Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

That worldly things are vnprofttable. 497 laughter of phrantickcmen, which is onelyfirom the teeth outward,and not naturali and kindly; or vnto thofe whoare tickled, which laugh in their torment, as though they were EccIef.s.a, rauilhed with ioy,when as inwardly they are vexed, and not delighted. And as the mourning and forrow of the faithful' is notto be reputed any extreameand bitter griefe, becaufe it is mixed with fo muchioy and comfort; and therefore the Apofile maketh it but a teeming forrow : where hee faith, As forrolbing, andyetala>aresreioycing r fo contrariwife wie- a.Cor,6;to, ked worldlings haue no true ioy in their worldly pleafures, which is proper and peculiar vnto faith full men, in their ho- net+ delights,which are warranted by the word, and appro- ued by their owne confcience, but onely a counterfait fem- blance thereof; fo that it may as truely be Paid ofthem, as re- ioyci e , and yet a1 a-aies forro Bing : for they that laugh when Walle verier they doe euil, they laugh, but they reioyce not; and (as one mt/criaguaw faith) there is no truer miferie, then this falle ioy. Now if Bc ni:die tra &e any worldlings boat+ that they l curely inioy their delights, de £caria& without any fitch pangs and cerrours, it is a manifell argu- lib.arbit. ment, that they haue afeared confcience and hard heart, and are giuen ouer ofGod to a reprobate mind, and to commit finne with greedinelfe, till Gods wraih fromheauenbee re- Rom.re uealed againfl them ? And confequently they of all other are Auguft.enar: moli íharpelypunifhed, when as they haue no fenfe of their ratin.Pfal.67. punifhrnent,and are mot} feuerelybeaten when as they brag "68. that they doe not'fmart. Lafily, whereas it is one of the chicle comforts in this life 4.Sec74. to be in the loueand fauour ofGod andmen, outward prof- That worldly perity and abundance of thefe earthly things, affureth vs of things allure neither ofthem; for it is not a figne that wee are cho fen oftherloueofGod Chrili,that the world butch vs,feeing it loueth onely his sot ma. owne,andhateth chofe who follow Chriti. It is not a ligne ofour adoption when we flourish in profperitie, feting the Lord chaflizeth all chafe whom he loucch,and they areba- Ioh.rf.19. Bards and not fonnes whom he correáieth not; whercascon- trariwife wicked men doe mofiflouri fh in prolperity, as be- AP0C..t ;. fore Ihaue (hewed. It is no good frgne that wee are in the 110%i 2!6° way to heauen when wehaue all wee can with, and find all K k things