ttponthe Epiftle of JAM I s. Ye have n_ourifhed"j-~Jur:heart.s J What's that? IndulgeregeniC~, to reAr up tuft, rathu then to jiztisfie mtture : 'Tis the fame -Which the Apofile Paul exprdfetb by '71'o/liv1s~ '71'e;v6uw, ma!(;ng provijiotz for the jlefo toftdfi! the !ufls thereof, Rom. I 3· ult. The heart is the feat oflufls and ddires, fo it dridly fignifieth inTheology; now to n'ourijh the heart, is to offer fuel to out lufis, to take in oy excels that we may unlade and pu~ it out again in luft_. ·Obferve hence, _ Pluefures nourifh the hell.r~;~tndfa'tten it i·nt o·a{enflefs fiupi:rlity: Obfervat. Nothing btingeth a dulllefs·upen it more then ·they. P!utarch obJ (erveth of the ~fs, which is of all creatures the dulleft, that it hath the fatteft heart: Thence that expreffioil' in Scripture, Go mak_e their hearts fat; that is, grofs and dull. There is a fi(h which they call ~v&·, the Afs-fifo,whidhhath its 11eart ih its belly; a:fit emblem · of a fenfual Epicure : The heartis never more dull and unfit _for the feverities and rnafculine heights of Religion, then when burthened · .with luxurious excefs ; therefore Chrifi ufeth that expreffion, Lu~ . 21.,6. Let nfJt your hearts be overcharged,'&&. Ah do but confi– der howmany Reafons we have ·tobe wary in'our pleafures: Will . the inconveniencies they bring to _yout eftares ~· move' yoll'(? - Prov. 23. H. He that lov·cth corn, a~ttd'Wine: anJ:oyl, fbali'be po~r. How often harh the·bdly brought the back to rags? Orwill the mif-- chiefs they bring upon the body move you ? Lull, which is but the · . . l~fi end and. confummation of all pleafures, fucketh the bone~, .and m/ ~:,~~ft~,b~~ :· h~e a Canntbal-yeatethyoar-own flefh,Prov. 5.1 ~x. Ah;J:>ut chtefly ~utmadmodum , think of the inconvenie~~y which your p~eddtt5 ,S€>u1s fufbin '; your f!iedic~mcntai . hearts will be nourllhed and 'fa>tneif: Plbifure ·infatoa'teth the mirrd, rta atuneqta · quenchetn the radiancy and vigour of the fpirit '; rvine and ~omen ~:;ptrm~ acq ,.. tak! away the he~~>rt' Hof.4. I I. that is, the' g.enerous fpriteliners of c:~;rr;L ug• . the affeelions. So the Apeile fpe,al<eth of pe~(o'ns given to pleafures, k cummanduJ . tha.t they are p# fe<e/ing,Eph-4. ~'t'hey have loft-all cJte fmarmers and Clf4,neqliaquam ;, tendemefs cf their4pivics. , ;OhJ tfllat 1 men woUld regatd this and totu-s mmrat:cer, · k h -.J f • ·n, · b · h · ·h.l h · · "(h h ~ b fed corpo1e tuo t~ e eru o nD1my:~sng>_t m' _eart~, W. 1 e t ey ,noun t e~r o- {uam rc{ec 1 iu.c · d1es; Xou lh0uldjtwrve luft 1 wh~nyoufeednatute;. or, as 1 Au~ · nem poftul<mte, , ftin, com~ ·to yo~f !mtiat &your -~edicinetand 'ufe tn~feoucward re- men~ (uafi'J 11un .– ftrelhntems a'rJremtd~s J~o·cdre linfirhlities~ tnQ'¥ ra:ea#fe 'them : Or, n~ghgat,~;emo •· a~,k;Bc:rnard;..'~~ :h~ Soli~ -w~p, :~d~ · f~eq,; ~~~ -bqdy; ,artd by ~:£:~'()~~~~u- ' epnfi~anNJ:q:,dt(Ut~hs ~ Go~~~~~ty, .Chrt~Jwee~~fs, the fat- Saiptttrarttm ' tiefs of,Glicls.~~&c:. l~ee[!) the lleih ftorhbemg_ no11rdhed, when ·po(cat' mcdita- , ev.fr_y~u.Iep~r ~~tuft•C:-' · t ·:r_. 1 7 . ·-.-- ~~·: · · · tiones!Bernard · .. ~ .
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