H4 VIRS.). . ... An E~po(itio!', with N 0~11 CH&p;5, .. ~- ~.., - our happinefs,when we come to live indeed, then to want onr com– forts and joys : iWat.6.l. They h~tve their reward: your Heaven is paft. ·ris the folly ofworldly men, to be merry orily in the place of their banifhment and pilgrimage; they live in pleafnre here, where they are abfent from God:Job 11 .r 3.They jfrcnd their da]s in \Vea!th,and inamoment go down to the grave. Alas, the'n their bell: days are pafr; here they laugh, and there tbey howl. Ah fondnefs ! to fell the birthright for a mefs of pottage ! and let go Heaven for alittle earthly contentment ! How lhould this foWr your carnal joys;, when you remember, All this is ooly upon Earth;. it cannot be for ever! there will be a dme when we fhall go down to the gliave', . and then we may with 11drim: fadly warble. "it out to our dwn h ~ am~ula Souls, hOh poor Soul,Whither doft ti.Jou now go? thoujhtdt never v 1 a!}1,a J,:a,:du- j e{f it more,fPort it more! Thefe things were upon Ear.tht, but into a, q.<us marc h 1 h I f 11" ? Tb' E h · . 1 · f j t:.: ' d adi bHloco\ ! -m w at a gu p am now a mg e art ts a p ace 0 .. auout ~m dabu ut fo/1 bM ex(:rcife ; we were not put into it, as Leviathan into the Sea,to.t.ak! jows ,& t. Pla· our fill of pleafnre. . tml, vifnd are Wanton:] ~(f-;ra1a>.n1Tct1s • The fame word is ufed of th~ carnal widow; n J'~ U?rct.1ctJ...C:ITct ,~11'1:1. T~9vnK.e, I T~m.).6. w~ tranOate, foe thllt liv eth inpleafure,u dead 'While foe /ive.th: The word fignifieth fuch,a delicacy as bringeth a brawn foftne15 ·arid deadnefs upon the fpirit; and therefere we tranfiate it well by wunton : So that this part of the Charge implyeth, ·· · Obfervat. 1, I. That luxury ualways accompanied with c't.rnalfecurity anti contempt ofGod. Deut.32.I ). Ifraet waxedfat, and kjckfd with the heel: Hof.Ij.6.According to their paf/ure,fo were the) jil(ed; they were fill ed, and their heart is ex.Jlted; thry have forgqtten me : Through too much fatnefs and plenty the- Soul becometh ·wanton and untamed. iJbfav . 2. 1. That afull nfe ofplelfl[ures' bring,e~h at ttJ tV'Wanto1fne{s, ~tnd contempt of ordinary prflvijions. Lufiful 1Jrael defir.:d !2!!_ails: Firfi we contemn God, and then hi5 creitures. ~Tjs a great figb fenfuality bath prevailed upon you, when. th'e Soul. d"efireth d>ti'tlty food: Nature it felfis not wanton and delicate; tiiJ it be tnade fo .by confrant ufe.'Tis fhange to fee how nature·degent!r~teth by degrees, and defires increafe with ufe. At fidl! we are pJeafed with what is plain and Wholefom, but afterwardS'.we muf.% hav~ G!ifiOUS mix– tures 1 Sea and Land will f'Carce yield bics!dainty ~€ftough.fer aglut– tonous appetite : Cleopatra mufi have a draught ef di[olved pearls,&c. Te
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