A truth. An Athei!l is worthy of more hatred, an Herctikc ofmore fcarc; both of ~voydancc. 37· . ' Vvayes, ifnever ufcd, cannot but be faire; ifmuch ufcd,aremade commodioufly palfable; ifboforc oft ufed,and now fddome,thcy becomedccpeanddangerous. If the heart he not :11 all inured ro meditation, it lindeth no fault with it fclfe; not for rh•r iris innoccnt,but lecure;ifoften,ir findeth comfortable palfage for his thoughts; if rardy,and with intermi!lion,redious and rroublefomc.In things ofthis liature,we only efcape complaint, ifwe ufe them eirhcralwayes ornever. our fcnfuoll hand holds f~{\ wharfol!'r delight it apprehcndeth : our fpiriruaU hand eafily remitt<th ; becaufe appetite is ftronger in us than grace: whence it is, B that we fo hardly deliver our felvcs ofearthly plcafures,which we have onceenter. rained ; and with fuch difficulty draw our fdves to a confbnt courfcoffaith, hope, and fpirituall joy, or to rhe..rcnued acts ofthem once intermitted. A~:e is naturally weak, and youth vigorous; but in us theold man is !lrong, the new faint and feeble: rhe fault is not in grace, bur in us : Faithdorh not want ftrength, but wewant faith. c 39· It is nor good in woddly e!lates for a man to make himrclfe necelfary; for hereupon hee is both more roy!ed, and more fufpcctcd: but 10 the facred Common. wealthofthe Church,a man cannot be engaged toodeeplyby his fciVice. The ambition offpirituall well-doing breeds no danger. He that doth be!l, and may worfl be fparcd, is happiefi. +O• It was a fir comparifon ofwoddlycares,to thornes:for as they choicetheWord, fo they prickc our foulcs: Neither theWord can grow up amongft them, nor the heart can rcft upon them: Neither bodynor foulc can find cafewhile they arewithin, or clofc to us. Spiritual! cares arc as fharp ; but moreprofitable: they paine us, butleavcthe foule better. They breakc our fleep,butfor afwecter reft: weeare nor we!,but either while we have rhem,or after we have had them.It is as impoffible to have fpirituall health without rhefc, as to have bqdily ftrengrh with theother. 4'· . ' In temporal! good things, iris bell: to livein doube; not making full account of that which we holdinfowcakc a tenure: Jn fpiriruaU,with confidence; nor fearing that which is warranted to us byan infallible promife and fure earneft. Hee lives D more comenredly, that is moft fecurc for this world, mo!l rcfolutc forthe other. 41. I God hath in nature given every maninclinations ro fomeonc particular calling; which ifhe fol!ow,heexcells;ifhe crolfc,he proves a nM-profcient,and changeable: bur all mens natures are equally indifpofed to gracc,and to thecommon vocation of Chti!lianity:we arc all borne Heathens. To do well,Nature muft in the firft be obfervcd and followed, in the other crolfed andovercome. 43· Good-man is atitle givento theloweft; whereas aUTitles of Greatneffe, Worfhip,Honour,are obfervedand attributed with choyce.The fpccch ofthe worldbewrayes their mind, and thews the common cftimation ofgo<)dnelfe comparedwith other qualities.TheWorldtherefore is an ill Heiald,and unskilful! inthe true ftiles. It were happy that Goodnelfe were fo common; and pity that it either fhould nor E ftandwithGrcatnelfe, or not be preferred to it. 44· . Amongfhll aaions, Satan is everbufieft inthe be!l, and mofl in the bc!lpan of the befi 1 as mthe end of Prayer, when the heart fhould clofe up it fdfc withmoft comfon. Hcneverfeares us, butwhen we are \vel!employed: and the more likelihood he fees ofour profit,the more is his envy and labourrodifrraa us. Wefhould love our fdves asmuch as he hatesus;and rhcrfore flrivc fo much rhc more towards our good, as hismalice !lriveth to interrupt it.Wccdoe nothing,ifwe contend not, when
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