332 i .FtelnefJêofl3Vorldexclude.r Chrifl. b lta.a.aa. according to the expreffion of the Prophet, b ceafe from -man from the wifdome and counfell, devife and inven- tion, art and abilityofman, -fees littleor nothingofChrift, -path no comfort nor joy in Chrift,; be that dothnot ceafe from dependance upon man, from glorying and pleating himfelfe in man, from reeling upon the authority of man in matter offpirituall inf ruc5ìon, is very ignorant ofChrift,, a meere (Iranger to Chrif ; Chrift ever proves uncomfortable to them whole rejoycings are in man. 4, Fulndiè of 4. There is a fidinefe of theWorld, which argueth an emp- ¡ world. tineffe of Chrift in the foule of man. The Inne where 1 Chrift was borne was fo full of gueffs, that there was no roome for Chrift, but in a manger, a difhonourable lodg- ing for fuch a glorious guefk, in the heart which ix filled with the world, there is no roome for Chrift: Worldly minded men give a very unworthy entertainment unto Chrift ; the world fo blinds them, that they cannot dif- cerne the beauty, worth and excellency of Chrift, any more then an eye full ofdal can difcerne the brightncífe e Ifa,S;.z, and beauty of the Sunne, they fee no c comelineffe inChrift for which they fhould delire him this fo fils theirhearts, d Mac, a; . zz, that they are uncapable offpirituall inflruaion, as d thorns and dryars make the field uncapable, of feed ; this deares fssch authority and dominion within them, that they can- cot vile and ;bow_ to Chrift, they cannot take Chrifs yoake upon them,' they cannot let then-delvesabout Chrifts worke any more then a fcrvant can put himfelfe from his Matters fervice into another mans works, No man ( faith e M1c.G.a (krill) can ` fervc two (Mailers ; no man can be the fer- vans of,God and Mammon : this fo alienates the heart of a man from Chrift, drawes the futile of man into fsch fpi- rituall fornication, that man can no more love Chrift then a harlot can love her husband, for ifany man (faith Saint fi Ioh z.as. ?ohn) f love the World the love of-the Father is not in that man, And the love of the,World (faith St, amen) id g enmi- g Iam4.4. ty With God : This doth fo take up the thought, care, flu- dy, delight, ftrength, labour, time and the very whole of man, and doth fo fetter and bind him, fatten and encline himn ;
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