Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

826 That Ire are citizens of heaaten. poflle tcacheth vs, it becömeth Saints to be fo far frö imbra- EpbcL53 _: cing& pra&iuing couetouines,that it j7;ogldnot be once named among them; both becaufe their title is moll: tickle & uncer- tain to this earthly trafh; & becaufe allo their haue Pure inte- ref} in thofe vnualuable & eternal treafures which are refer - ued for thé in heaué.So that it maybe fitly Paid to Chriflians, a.King.1.16. as Elilha fpeaketh to Gehazi ; is this a time to mite money, and toreceinegarments, and dines, and vineyards, andfpheepe, and oxen,and men fernants,andmaid feresants? efpecially when the leprofie of fin accompanieth them, which excludeth vs from the focietie ofthe Saints, and bringeth in the end eternal' Auguf. in loh. death. Te this purpofe one 1peaketh fitly : He (faith he) lo- s.Tra&4o. neth not his money too much,who loueth God enough, &c. O therefore that we could loue the Lord as he worthily de- ferueth, and fo fhould we loue our filuer little or nothing : then would our money be only an helpfull infirument in our pilgrimage,andnot a prouoking baite to our concupifcence, which we Ihould vfe for neceffitie alone, and not enjoy fox delight, &c. Vfe this world,but fo as the world doth not fa- tten on thec;the end ofthy comming into it,was not to make any flay, butto paffe through it as a place of pilgrimage; thou carnet in to go out againe,& not to remaine:thou art t traueller,& the world is thine Inne; vfe therefore thy money as the traueller in his Inne vfeth his table,cup,&bed,namcly as being to leave all behind bim, and not to make any flay with the %Finally, howfoeuer theremay be fome (hew ofrea- fon,why ignorant worldlings Ihouid fet their hearts upon worldly and carnall pleafttres, becaule they ate acquainted with no better delights; yet it is more then fotti(h madnes, for thole to dote on them, who haue been enliz htned with the knowledge of Gods truth, or haue euer had but the leaf' tafle ofthe heauenly ioyes, becaufe they are vaine and mo- mentanic, and theft moll excellent and eternall.And thisar- gument the Apofllevfeth to weane our hearts from thefevo- Rom.r 3.t a, luptuous and finfull pleafures: The night (faith he) is pati,and 1:3.14. the day is at hand, let vstheretorocafialbaythetborkesofdark neffe ,andletvspa:on the armssiroflight t fa that re waikÊ bò- nc lily as in the day, not inglattonie anddrwnkennef , veitherin chambring