Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

w 674 That worldly things are t die comfit ofidolatrie, in his bellie,and not in hisbreaR like other creatures. ,Sei1 :7. Seeing therefore the world and worldly things being CNN pre¡eruatiuer med about deferr, and loued out of mcafure, doe Reale our oga¡nß the for. hearts from the Lord, feparating them here from his grace, and ucr fine. hereafter from his glory, let this ferue as an effe&uallreafon to moderate our affeelions : and Peeing iftheloue of the world do remaine in our hearcs,theloue of God wil not enter into them; let the better haue preeminence of place, diflodging the loue ofthe world,that the loue of God may dwell with vs; for if we Auguftin.in draw our hearts drie of this worldly loue,Gods loue will fpring r.loh.Tra&i. in the place, and replenifh vs with Tweet delights. Wee are veffcls naturally full of the liquor ofcarnall loue, and emptie of that which is diuine and fpiritual,and therefore we mull powre out that we haue, that we may receiue that we haue not :natu- rally we are carted dewne the Rrearne with the loue of worldly things,and there is no flay,vnlcíle we wil catch hold ofthe true tree oflife, and cling voto him with a liuely faith, that fo wee may notbecaried downe.with this violent, or rather natural' motion. Which that we may doe, let vs confider, that whatfo- euer goodneffe,beautie, or excellency there is in the creatures, infotne finatl .mature, and for fotne fhort time, they are infi- nitely and eternally in the Creator ; and therefore though our hearts were inflamed with a whole world of loue, yet in corn- pardon of hi m, they could not deferue the leaf fparke of our af- feSlion.Againe, let vs remember, that if wee Pet our hearts on thefeworldly things, we exceedingly abufe thefe gifts ofGod, and himfelfe alfo who is the author of them; for he gaue them vnto vs, not that our hearts fhould cleaue veto them, and our loue be feated on them, but that as by his gifts and meffengers he might wooe our loue veto himfelfe, who is inch abountif ll futer; not that we Mould ref in them as in our paradife, but that they Mould be comfortable companions of our journey, and that receitting them by faith,the hand ofthe fouleraswel as with the hands ofour bodies they mightb'e unto vs pledges of hisloue, earned pennies of our heauenly inheritance, and as forcible arguments,taken from the leffer to the greater, where- by wemightbemoued with all earnetnefieto delire I glo- rióus prefence, and the ioyes of his kingdome; thus conclu- ding with.ourfelues,drat ifthere be.ánything on earth worthy out g