IJ.1. Similt. Whymenarc .fo butie in worldlything! .TblinJiniteneffo, and .is the wcakenefte of the minde:, which caufeth a man to-be over-affeeted wit~ thefe things, to re· joyce too much in the one, and to be too much , . affed:edwith the other. Evenas,.wc fee, a weake ' eye,as the eyes ofOwles andBats)cannOt endure a great Light, and a wcake braine cannot beare £hQ,ng Drinke__; but a £\:iong eye, as theeye of aa . Eagte,can endure the greateft Light:- foa (l:rong minde,it will endure great grace &difgrace,with the fame temper,it will beare all well enough; it . knowcs h,,., t1 Jf'Ant, ,.,d, how to Abound ... whereas others have their eyes dazeled, and their braines , •made giddy as it were, with the favour or dif- · countenanceofgreat men. Hence alfo it is, that wee are fo bulic about worldly things,dignity,and riches,&c. It is true wee fhould feeke after thefe things;but whydoe wee doe it tAnto conAtu ~ It was P,su/J greatneffeof minde,that madehimambitiom topreAch the 09/Pel; . to ferve Tables,and fuch like,were f~all matters, he woufd not looke after them : So· ifwee had, \ gre4t mbiJes, wee {hould feeke for grace, andhow toencreafe in ir,how to live an ufefull,and paine- , ' full and profitable life. Worldly things are too i · little for the mind~to,befl:ow it felfeupon; which · .would be fo to us, if wee would fee G o D in his 1 greAtnej]'e, and our intere~ in it. Meri of little mindu,andpuflUan-imow)wirh the Bramble, reckon. .·ita.g,reat matter to reigne o~·er the Treu; whereas the J'ine and the Fig-tree el\eemed it not fo, but ·chofe rather to ferz:e Go n and •an with their {weetntjfe an,dfatneJTe. Hence··
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