Holy Obfer'"Patiovr. 119 fdves: but ifwe have true graces,and prize them not at the highell, others lhall va- --.-- A lue both them in us, and us for them, and with ufury give us that honour wee withheld modeftly from our felves. '4· He that takeshis fulllibmyin what hemay,lhall repent him: how much more in what he lhould not( I never read ofChriftianthat repented him oftwo littleworldly delight. The furefl courfe I have.(!ill found in all earthly pleafures, to rife with an appetite, and to bef.1nsfied w>thal>ttle. 25. There is a time when Kings goe not forth to warflrc; our fpirituall warre admits no intenniffion: it knowes nonight, no wimer,ahides no peace, no trllce. Tbis calls us not into oarrifon,where we may have eafe and refpit, but intoJitched fields conB tinually:we~fee our enemies in the face alwayes,and arealwayes eene and affaulred; ever rofiCling ever defending, receiving and returning blowes. Ifeither we benegJiccnt orwea;y we< dye· wha other bof,is-there whil one fights~ and the other ll~nds (!ill ( W~ can ever have faftry-an peace,but-i vu~tory. There mull our refi(lancc be couragiou and conllant, where both yeelding is death,and all treaties of pelce mortall. z6. Neutrality in things good orevill,is both odious, and prejudiciall; but in matters ofan indifferent nature is fafe and commendable. Herein taking of parrs makerh fides and breaketh unity. In an unjull caufe offeparation, hee that favoureth both parts'may (perhaps) have leafllovo ofeither fide, but bath moll charity in himfelfe. '7· c Nothing ismore abfurd than that Epicurean refolution,Let me~t anddrink ,to mor. rowwejhalldye: As ifweweremade oce!y for the panch, and lived that wee might live: yetthcre was never anh naturall man found favour mthat meat wh1ch he knew lhould be his la(l:whereas t ey lhould fay,Let us fall andpray,to morrowwee lhall dye: for, to what purpofe isthe body llrengthned, that it may perifl1, whofe greatterllrenoth makes ourdeath more violent~No man beflowes a coiHy roofe on a ruinous ten~ment : that mans end is eafie and happy, whom death finds with aweake body, and a Clrong foule. .s. Sometime, even things in themfclves naturally good, are to be refufedfor thofe, which (being evil!) may be anoccafion to a greater good. Life is in itfelfe good,and death evill : elfe D•vid, Eli.u,and many excellentMartyrs would not have fled, to D hold life, and avoid death ; nor Ezechi•h have prayed for it, nor our Saviour have bidden.us to flee for it,nor God promifed it to his for a reward; yet ifin fome cafes we hate not life, we love not God,norour foules. Herein, as much as in any thine the perverfneffeofour nature appeares,that we wifl1 death, or love lifeupon wto,;'g caufes:we would hve for teafure,orwe would dye for pame;Iob for Iusfores, Eli.u for his pcrfecution,Ton.u or his Gourd would prefenrly die,and will needs out-face God thatit is better for him todye than to live:wherdn we arc like to garrifon-foul: diers, that while they livewithin fafe walls, and fl1ew themfe!ves once a day rather for ccremonieand pompe,than need ordanger,like warfare well enough;but ifonce called forth to the fie!d,they wifl1 themfelves at home. >9. Notonelythelea!l, but theworll is ever in thebottome; what lhould God doe E with the dregs ofour age ~ W'hen finne will admitthce his Client no longer, then God lhallbee beholden to thee for thy fervice; Thus is God dealt with in all other offcrinos; Thewor(l and leafllheafe mu(\ be Gods Tenth: The deformedflorfimple(l ofour children mu(\ bee Gods Mini(lers : the uncleanlidl and mofl careleffe houfe mu(\ be Gods Temple:the idle(\ and fleepie(l houres ofthe day muCl be referved for our prayers: The worfl part ofour age for devotion. Wewould have God give us !!ill of thebefl,agd are ready to murmure at every little evill he fends us:yet nothing is bad enough for him,ofwhom we receive all. Naturecondemnes this In. equality;
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