v(Remedy for Security. 411 dpiagafonsto flew the equityofthis Doétrine,andby which to enf¢rceituponThe çubltIcs 0 cueryoflurfoules,may be there : . of he Do t. It is r ftly contrary to that which the Spiritof Godpetfwades all arms ofd,e Chriftiansunto: ='Itistheir duty to kiteeid', thereforenot to delight in it;toRca tae weepe for it (as we (hall fee anon,) thereforenot to laughat the committing it. °oafiron rç. They are commandedtofit theiraffeblionsvpon the things aheae , and therefore t .Reifen, nottoenfnare their hearts with there baler ioyes: they aretaught to feeke at oPtäL S7.1o. Durablericher,,therefore not todore vpon fadingwealth: after a boafenormade nCo1.3a. with bands , but eternal(in the beam's:, , and therefore nottobebewitched with ° Prewa.ls the conueniencyofearthlydwellings:after Sittingat Whinthekngdemeof Gal, H=à or,i.i, andtherefore not to reioyce in bell -cheare;after theHenonrwhich all 3 Y Y Y gLuke r ;ì9 beePithsSaintst,and thereforenot to be puffedop withworldlypomp: to long for r Plàl:yg.p. theCongregation ofthefillhárne, andtbe Spiritsewe andperrfirmen', and tbere.IHeb.i 3. forenottoplace contentment incarnall fellowfhip. This isthen one reafon: ThisIoy is direy3ly contrary to the mairie areameofChriftianity.itisa reafon ofPanlsin tomethitigs. ThisbecontnsethSaints, Thisbloomed, tbeGefpello,tEhnGç.3: therefore itmull be.The reafonis the fame in this:Thisbecommeth not Saints: u Pinit.a7. This becommethnotthe Gofpell,thereforc it mullnot be. a. This kinde of reioycingis never without the mixture offorefecrer bit- z.Reafn. terneffe :Earn in Laaghtçr chi hearti,.forrowfuia.Andthere isadouble reafonforx Prou.14.13; it. I .Carnall men feldome havetheir delireineuery particular,and thewant of thatwhich isdelired, breadsa vexationgreater bydegrees then the content.. ment in thethings enioyed. TakeHamanfor an examples Hewentfrom court with aglad heart,and at hornegEunted ofhishonour; yet (faithhe)Alithiedoh not aaaileme, as longas y lee cafcMcat the . em /îtting en the Kingsgate. t. Fiewas foyEft.çt;:. hawse,; with a fpirítofEmulation again{}Mora.cai, that ir diddiftafteall that fweetneffe which he conceived inhis honour.And ftti I,it is(ordinarily)fo in the prouidenceofGod, that orldly men hue in their profperities fomething or other comesathwart tliém,which galleth themas much, as theaccomplifh- ment oftheir deliresMother things may theme tpcontent them.z.inward ter- rours(as furies)doalwaies follow thofe,who doe willinglycheri(h in theirbo- fornes,and praetife intheir hues any knownecorruption. Afonndoffeare isits theirearn., and it is their iudgementtohaleTremblinghearts a. Well may they z,Tob.t ç.at: Set a face vpon the matter, and leaf} and drinke away their cares, yet theycan a Deuosa.óç hautno true inward quiet iForthere hwigwam to thewickedfaithGook So thenslfa.ç7.s. this itthe frondreafonat is notfohde,but a meetly fuperficiallioy,and there. fore it is an idle thing toentertaineie. 3. It is a reioycing of no continuance. Tbereioydiregofebewic(Ledit¡hart,and 3,Reafoni the ioy of theHypocrites is bar a moment e. Salomon likeneth it to a fierofThemes s sob tattierapota, which cracisleths and blazethawhile, but fuddenlydieth. ThisdEee17.3, kind ofioy is truely called fhort in two refpeets. I. Besaufe thethings them. felues reioyced in,arefo (ubieel tohazard. Honour a blaft: Beauty a perifhing flower: Wealth hash wings likean Eagle e,andis fuddenly gone: andas the hen- ePsou.s;.ç: then laid, OfthewealthofMerchants that it hangeth vpon Ropes s fo it may be laid binano ilium of all the contentments ofthe world, theydoe cot hang vpon a Tbree-foldcard, farroaaarrú- which (as the fayingis) eannetbeeaflybrokent,butvponi.frngletwine,whichis'd`stnfo inapt in (under with7a twitch:Andtheywhich look bighef} and brace the greatEal.q, rag teft port, andmull (lady the perpetuatingoftheir fortunes, are but in the 'flare ofcounters, which nowRand for pounds , and forthwithgoo fora farthing. a.Becaufe like it Celle , inwhich all there thingsare enioyed,is but (lion;; Ora dates aremore [miff thena poll they pale with the mollfwiftShips, and an theEagle whichfiieshto the preys: Now carnal! menin their reioycinghat, r butan elate gln!e sç,sd for térme of lifearthevtmoll r For,. When a wickedman slink , bis hopeperifh.bCroo.sly. ebb, and what hope bath 4eHjpocrite f God takeaway his Idle s ? Sp then i lobs7.5. if
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