Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

$ t 2 That wee are in the worldpilgrimrr axd f rangers. them only in our pail-age, and the time which wee haue tri enioy them is but very fhorr, For let hint who bath euioyed worldlvprofperitie the icnìgeil time lookebacke, and bee fhall fee, that all which is pall is but a dreg ne or fhadow, and as the twinckling °fan eye in refpe£t ofeternity. But all our loue and longing Inuit he placed on our heauenly inhe- ritancc,wherc we arc for euer to enjoy an eternal! iraight of glory, and happineffe without end. We mull vie this world, not as our countrie, but as our way wherein wee are trauel- ling towards our heauenly home;and make account to pafie through it as the children of Ifrael promifcd to goe through Numbso.:y. Edom,withour making any flay, or hauing any commerce eng +íxaua ordealingwiththe inhabitants, more then our prefentne- qu;p¡;rrfEvita ceffities will inforce vpon vs. For ( as one faith) this life pre- reftss:&,/ki rent isapilgrimage , &he who longeth and fighethafter his /ufpirat ad z. owne countrie,vnto him his place ofperegrination is a tedi- artam,ei tsr ous tormct though vnto others it may fecal a aradife ofde- meutumeftpa a }' p regrixatioxis light.The world isvntovsa dangerous fea,and our life isal- lac w,eriafi lotted vs as a time of paffage, wherein weemay goe forward ',tondo evi- in our voyage,and difcoucr the port of happincfle,that with dearxr.Greg. ioywemay enter into it : and therefore let vs not defireto epi(l.cxregift.bealwaicslàilin andtobetlillindan er, not one! to bee lib.to,ind.4. r g , ly fwallowedvpb the furgingwaueso fmifery and afllidion; but alfoofthetpirituall pirats, who are ready torob vs of Gods fan &ifying graces, and to captiueand inthrall vs in the prifon of deflru .on; and of flitting our fouIes vpon the rockes of fin, being miflead in our voyageby the worlds falfefires, and drawne out oft he right wayby his fubtill ten - rations :but let vs rather delire to arriue at the hauen of tell, where wefhali bee free from all thefedangers, and for euer enioy fecure felicity. Neither muti weemakeaccountthat the places where we now abide, are our homes andhabita- tions; but onely our Innes and lodgings by the way, where we are not to leade our liues,but to retl for one night,and fo Augufl,Serm. to be gone. To which purpofe one faith, that he is a Chri- ;s.tom,t o. Ilia; who being bo..h in hishoufe and countrie, doth neuer- thcletfe acknowledge,that lie is in them but as a pilgrime or !ranger,