76 The DoF riaseof'Mortificat on. Sabbath,fetthatapart for the inrichingofyour foules. I?peakenot this becaufe- I would have youcareleffe.in yourplaces and callings,butIwould have you call off all` unneceffary occafions and bufineffes which you drawuponyour (elves; by reafon whereofye neglect better things. It now remaines that Igiveyou fome tneanes toget heavenlymindediteffe. 1iean;s to Thefirft wanes if youwould get heavenlymin- getheauenly- 3 y y mindednefle. dedneffe, is this, you mufflabour toget Faith ; forthe more Faith thou haft, the more thou arts in heaven 3tli,. Faith overcomes the world, which lets uponus two A tw ofold wayes : firff, by promifing things that are good ; fe mare 0Ethe condly, by threatning that which is evill. NowFaith worm, overcomes both thefe: For, Firft, theworld tels thee, that ifthouwilt beearth- ly minded, thou (halt get refped and credit, thoufl,alt getan Inheritance, thou (halt bea King ; but Faith tels thee, that iftho,a wilt beheavenly minded, thou (halt get credit andrefpeí`t with Godand hisAngels, anda» inheritance undefiled, immortall, nhicb f adeth not away ; thou !halt be as a King, anda Prince here inthis life, over the world, thedivell, and thine ovinecorrupti- ons, over all thefe thou fbalt bee more than a Con. querour,. and have a Crowns of glory in thQ lifegto come. Secondly, theworld tels thee, that ifthou wilt not be earthlyminded,thou fhaltlofe thy wealth&riches, thyhonour and thycredit,nay,thy lifealto ; but Faith tels thee, that ifthou beeft earthlyminded, thou íhalt lofethy fpirituall life, and riches, and (halt be poore in the graces of the Spirit ; thou (halt lofe honour and credit withGodand his children.; nay,thou flak _ lofe
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