Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

The vncertainty of obtainhiglborldly things. 19p f+rength, confume their bodies, and receiuing contagious infed+ion, caf+ themfelues into many defperate and entolera- ble difeafes, no leffe (harmful' then full oftorment ? And therefore feeing wee may Ipend albur hues and la- f.Seê1.to. boursin feeking thefe worldly things, and yet neuer find That roemaybe them, nor attainevnto our earthly ends, after wee haue with °A red roob- ourwholeindeauoursfou httocom affethem ;whichnot- ta:xefpirituali p grates axd hra- withflanding (as before I haue (hewed) are fo vaine,worth- :army ioyes,+f leffe, and vnprofitable, that though they might bee gotten we:rat,recte with cafe, yet they were fcarce worthie our labour; let vs them. not Pet our hearts vpon thefe vncertaine vanities, which if wee fhould obraine, neuer come vnaccompanied with cer- taine miferies : but rather affe and defire Gods fan6fifying and fauing graces,and the eternal ioyes of Gods kingdome, which if wetruelyfeeke, wee (hall Purely find, and bee at no hazard at alloflofing our labour. And this argument ofnot (pending our painesin vaine, the Apofile vfeth to encourage the Corinthians in the conffant profeflìon and prailife of Chrif+ianity. Therefore my beloaed brethren (faith he) beeyte .r.Cor.r 5.58. fiedfaf vnmoueable,abundant almayin the morkofthe Lord;for as much asye knotr,that your labour is net in vain in the Lord. For though theworld bce fo,fcanted in thefe earthly things, and fo full ofinhabitants, that if it had the difpofingofthem all (as in truth it bath not)yet bath not fufficlent to giue con- tent to the tenth futer; yet it is not fu with the Lord, and with our fpirituall riches of grace and faluation; for he path of thefefuch infinite (tore, that he can giue vnto euery one abundance without impairing of his flocke, or making one more empty, b anothers fulneffe. And befides he hash free- ly bound hintfé fe by his gracious promifes, confirmed with his oath and feales,that if we a hunger after his fpirituall gra- A Luk.r.s ; ces, he will Purely fatisfie vs; if we b feeke them, we (hall vn- E1a.ç .1.a. doubtedly findthem; and if feeling our wants wee doe but c Ma r.7.7. beg them at his hands, in the c name of Iefus Chrift, hee will loh.r.a3. without faile giue them vnto vs. Neither is there leffe cer- tainty ofthe othercto thofewho feeke for that eternall hap- That there are pineffe; for firft,that there is that euerlaf+ing ioy, and hea- beauenly layes uenly glory prepared for Gods Saints and feruants,it may be Preparedlor Q,q 4 proued Godsferuants.