l____ G_. r_e_at_n_efl_· e_o_f_G_· _o_o_.____ ,__ •_3_'_ I Hence likewife it is, that men are fo eafily By pleafurcs. wrought U'Jonbypleafure, profil7, and the like, \ that they a:e ready to tranfgreJfe for a little:why ! is it? It is becaufe they doe not kno~· what they 1 are borne to; tha.t·the gre;r,t G o n of Heaven is ! theirs,and all the treafmes rhere are theirs. ! So what is the reafon,that the praife and credit Bypraife hf ~ ofmen cloth fo much affe& you? but becautfe we men, · have fo littleminde.r: whereas ifGodwere kno.vne : itl his greatnejfe, what would the praife ofgreat menbe to the praife of thegreat Gon?This would ~ give us much fi:rengthagainfi thefe temptations. 1 And hence it is, that young fiudents that arc - provided for,have their mindcs lift up to vanities; : whcreas,ifrheirminaeswere great,theywollldde– ! fpife them,arid labour to ferve thegre.ct Goo,with 1their ftrength and parts in their callings. I And fo men that are growne up, if they have 1 efiateenough,they leave thehighand honourable ! calling of the Minill:erie; the reafon is, becaufe i theyover-value thefe outward things:whereas>if ~ a man had agreAfminde,nothingWOuld begreat . tohim, but Go n. 1· ~e.nce a1fo it. i?, that men arc [o ~i~red with i vanet1c ofcond1tt0ns; when pwfpentle comes 1 it pnffes them upone way;.when croffes and ad~ I verfitie comes, it tro.ubJes and lbakes them on I the other fide: and what is the rcafon, but bccaufc ~hey ~eemegreat totb~~? whichapprar~s from ncnce, becau[e they fiure up great affech:.. .ons. Therefore, the way to waike even in both. 1\ conditions) is to get thisf..Y~atnejle ofmin'de: for ~t lt l . IS Whymenare flirred with varietie of conditions. · -
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