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That worldly things through our abufe are hurtfisff cfr.c 66r one houre of that acceptable time, which they haue formerly miffpent in whole yeeres with careleffe neglect; that they might therein repent of their finnes,and fo efcape that purfuinr wrath ofGod, & thofe hellifh and eternal torments ?but all to late,for now thetime is pa(t,thefentence.pronounced, the gate ofheauen fhut,and condemnation, and the fearefull execution thereof begun,which r1,ail neuer find rearme or time to end. O let vs therefore nowwhilefì we haue (pace, preuent thefe after - reckonings; and becaufe our lises are momentany and vncer- taine,let vs not defer the day ofrepentance,vpon which depen- deth ourfaluation, butfo Upend this vncertaine time, 3 we may be certaine to efcape thefe euerlafling puni(hméts, & to inherit thofe heauenly ioyes,whichbeing oncebegun (hall neuer end, but bring all glorie without miferie,and felicity with eternitic. CHAP. XXX. Of the greathurt which worldly things' Ping to their owners,when they jet their hearts upon them,and jirfí by lbeaning their hearts from Cfod,and malkiwg them idolaters. t, Auing (hewed in the former part ofthisbooke, that 4.Seli;r. 1 though we much efteeme, t our hearts v on & feek That worldly thefe worldly things, yet we cannot by all cur loue things are hart. and labour,be a(fured that they will bring vnto vs any good: It / odes ieyho now followeth,that according corny order propounded, I alfo iouethetn. proue that they bring vnto vs much euill;not in themfelues,and in their owne nature; for fo (as I haue (hewed) they are good, and the blef(ings of God:but throughour corruption,vvhereby we are moft prone to abufe them vnto euill. Neither vnto all men (for vnto Gods childré,who haue a rightvfe ofthem,they are both good,and alfo inftruments and furtherances ofwel do- ing) but veto carnall worldlings, who ouerualue, and fet their hearts vpon them,feeking them with greater labour and loue, then either Gods fpirituall graces,or heaucnly ioyes : whereby they turne thefe bleffings of God into curies, and his gracious benefits,into cumberfome burthens,and pernicious euils;as be- ing veto them the caufes & occafions of much fin and wicked - fies : for as God byhis infinit goodnes, doth bring good out of euill; fo contrariwifeSatan,and our corrupt nature, being op. V v 3 pofit