7"heDearineofMortification: S7 at leaftwife keepe it under, that it(hall not bee able to beare dominion inhis heart. Now I fay there is a ne- cefi tielaid upon every man tobe heavenlyminded; for fo our Saviour faith, Mat. 6.24. Noway' can ferve Mat,6.2.4. twomailers, hecannot ferve GodandMarmnon; that is, Goy w,lha e hee cannotferve Godwith one part of his foule, and all the Fulls, the world with another, you cannot be earthly min- or none, ded, and heavenly minded ; God will haveall the fouleor none, Godwill admit ofno Co-partnerfhip, heewill not bea sharer with the world of that which is his right. Againe, two contraries in naturecannot fland together ; now there is nothing fo contrary as God and theworld : and therefore the Apoftle faith, if any man love, theworld, the love of the Father is not in him : that is, if hefet theworld in the firfa place, he cannotkeepe theloveof God, Godand his gracewill depart fromthat man : It is athing contrary tonature toferve twomailers, men cannot beare ir, for there can bebut partferving ; andPurely it is not fo contra- ry to a man, as it is contraryunto God ; therefore it is the follyof men that thinke theymay retain their earthlymindedneffe, and yetferve God too; but it isunpoflible to joyne thefe two in any a lion, andyet beacceptableto God : Faith is that which is the or- nament ofeverya6tion; Whatfoever is not ofFaith, is noweveryearthlyminded man, is a faithleffe man ; it keepes Faithout of the foule, whether it bee love of riches; or honour, orpleafure, though it bee butadepending on the approbation of fuch orfuch a man, it will keepeFaithout ofthe foule ; fo faithour Saviour, /01/.5.44. How canyebeleeve,feeingyefeeke ho- nor one of another, and riot the honour that comm, eth of God °\
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