Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

67a That worldly thingsreithdralb our heartsfrom God, things eternall, with thofe which are tranfitorie, of fpirituall thingswith corporall,and heauenly with earthly, that we may at once favor ihofe things which are aboue, and thofe which are beneath : fo that if we would tall how good the Lord is,we . muff firfl diffaíl thefe earthly vanities; if we would be deligh- ted with his fweetneffe,we mùll fieff learne to loath the worlds bitterneffe ; for it is impoflible that both lhould rellifh well at once, or that our heatts and affe &ions fhould adhere both to God and theworld,whó are fo farre diflant and different, yea oppofite and contrary the one to the other. 4.Se11.6. And as this is true of the world in generali, fo alfo ofthe That honours, things of the world; forwhofoeuer fetteth his heart vpon any riches and plea- of them, they prefently effrange it from God, fo as it cannot fires w :tharar, cleauevnto him and them too. Thus worldly honours being our from immoderately loued, doe take away all loue of God ; and chofe God. 44al.1.1o. who ferue this idoli of vaine glory, they cannot be the feruants ofChriff,as the Apoffle fpeaketh. For fo much doe they thinke ofgracino themfelues, that they neuer thinke of glorifying God ; and fo much doe they let their minds vpontheirowne credit and aduancement, that they haue no heart to honour the Lord, further then it will fond with their owne preferment and reputation; yea fo they may attaine vnto their ovine vaine- glorious ends, theyare ready to let the glory of God tofale, and to di-íhonour him, that they may honour themfelues. So the earthly mammon ifitbec affe &ed with immoderate loue, will quickly weane our hearts from God; and if our treafures be in the earth, it is not poflible that our hearts fhould bee in Mat4.21s4. heauen.Foras our Sauiour faith, there as the treafure is, there Yiillthe heart bealfo;and if we ferue riches, which is the god of the world, we-cannot fettle the Lord, the God of heauen and earth. Ifwe fer our hearts vpon money wee fhallbonenegle& our maker, and bee ready to fell all our interefi inheauen,by committingknownelinnes ,ifwe may but a little aduance our worldlyprofit. Ernally,ifwe fix our affe &ions vpon worldlyri- tthes, wee will bee at theirbecke, fo that when theycommand one thing, and God another, wee will bee ready to call Gods commanddement behind our backes,and to yeeld our obedience to our golden idol! ; and that we bell loue which we moll obey: if we put our affiance in riches, wee cannot crufl in God; and therefore

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