_ fbllg ¡e thing,and neither hoping after that we haue not,nor fearing gaedat.Scnce. to forgoe that INC haue. Which kingdome euery one may inThydle. hatae,and none can take away. Filially, ifwe will needs raigne as kings, let vs not affc& 4.Sec7.15, and let our hearts vpon earthly kingdomes, but rather let vs That me are to bee convent here in this vale of teares to fuff r with lefus labor after the Chrifl, that we may eternally raigne with him. Let vs not !¿ingd°meef y b heauex. afpire vnto worldly monarchies, where the impoffìbility of z.Tim,,.tz. obtaining may iulfly free vs from affeClingand hoping ; for as the world hadi but one funne,foa- kingdome admits but ofone foueraigne; but let vs feate our affeEtions in heauen, where we (hall all raigne as kings, and yet one not any whit Apoc.a.p. leffen anothers dominions; but the greater the number is, the greater is the royalty and glory ofall, the greater alto is their ioy and happineffe. Finally, let vs not much affcd this earthly foucraignty, which is accompanied with fo many eares,troubles, labours,feares and dangers; but rather let vs fet our harts vpon that kingdome ofpeace and giory,where there is no care to diflurbe our quietnefl'e, no trouble to hin- der our happincf e,no griefe to dillafl our royes,no (cares nor dangers to difquiet our minds ; but fecure refl,vnlpeake. able happineffe, glory without meafure, and ioyes wihout end; which whofoeuer feeke 1hall Cutely find, and haying attained to it,thaIl neither bee diflurbed in it, nor depriued ofit, A a 4 CHAP.