I.Booke. Cafes ofConjcience. 35r to take knowledge and rriall, ofall worldly A unto, i~ is to be remembred, that there are I thinos in all ellates and condition•. And ha· fundrypropemes whereby tt d11feroth from I uing"euenof [erpurpofe, carefully and corcarnall ioy.Andthcfearc principally fiue. noOiy fearched into them al,at length he conFull,thJS Joy JS brought forth(a~ ttwerc)of eludes that<he ilfue of all was vnprofitable forrow for finne,and forche want of Clmll.Tc Vl\nitie:and vexation ofmind,aswemay reade {hallforrow (faith our Sauiour Chrill to his Ioh.x6'. 20. in his Eccle(i4jlu. Difcipleo,meaningfor his departure,)hlltyoHr Thethird euill is,theChangeablcconditi· forro>P foaflb<t11rned into ioy. Thcfc words arc on ofourlife in this world, whereby it comes not<;mely meant ofhisDifciplcs,butcfoll bcro.palfe, that we are alway in a floctingand lccuers,who vpon confiderarionof their fins, rranlirotie ftate. For we are(as Saint Peter and thcfpirituall want of..Chnl! lefus, doe 1 ,Pe:.s,n fpeaketh) but fltaungers and Pilgrinm, that mourneand lament.For.notoncly they, bur wanderto and fro in the earth, as in a (!range all true beleeuers,are rhere oppofed vnto the counrrey,and !till are making forward to our world. Againe,Math.5·4· 8/ej[edarnhry that owne home.Wehaue here nMbidingcity. Heb. m•urne:thar is, being touched with caufes of '3·'4· The houfes wherein we dwell, are bur exccedinggriefe,doe withall mourne for their Innes,in wh1ch wefoiourne for arime:yea the B Gnnesforth'} {hall buomforud. On the other bodies which wehaue,arebuttentsand taberfide,carnallloy,as it bath his beginning from nacles, alway ready to be fhifted, and our the ftcfh,and arifing ofrh10gs pkafing rherefeluesto betranfiated into an other place, unto,fo it ends in forrow and heauines. Int/;e Fourthly,by rcmembring, that ChrjCl our endreirJycmg i4 turned into mourning. fai~h Salo. Head,beeing now in heauen,and we his mem· mon,Prou.t4.13· And, Woe bt t9JOHtb4t n~w bers vpon the earrh;during our life, we are in laughforyefhallwe'Pe.Luk.6.t5. prefmce feparated from our Head, and confe-· Secondly,the ioy ofthe Spirit,isa fruitc of qucnrly, from that happie arnlgiorious·fel- _ rightcouftlclfe,that is, it i(fiJeth and ftowerh lowfhip,wh•ch 1ve O~allemoywJth h1m,and all from Chr~ll known and bdeeued, to be made the Saintsour fellow-members, in the king- .vnto vs of G od, w1fedome, rightcoufnelfe, domeofheauen. This S. Paul noteth, wbeo fan~ification,and full redemption. For from B.om.r 4 ;, 7 , he fairh,:.Cor,s.6. Whilj/we are•' h•mein the hence,followes peace ofconfcience.and from b•die,we.reab[entfrom theLord,and rhernpon peace,corilcs ioy in the holy Gholl. Conrrahimfclfc deGredtobe diJfolued, arJd" he ,mtb riwife,theiey ofthe flefh, arifeth onely from Chriji.Phii.I.IJ. the fuddeu fedling offome worldly delight: Hauingthus entred into thedueconGde- C and therefore cannot bring any found peace rationofthe fore-faid euils,we mu(! in the fevnto theconfcience of the man polfelfed of cond place exercifeourfelues in the frequent it. mediration,ofrhe blelfed ellateofGodscho· Thirdly, fpirituaH ioy is founded in the fen, in the kingdome ofgiorie: who bceing· holy v[eofthe Word,Sacramenrs,aud Pray· rranllated .oorofthis life,inro the bofome of er:and in the praaife of Chriftian duties of Abraham,arefullyandperfeCily freed from mercie,loue,iu(\icc,&c. Theotherisnot fo. Gone, fromSatan,fromvanitieandmiferie: Forthc world concciues a ioy befides the Apoc.z•·4· haue all rearcs wiped from tlwr eyes: doe beword,outof the exercifes of inuocation and y.Joh.J. '· hold the face of God; arc made like VlltO repentance: which !lands in the praC!ifc of Chri (I in holinc!Te and honour: and doe with crucltie,malice,oppreilion, iniullice, and aH h1m inherit the k10gdoruc, prepared for manner ofimpietie. And henceit is, that haMat•>i.l4· rhem,from the foundations of the world. uing fpent their daies in fuch·mattcr of rcioyIn the third placc,hauing throughly conGdecing,ar length in a moment the7 goe down<to redofrhefethings,weemullcomparethe e- D he//.lob.u.tJ,If,t5. (!ate ofthis prefcnt life,in the refpeCls before Fourthly, heauenlyioy is fo fixed and roonamed, with the ellate ofthat, which is to red in the heart, that itcannot be remooued come ~n thekW:lgdomeofheam•n: and laying thence. YottrioJfoallnomt~ntak.!fromyou, faith them 10 a parallel together ,we 01all finde the ChrHl. Ioh.t6. z:. It mull needescherefore one,in~nircly far.re to excell theotherin rebe true and found, yea able to fwallowvp all gard ot true JOY and comfort. And this wiH matter ofgricfc and hcauinelfc: whereasthe make vs,though Iiuing in the warld,yct to v(e other is neuer linccrc, but with the!\veetenes 1 .Cor.nt. ~t,as ifwev[cdit?ot:to.haueour conuerTation thereof,hath alwaies mingled fame b 1 tterncs. Phil. 1• •o. m heauen,to thmkewJthPaul,tharcobe looEHm in laughter (faith Salomon, [peaking Phil.t. , • fed,and be w1th Chnft,JS bell ofall for vs : to rhereof)rheheart u heauJ.ProU.I4. 13 ..When l haue atrocandhucly tall of the 10yes of the the face ofthe w1cked man D1ineth and his world to come, and accordingly with Abracountenance is pieafant, euen th~~ is he inHob. I I. to ham,lfaac,and Iacob,tolooke for acitie that wardly forrowfyll,•nd his mind is troubled. bath foundaCJons,whofcbudderand maker is Laflly,theioy ofthe Spirit is ctcrnall, abiGod. . . dingin rhemindeof man, nor onely for the I I. Secondly,JtiS demaonded,how a man teanneofthislifc,but for eucr in the world to m~y- truly_dif~crue, whether this ioy of the comr.So is not the reioycing of the world in Spmt bee 10 h1m yea or noI For anfwer hereearthly things: for iris fadmg and deceirfull,
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