268 The third Sermone Andfellethadthat hehath,anddayeth tkatiieïd. Ec are now come to the fourth argument or tcfli.. l - - -° mony of highdictating the treafureoffaluarion, thenrtanesoflifeeternall, namelv,the.refolution, to/eiallthat amanbath. Tofindeout the meaning hereof,wee are&Alto leerobar a manbath : fecond- b d. ly,*hatitistold!it Touching theformer itmay perhapsat the fitfi ltEzPofi tl C eemetobefpokenofthewealthandricheso fthe lion. world, or to infnuate force fuch voluntary pouer- ty; into which vnder a Ihewof holineife, and of forfakingthe world, Monkesand fuchlike docats themfelues: butindeed there is nofuch meaning in thewords. For firlt,the things which appertaine to the kingdomeofGod,canotbepurchafedbymoney. Secondly, there bee many poore follies in the worldthat (hall befatted; that yethäue littlewealth to part with, to obtafne heauenby. Thirdly, the riches oftheworldare not our ovine, neithercanthey properlybe focalled, forthey arebutlent vntovs,and theLord dóthgiue them, and take theftat his pleafute. The like maybe laid of health, bcauty,fauour,reputationand creditin theworld; which though many menby the goodneil'eofGod docenloy, yet they cannot be called theirs: fo thatwee mytt enquireoutfómethìngwhich may tritely and properlybe tearrned a mans ovine; and that is noother thing butonelyfñne: which as it comes tóawry manby inheritance, ( fo that thoughbeebe borne with a naked body, yethis foule ',full of it ;) fo likewife there is nothingdearer Or ofgreater price Vito a hannaliman, then it, nothing that he is lothcrand more vnwilling toforgot; and this is that which is meant bythe SpiritofGod inthisplact: Now tofell this, is (as thenatureof fellingwee know requires) to part with the right and title, and intereftthat aman bath into it,the lecret aidinwardlouëtoIgandthe outwardandcommon practice ofit. Thus much brieflyand plainly toopen the meaningof thisdale t you fee, that bytkat aman harb, is meantfranc; and by tellingit,ta renouncing and dilclaimingoflinne.letvsnow come to themote particularexamination,for ourinfiruélion. There beGuidry points ailingout ofthisclaufe; as in the furtherfeanning Xhs I. doll. dit (Godwilling) that) appeare. The fir(t whichis the groundofall therea, isthis ; That in all tholl which thinke andhope to bee taued, theremuff bee a difdaiming, a renouncing, anvtter forCakingof thofefinnes,which heretofore in thed ayes oftheir ignorance and childebood, andvanitïe theydelighted in. This is the very fubflanceoffelling that whrchamanbath,here fpoken of. Aman cannotkeepe 11111 hisancientpotielliioninfinne,andin thelufts andwagesofhis ovine heart, and yet get heauentoo. lc is good to fearch for this rich treafstre into the veryheart andbowels ofthe Scripture; it isgood when a man bath found it, to bide it,andto lay it vpinthe flore-houleofa mansmemory ; it is good to bee ladofir,andtoreioyceinit; itisgoodtogrowfirt)aconfultation withamapsfé f,whatistpbedoneforthe obtaining it; all ehefeehingain them.. (clues aregood: but yetthey areallinvaine,excepta man doe ioyne vino them' this fameredingofhis olde andaccullomed fines, andthe entring into a new touefe ofholinctre, To minuet this point, weemay confider the examplesof Lome
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