of true CoYlueYfOF$. 2Úf the other. Sith then the common dutiesofthe Sabbathday, are fach a bur then vino vs, the hearing eiftheWord dothmenthevs out,and makevs fodull,t,hat we thewour feints to haueno lifein receiuing ít,but (euen like trewantly fchol lets) to bee glad whenthe houreiscome; that weemay beedifmilíed: tieing weeholdthatthere is nocomfort on theSunday, vnletfe wemay fpend it more or leffe inOur ownfoolilh pleafures;we cannot bekid to ioyin thishiddentre i, fore, feting whenthe Sabbathcomes,which is the marketday ofour fouler,we preferreanybufinelíe,any idle vanity,any oddeoceationbefore the meaner to gaine this fpirituall commodity. Till weecalltheSabbathadelight to confecrateit asglorious tot& Lord%till the exercifesof theWordandSacraments beprecious 1Ifasü;r . into vs,andthat the thinke the time comfortably fpent,which is be[iowed either in fitting vs to them, orin labopring to receiue profit bythem: let vu ncücro- pen our mouthes to fay, that theiron /ores offaluation is our ioy, and the know,- ledge OfGodisa matte- wedelight in. A fecond thing thingwhichproouethvs tobe farm froth the ioymentioned in my text, is our eager followingofvaine and earthly pleafures. This is a fure rule, thatthe morea than tailsofheauenly things, theletTe is his ioy in earthly things: andCd on the other fide,themore a man feeleth earthly things pleafanr, the ink ióy can hehaueinheauenly: When Cain had loft his titleand ihterefl vinoheauen, then he felltobuildingofCities, and tomake himfelfe a feat on r Gen4, earth: andwhenhe had loft theharmonyof agood confcience, his NephewTu. ballinuented Organs, that hee might haue at the leali frame folace in outward things. So that when men fet their affeflions vpon the fading and tran[itory pleafures, and there is theiriollitie í it is an euill figne, it lhewes that theheart is not feaionedwith the truercioycing. It is true there maybeea time for thefein- faintand baler things s neither was it vntruely fayd of the Heathen : With- ávíáXrifut ourroy,the life isnolife: but when men (tallonce takepleaireinpleafure,when glue 1z ls (as Salomon for feauen yeeres fpent in building Gods!Mule , fpent thirreene ßío5 in his owne) mea bellows ruoretime/doubleand trebleinvaine byes, then they employeither in theirhondi callings,or in the feruiceofGods le cannot beegood, tray lades himfelfe, ifhee should tacit, would fay i Towhat ende (Maò.a6,; isthis wallet ? I mullneedesfayuffachmirth, asSalomon did, tilosart mad't taèd,..í. andof fuch toy, What is it that thoudoe e It isgood for men tobee afraid of themlelnesin thetccafes ; theDiuels rules neuer have exception ; but the fer. úantsof Godmuffever learntrel Taint, and not ggoefo farreas they,may : her that auoydethnot fomethingthat isnot euill, mull swedes fall into euill. Inry- ding;wee will notride fo nearetheedgeof theditch,as a man may poffiblcride, andyeteCcape ; but wee will leant a good dealt betweene. Ir is no Chriflian wifedome togoe as mere euill as weecan: flute is very reafonable at the be. Vereeenda ginning: but beforemen beeaware, they maybee forme drawninto excelfe. Cuneo nniafp It was not limply a [inn inEfaa to goea hunting: but{h yet themorehievied niriapectati, it, themore prophanebee waxed,andat fat}came to cdntemne hisbirth- tight. So then, this is the iffueofmy fpeech : Our flenderioyingin thechinsof the Sabbath, and out large reioycing in the pleafures of vanitie, thew, that though there bee in the worldmuchcarnall ioy, yet there is buelittlefpíritu- all ioy. Indeedefomehaue feemed to take comfort in thebefi things: is May bet fo fake to them, as. Chrifl laid to the Iewes, John was a binning andwhining candle, andfora feajnyee reioyced inhis light.. Andour Saviour in thisvery Ion.;.;g Chapterfpeaketh of Come, who receine the Word withany, inn they are but for a feafou. Such I haueknowne s the timewas, when as theApatite faithofthe Gal athians,TheyIan/idiomplucks. out their maneeyes'; they would (asthey made n Gal.gaf: fhew)haüedoneany thing to enjoy thebenefit ofthe word: butnow they are ful, Aa 3 profit
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