ttp9111WEpiftk,, J A: M• • s. VliRS.l.o f0111C' bl(}OdyD11tme#l~ t:hat: lay ir:JJ ambu(b, to . ~•ke awayhjs};f.e. GCl)d may- read: }lWbefidtz your imentions~tQ.a\IOyd. fome dangerons 6os that wouh:Ldfe luvet'left r~yed your Soufs; Huf. l. 6. l l~~~~ heagHP her 'VIa.Jlwith:ti!J.orn.s : ~me crofs Providences. r.nay be 1\n he:dg to keep thctl from fnrt.her mtfery. ; • le c~~chethJlOLlt what t'dleffiens:r0makeNpen your fdves. in ctfe ofdifappointmem. When we mifs any worldly thtng that we have ddired, flly, Jrlave not I lufted after thiS>? Did not I covn it too ~arnefily ?· Abj11lomwas the greater cnrfe to n.. vid, becaufe he loved him too much; inordinate longings make [he affections mifcarry. Obfetve it,. Thofe Objefls fcldom prove:happy th.,.t have too much ofour hearts. We find it often, that men of great c;~r.e are fucceOefs ;, they turn and winde hither and thither. and are fl:ill likea door upon the hinges, itJ the fame fl:ate and cafe: P(al.I 27.2· ~ruin· vain to rife earl;, and go to bedl~te, and eat the bread of farro:vn.. Acarking induilry may be in vain, and to no purpofe ; the fuccefs of humane:'endeavors lyech in Gods bldfmg and con– currence; _ 'cis the Preroga,cive he harh refer\!ed eo him[elf, he:: keep– eth it as ~bridle over mankind, to keep them in obedience, dmy and: dependance. Providence doth fomecimes wean us from /uf/; tograC'4, and !hewech us ttlat [email protected] is fooner had byf aith then 'Warid!J ca'i"'e :. Hal ~9· 6. Srtre!y 67Je1f)' m.:m Walk..~th in IR. vain fhe-w; h~ape.th ap rialuu, ~~trrd k!towctrhn.ot Who'fhi~.tJ gather t1wm. Man:goeth andcometh, aod tofleth to and fro, and is gachering of r.ithes,aodencrealeth rl!!e lwap', and God.ofr a fudden f<.:atr.ereth all : How·0fren have you feen a.c0:vetous carki~g man likea Mill-hor[e~ fiillguing round, and yet ahva,vs in the fame place? 2. That ~he.re there ircov.etou[ntfs,, tbere is ufu:'tljlrife, envy O ~fer·v. i . (tndremul'lltion. •F:?rl9vp.nre-, y~ luft; ~vf.vs1e,ye kjft; (n7>-'itn, ye emula~c ;1th~:fe· hang in afiring. As there is a. connection and. a cognation. between virtues anct graces, they go hand in h::md ; fo thelie iiS a Link between.fins, they feldom g0 alone;. if a man be a. dr-un'k_ardhewill be aU~awton, it he be covetoPts he will be&11vior-Js: Chrifrcafhout feven });;v,tlsout Q>f orre M ary /d,tg da l en, and tmo.. thet: mmwas.polfeffed with a Legion. Whero the heart is br ughc under the power of any fin, it ly-ech eqaaliy obnoxious ro all fin ~ ·Cov-€t~uCnefs may be known by its companions, fl: ife, envy and. emulatton; Ram~ 1. 29~ With cuvet..oufncfs, malicioufaejs, full of envy·: Self-love iuhe-Foot ofall che three ; ir; mak~th us cover, and · - · · · defire
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=