Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

That we are in the world pilgrims and /rangers. S t; flranger, and that heauen is his countrie, where he fhall bee an inhabitant for euer,and not a guefl for a time.For in truth eucry one here is gueft- and a: flranger in his ownehoufe; for ifhe were not fo, why doth he not flay in r, but after a fhort abode pa ffeth away? and if any bee neccffarilytotra> uel and go away,he is to be cfteemed a,Itranger;.let him not deceiue himfelfehe is a guefl; whether he wil or no, hee is a guell. Yea ,hut he bequeatheth his houfe wh ë hedeparteth to cifiiiribi locum his childré.True,but yet as a gueft,who departing) eauethhisPater tuus,ctf lodging to other guelts -; euen as it is ìn Irme,where as one fiasses locum frl js tuffs. Net . commcth, another goeth away. For thus hee doth in his manfreru, ma. bottle and earthly habitation, feeing as his fathergaue place nes,nec mantra_ to him, fo he is to giue place to his tonnes and poflerity; and ru relinquis.. as himlelfflitteth,lo heleaueth it to them vvh.are altofilinAugufi:.ibid. flitting. And as we arc to efleeme the world ourway,where. in like pilgrims we trauell towards our heaucnly countrie; fo alto we are to account the things of thislife asnecefáaries for our Tourney, and like that prouifion which wee find in our waywhen we come to-our inne; the which -wee cannot carrie with vs, but leaue it where we found it. . And ifwe would thus efleeme ofthe world and worldly 4.Sta. 3, vanities, then would wee not ouerualue and fet -our heartsThatthe world ppn them; but (as theApoí+k fpeaketh) vfe themas :bosigbisto be v ¡edas lbe vied them not : notas places to ref} in, or things wherein paaage,and we take our chide re oft but as a.wa to trauell in, and asnot a:aplats P j' , a- neceffariesto further vs in-our iourney. For what wifetr t.Cor.y.3t. . ueller would fit Mill and loiter in his iourney, becaufe hee is in afaire way, and is not rather encouraged thereby to tra- uell cherefully tohis owne home? Whowould feat hisheart. and affeftions on thofe , delights which hee feeth as hee paffethby? or though in his trauell hee may take fome plea- lure in them,as he goeth by them, yet who in his right wits, will fo dote, on theft things, inwhiççh he hash not an houres intereft,as that he will negleft far bettr and permanent de- lights in his owne commie? Who vfeth to build when hee commerh to his Inne? or takes his chiefe contentment its thofe buildings which he findeth there already, in his finely, and wellfurnifhed chamber, his foft lodging, dainties farey pleafant.:.