, Lofè comfort ofprefent having'. 10I where they prom ife themfe1es moll comfort ; it is the, Lords andnot the worlás prefencethat miniltersboth fafetyandcon- tentation toGods fervants. 7. Self- feeking takes away the comfort oftbhat manpoif fèth 7Loffe of tin for the prefent the having ofall is as nothing to him that is comfortofprt+ poffeff d with a fpirit of felf-feeking ; Ahabs crown and kind lent having'. dome neither content nor comfort him, having a toiling hu¢ moor after Nabobsvineyard, the want ofthis doth moremo- ld}and vex him, then the having ofall the refdue doth folace him, for thishe came heavy and E diSfileafed to his houfe, laid - him downe upon his bed, turned away hù,face and Weuld . Bate ; t t Kcn.2 t 4, . no bread Mott unhappy and wretched is the eti4ateand con- ditionofthat perfonwhom-God delivers over to the loft and humouroffelf -feeking, this makes him apprehend the Some of his profperity, as a dark cloud wherin is no light, and the deepe river ofhis earthly' abundance, as an emptypit wherin are nowaters. Haman was highly honoured by Traferu4, yet having an ambitious and felf-feeking loft within him, whenhe had related all his honours, concluded, All this n a- Hef# 1.13 wiles me nothing fo long as Ifie Mordecai the 7e1a) fitting at the. Kings gate Many.a. gracious poorc man that hath no- thing of the world, hath more fatisfaaion then he that. bath thegreateft earthly abundancewithan infatiable greedy and felf-feeking loft withinhim : great isthe.vanity, emp- tineffe and vexation of worldly fullneffe without the bid: fed prefence ofChrift Jefus ; happy is the foule to whom Godgives freedome from the loft of felf-feeking. And this Sclf.fedking iufatiable,polluting, hafe and imbondaging lull, let us mortifie lull how to be and put to death with all the concomitantsand attendants of handled. it,as yofh.deftroied felt feeking/khan with all that appertai- ned tohim;this let uswound with godly forrow,felf denyall and avocation ofourheartsfrom theworld,as foab with three darts thruft through felf-feeking Abfolom,this let us root up as a moil pernicious weed out ofthegardenofour fouls; this let us put todeath,aaa moft dangeroustraitor and mutinousrebell in the common -weale of our hearts let us daily {hive for the increafe ofour liberty from felf-feeking, as from the moit:loathfome ofall fpots, the moil fervilc ofall imbon- dage-
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