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5T ?hat teertdly thing, are vnprofrtable. Pate our paines; ifwe haue not by them as by hone(} recrea- tions, been better fitted for Gods feruice,but haue vied then) immoderately, fpending a great part of our life in fports and paflimes.Othen what will itauaile vs to haue beenpraifed of men, God and our owne confciences not approuing vs, feeing we Thal not DOW be defended of men when God (hall iudge,nor deliuered by them,wh en as he (hall condemn vs? Whatwill it profitvs to haue been rich in the world, when as being (lrippedofall, wee fhall haue nothing left, but our finnes and fores which they haue made in our confciences in getting or vfing them ? Finally, what good (hall our paffed plealirres then bring vnto vs,w hen as hauing abandoned and left vs, nothing femaineth of them but pollution and flthi- nelle offoule, and the iufl wrath ofGod, whom wehaue dif- pleafedbypleafingour felues with thefe wicked delights? Mark.B. ;é, or in a word,what will it profit vs to haue gained the whole world, and to haue loll our owne foules? 4.Sr/1.14. Seeing therefore thefe worldly things profit vs not,either The contrition as meanes to procure our chiefe good, or to free vs from our . perfaadingto greatefleuils. Seeing they doe not inwardly inrich vs with feekeafterGods vertue and fauing grace, nor outwardlyby good workes; rp:nrna¢gra Peeing they doe not bring voto vs true delight and comfort, cer,aadbeaaen- a Y g g ¡y ioyes;sobicb and neither allure vs of the lone ofGod, nor fauour of men. atone bring Seeing they doe not free vs from dangers,nor cure our bodi - traeprofrr lydifeafes; nor yet prelerue vs in the day ofvengeance from Gods deferued plagues; nor minillervnto vs any true com- fort or helpe at the houre of death, after death, or at theday of judgement : therfore let vs not any more ouerualue thefe vnprofitable trifles, nor Pet our harts and affeElions too much vpon them; but rather let vs clleeme,al£e&and feekeafter Gods fpirituail graces, and heauenly ioyes, asbeingalone truely profitable, and nothing elfe in the world without them. Let vs delight our felues in hearing and meditating in Godsword,and vpon our owne experience we (hall con P fat rr9.7x. clude with the Prophet Daseed, that the law of G'ode month is r.Tim.6,6.and better vnte va, then thaufand, ofxold andfrtuer. Let vs labour 4.8. ro inrich our hearts with godl:nefJe, which as the Apollle faith, is thegreateÿgaine with contestation r for ir is profitable for