Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

20 Reafens molting vstàfQhtaaainf l the world. steeejjtienfthis we 11-tall fightagaiufl God,there being oppofition between ftgbt,feeing the the them-without ineane,and therefore no neutralitie admitted; world are ehe- but whofoeuer ioyncth not with God,is on the worlds part; mies to God. whofoeuerloueth the world hateth God,and who fo loueth God hateth the world. This is plaine,lam,4.4Knom younot Iames4.4. that the amitie of theworld is emnitie with God? whefoener therefore?bdl be afriend of the world,maketh himfilfe the ene- mieofGod. And the Apoflle lohn vfeth it as an argument to diffwade vs from.the loue ofthe world, becaufe wee cannot rIoh.a.t5 loue the world and God too. If any man (faith hre)louethe world, the lone of the father is not in him. For as foone as the loue ofGod is fhed abrode in our hearts, it moueth vs to loue him againe,who hath thus dearely louedvs,andlouing him to loue his friends alfo, & to hate his enemies. As foone as we are reconciled unto God and become his feruants, we prcfently oppofe againf%all chofe who make oppofition a- gainfl ourLord and mailer, and when as wee are made his fonnes by adoption and grace, we eannot chufe in ourfiliall affedlion,but take our fathersparc,breaking offall friendfhip with thole which are his enemies,and making warreagaihfl thofewho fight againfi him. To this purpofe the Apofile Tit.z.u.1z. faith,that asji one no thegroce of qod, chat is, the do&ine of grace andreconciliation,dorh app' rare, it teacheth vs to dente vngodlwes,and worldly lufis,and to linefoberly, and righteoufly syrdgodly in this prelim world. So that-the loue ofthe world and the loue of God, peace with the world,and peace with God,wiÿxiot hand together. And therfore the Apofile Paul z.Iim.4.to, faith,that Demae forfvoke him, and together with him. the feruice ofGod, when he began to imbrace the world. And our Sauiourtelleth vs plainly, that no man can fern chefs two mafters,being fo oppofed one againfl the other, for either he Match >644.. ¡hallhate the one,and lone the other, er elf. he(hall leans to the one, and defpife the other : yee cannot (faith he) fern God and mammon.Aswell.then may we reconcile fire andwater,light and darknes, righteoufnes and vnrighteoufàes, aria -and Belial,asGod and the world: and therefore when lehofa- phat,though otherwife a godlyKing,would haue bin friends to both, the Lord fendethlehn the Prophet vntohint with an