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Of the va,tity of worldly pleafarer. 413 and therefore it (hall fuffice in this place to haue thus briefly touched them. Seeing therefore thefe carnali- delights are fo vaine and 4.Stc`i. S. void of excellencie, let vs not like filthte fwine, take our That the vanity chiefe joy and contentment to wallow our felues in this pud_ ofworldly plea- die of worldly:pleafures: neither let vs like the ferpentine P e ff"ia brood creepc grouclingvpon our bellies, Iicking'the duff offpir tusus,d k theft earthly and fenthall delights; but rather let vs feeke beanenlyioyes._ while we continue heere, to take our chiefe delight in the Lord, inmeditating and fiudyingin his word, in doing his will,'in our reconciliation and peace withGod,in our fpiri tttall ioy,g rounded vponour affurance and hopefulexpe6ta- lion ofour heauenly happineflè; -andfinally in all other Gods fpirituail fauours and graces. For if the heathen man iufily taxed f ich offollyasdid feeke for pleafure in tauernes,rather Zeno spud then in their owne houles; and in .vnlawfillfports, rather Stobæuut. - then in:theirhoncfo labours, how -much. more are we to bee reproued, if we feeke for our ioy and delight i voluptuous, earnall,andfinfullpleafitres,which being vaine and momen- taote,doe end in bittecueffe, and eternal' woe and miferie, and not in Gods loue, holy obedience, and all other tefiimo- nies ofhis mercy, and pledges of our owne. faluation ? In which ( ifour hearts were not too too carnall,fauouringon- ly earthlythings,and our negligence exceeding great,in ma- king a holy and comfortable vlè ofthem)wee might take in- finite more true delight and comfort in one day,then wee - haue done in all worldly pleafures and vaine fports in our whole life. An exalt-10i wlaereofwe haue in the kingly pro= phet,who had fo weaned his affeóüons from the world, and inured them to feed on thefe fpirituallbanquets, that feeling their fw eetneffehe could not in comparifon thereof reli(h an all rhe.chiefè comforts which he.found lathe world: for fo heprofeffeth;thathe had more ioy.of heart whenthelighe ofGods countenance fhined vpon him, hen worldly men had, when their wheateand wine didabound ;that he defi- led Gods lawrather then gold,yea though it were mofi pure oral..?. in qualitie,and much in quantitie; and that hee found more fweetneffe in it then in the honie. and .honie combe. That Gods_.