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8 24 That we are citizen o f hearten. when we come veto him ?It is obfcrued, that therefore with the Grecians man is called ße9'3 &,to put him in mind, that howfocuer he dwellcth on the earth, yet he fhould Rill lift vp his eyes and hearts towards heauen, that fo he might be be occafioned tomeditate on his Creator, and on thofedi- uine ioyes, and eternall glorie which are there referued for him. And it is further noted, that ofall the parts ofmansbo- die, the head which is the feat of the vnderilanding, and the place wherein the foule (heweth and exercileth hischiefe fa- cult ¡es and in l.ons,ismoflremotefromtheearth,andnea- reff voto heauen;by which fabrique and wifeplacing ofchefe humane parts, the Lord would teach vs, that we fhou!d as little asmay be,trouble our heads with earthly cogitations, but rather exercife then continually in fpirituall and hea- uenly meditations : and therefore according both to our name and nat ue, let vs not haue our minds nailed to the earth, and wholly conuerlant in worldly things; but let vs continually lift them vp in diuine contemplation ;and as the Apoflle exhorteth vs, base our canaserration w heauen, front, whence ia'elooke fer a Sauiour, eaten our Lord !eras ChriIf : and for as much as theyare continually ouer-poifed with world- ly cares, and neceffarie imployments in the earth ; let vs dai- ly draw them vp, feeing they naturally dcfccnd like the pey- fes of a clocke, and exercife them continually in diuine and heauenly meditations, that fo by their relling on the earth, our courfe in godlines be not hindred &flayed. While/ we Bplter=Js, Were without Chritt, aliener from the common-xealth of ¡frail, firaneers from the couenants ofpromir, and had no hope, and were nithaut God in the world, as the Apoflfe fpeaketh;it is no tnaruell if we much e(teemed our earthly habitation, and made idols ofworld!y things, as riches,pleafures and prefer- ments, by fetting our hearts and affeelions wholly on them; for fo is this naturally imprinted in our hearts, that there is a God; that when we are ignorant ofthe true diuine nature andeßènce, rather then we will be without a deiriewhich we may adore, we are readie to fettle and worfhip the bafefa Xattet3,ry. creatures : but now that in Christ lefts we which once were far off, are memo mare by his blood, odor No wore .11-rangers and forrenners,