npon the EpifiJe of J A M I s. Vuu.q. Crown, he would pleafe himfdf. in the fuppofition of the furure bonor and pleafLtreof the kingly fiate. Godly men, that are called tobe coheirs With Chriff, are wont ro pre·occupy the bli(s of their future efiate, and fo do ina manner feel what they do but expt!f : So alfo do carn:d men charm their Souls with whifpers of vanity, and feed themfelves with the pleafant anticipation of that c~mal de– light which they look for: as young Heirs fpend upon their hopts, and riot away their E!late ere they po!fcfs it. Well then, Look to it; •cis a fure Note of fldblinefs, when the world ruFJneth fo often .in your thoughts, and you are at ways ddhwering carnal content– .ments by thefe antici.pations of lnfi and fin; and you have nothing to live upon, or to entertain your fpirit witlilall, but thefe fuppofi– tions of Gain and Pomp, and the Reverfion of fome outward Enjoyment. · 3· Again, you may obferve thdr confidence of future C!vents: Wt ob{ervat. 3~ Will go, andcontinue there ayellr, &c. Note thence, That carnal ajfeaions are ufually accompanJcd with, certainly much mcoHraged b1, c.:~,,.n~t.l confidence. They are doubly confident ; Of the[uccefs .of their endeavors, We willget gai•; Of the continu;~,nce of their lives, We Will coNtinue there a yea,.. Lufl: c:tnnot be nouri~ed without a prefumption of fuccefs: When men multiply eildeavors, they litde think of God, or of the changes of providence : ~ris e– nough to nndo lufi, to fuppofe a difappointmenc.- ·B.:fides, when there is fuch a prefence of means, we afcribe little .to the highefi . Caufe. Firfi: the World H:ellech away our affections, and then it interceptethour trufl : there is.not onely AdulterJ in it, J am+4• . but Idolatry, Ephef. 5· 5. ~ris not onely our d.vling, but ourgod: and thaes the reafon why worldly men .are always reprefenced as , menof a fecure prefumption; as Lu~12. 9·· Soul, 1llou haft much . t;oods llry.d 11p for rnany .years; ellt, drin~, And be merry/ So Job , 2.9. 18. 1/hlllldJeinmJneff, andm11ltrply my·dayuuthejand._So , itJ thatApocryphalpaffage, Ecc/us,. II. 19,. I h"vefoundreft, i!l~d 'Will tat conri11ually ,()fmJgoot.U, ttndyet he k_.t~QWtth not What tim.: ./hallcomenp()n him. They thinknow they have enough to fecure them againft allch1nces. Wdl then, Look to your confidence and , trufr : when you·are getting an EQate, is your expectation foand-::d : in faith, or luft ? When you have gotten an Erl:a·te, where lieth the affurance ofyour contentment, in .the Promifes,_,or y9ur' -outward-; we/for-t f~
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