Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

7'hstworldly'ting Inal eme» forgetfatof hookral.68r the lethe ofobliuion) their hdarìdc are Co intoxicated with thefe bewitching cups, their fenfes fo benummed,and all the fuI- tics of their foule,fo ftupified and deadded, that they neuer call, the Lord to their remembrance,but like beaus wallow in their delights,and haue their hearts and minds oppreffed, yea buried in their carnallpleafures. Thefourth finneagainff God, which thefe worldly things 430.n. immoderatly lowed, doe commonly plunge worldly men into, rhat,rertd y is vnthankfulnes towards God for all his gifts and bleffings; thmgraboau- the which is a fruite of the former :for when men are forgetful) dint, make me* of theirbenefa&or,they muff need es be alfo vngratefull for his V tb" al¡ to" benefits, and that in the wort)kinde for fo farte are they from returning thankes,that they neuer fo much as thinke of him to whom they are fo greatly beholding. Befides (as I haue fhew- ed) the more that worldly men abound with thefe earthlie things,the more their concupifcence is increafed,and the more eager they arc in feeking aftermore. The which is a notable_ hindrance vnto their thankfidneffe; for they who haue their xonpotitur min des wholly fer vpon that which they haue not, doe not re- eaad,tar nuem member what theyhaue,much leffe doe they thinke of recur- ram llü e[jegra- tum.AynaHl ning thankes to their great benefaElor ; yea they are readie ra- eaimimprobQ ther to murmure for that they want, then to bee thankful) forgei quad datar that which they haue alreadie receiued. Whereas contrari wife ratio eft if we fhould but remember the blefíings which wee doe fromSenee.Benefie God daily enioy ; there is no man in the world fo poore in his 11b.2.capa7. gifts, who might not finde rich matter ofpraife and thankfgi_ tung; elpecially if he wouldall his eye, not on chofe who are preferred before him, but on thofe to whom he is fuperiour; not on the things which hee wants and others enioy, but on thofe which he cnioyeth,and they want. But fo vnthankful our corrupt natureis,that wehaue alwaies our finger vpon our fore, and our wants and grieuances in our memories, yea and com- monly che fewer they are, the greater is our repining,complai ningthatweehaue nothing, if wee haue not all; and the more rich we are in Godsbleflings, the poorer commonly we are ira thankfitlncffe. And whereasin reafon wee fhould (refembling golden veffels)refle& from grateful! harts,the beames ofGods !hi ping benefits, with vnfained thankfctlnes, and multiplie our praifes and chankfgiuing, the mre God multiplieth his gifts vpon