V!tlS.t~. diat tl:rook through the heart of A/,fal~m, do pierc:e che,ht::arts of all worldly._ men. Thus the Devil a(faulted onr firfi parents, Gen. 3. 6. ·rwasfor fruit, there is thduftHfthe.jlefo; ·cwas for the eyes, there the lufl (}fth1 eJes; for 'WifdQm,therepride. Thus he affmlt– 'ed .Chrift; he tempted him, ~~~t.4. to tHrHjfones into brefld, t? fatisfie' appetite ; fhewed him theglorJ •f the Wo~·ld, to tempt hts eyes ;- Cafl thJfelfdown, there is prefumption, and indi!creet con.... 1 fidence. This is contrary to the three Graces commeAded by the . Gofpd, Sebriety, Righteoufnefs and Piety, Tit.l.i :z.. Thegrace of . , ... q,d teacheth 111 tl livefoberfJ,righteouflJ,aHdgodiJ in ihu prefon.t evil wor/J, &c. Soherl], in 'oppoficion to the lulls of the Aelli, righte~NflJ in ~ppofition to the lufi ot the eyes, and !ioHflJ t~ c~eck , the prtde of life. So alfo you may confider the three Duties lllu... !hatedby Chrifi: in his Sermon, MAt. 6. ·Alms, Fafiing, Prayer ; ) F~tfting to weanusfrom Senfuality, Alms fromCov<!toufnefs, and · - PrAJir froin Pride : In fuort, the three great ends of our Creation areoHr S~rlvAtion, thegoodof1thers, and theGlorJ ofGod. W~eq men melt away their days in pleafure, they negleCt thegreat Salva. tion : Covetoufnefs is·the bane of Charity ; and Pride and ·(elf· .feeking doth quite divert us from ferving Gods Glory : All fins yoa fee grow upon thefe roots. Wcllthan,·walk with caution; there are many fnares, of divers forts :· Satan knowetb our temper, and' ho. w to proportion the bait. n We mufl not be fecure; this life is n NemtJ{lCU(UJ 1 nothing but a. continued .temptation : Here you may offend by a eft.e titbtt i1Hf1.4. glance ofthe eyes, there by a taRe of pleafures, and·anon by avain vata ~11-t tot.• f . r. r. b te» atriJ nom.· thought'. :! amane.capeone,nare, hemay ecaugbt byanoth~r· . nat11r. Aug. VjHAIIJ ,,JteJ. INfb tak..e the th1·one ' ' tntns; But yet there are CJnf.'lib.Io ' fome inclinations in amans heart to one fin more then another : We · · Art~~~go11e AflrAJ, but evtrJ man tohu -waJ, Ift~i.n.6. Weare all out, but fome have their particula~ courf~: "~"'· 1:z.. 5. Thq ) 11111de light of it, Andwtni their wajs, ont tohu Farm, Another to hu MercbAIIdi{e, &&. Do not fay, I am not a £inner' . unlefs you reckon all the kinds : Many are not fen[Hal, but they are .. , cwe.t1us; fomeare not proNd, but they arefenfual: Every finner bathhis way ; the Devils 11aves a~e not all ofafort, &t. - - ~· From that [earth(T,] '(hAt 'Wi[do111 u to ~~ [Hf}eileafor 0/,{t·rvttt.~ ••,ghi »:hi&.h }'" find to be. 6arthlJ. AChrifiian lhouldbe wife for.theKingdomof Heaven : Th1 chi/Jre" 'f thuWorld 11re wi.fi - - i11 theirgenerlltjQn, LN'<tt6. 9• Oh ~ris fad to be afool for duty, ' · · Ecc ~. and
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