2¢8 I The deceitfslnefeofMans heart. sáath irnpofed a necefíicy upon us to leek the main - Itenance ofour own credit and good name, that fo we might be the fitter inftrumenrs of'gloifying him in our [everall callings. But hereupon, as S. zftaffen ronfef.io,36. hath wel obferved,through the deceirlulnef9e of our Ita nobis hearts, we are drawn on co defire and delight in the quonzam propter qua dambunting love,the reverence,the praife ofinen it Celle, and to like well enough of ir, to be loved and reverenced, not for Gods caufe, but even in Gods 'lead. But this deceit is fpecially in the rife of things irrdifferent,as meat, mirth, marriage, recreation, fleep, apparrell, and fuch like. Ofall which, God indeed hath gran- ted us the rife, yet not fo, but hee bath confined us within certaine limits, and as unto the fea, hath fet us our bounds, laying ; Thus farrefhalt thou goe and NO farther. Now our deceitful) hearts having once gotten this by the end, that Inch and filch things are indifferent, arid Co may lawfully be done, think they are them on a Cure ground, and fo care not how f.£rrethey lafh out as though there were nore- ftraint in the Life of things indifferent. And thus it is ftrange to fee, how that which is lawful], drawes on that which is not convenient, yea, and what horri- ble finnes are Cwallowed down under the name of things indifferent. Come to a fwinifh Epicure, that makes his belly his God, and tell him of his abule of Gods creatures, he will anfwerprefently,why ftrai- ten you my liberty in the Life of z he creatures,which Chrift bath purchafed for me ? Hach not God given us wine to make glad the heart? Yes,co make glad,but drunkenneffe and furfetting makes it heavie 5 Take heed,faith our Saviour, left your hearts be made heavie with foczetatis officia vece f arium oft amari & timeri ab hominibus,io- (tat adverfaïiva ubigt e fpargens in laqueis.Euge, Fuge, ut duns avidi co'Cigimsts incaute capia- mur, & à veri. tate tua guadi - z ±m nofirum de ponamus, & in hominem falla- cia ponamus, libeatque nos amari,& time, YL,non propter te,fed pre te. 3.ul.zt.3.p.
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