t Z 7(etnedy againft Covetoufne e. Pfal:9zT; quieted in vaine : ' Hee heapeth up rie es and knoweth not who/.hallgather them : Ifwe Tooke comfort from riches, wee locke It but from a fhadow, all our labour is in vaine. There is a fhadow of the dllmightie in which Tome men walke, where they (hall be fury to finds this comfort : Others there are that walke in the íhadow of the creature, in the vanityof their mindes, feeking comfort from it; thofe who thus walke (hall be deceived. A fhadow though it feeme tobe fomething, yet it is no- thing; it may feeme tohave the lineamentsof a man or forme other body, yet it is nothing : So there ©utward things may feeme to have fomething in them, butyet indeed theyhave nothing; tholewho feeke for comfort in them commit twoevills, lerem. 2.13. They f rfke God thefountaìne of living waters, anddi; e unto themfilves pits wkich will hold no water. God having all comforts inhim ,coin forts ne ver failing ; becaufe there is a fpring of com- fort in him, yet wee farfake him, anddig to our /elves pits, which if they have anywater it is but borrowed, and nor continuing; and that water which theyhave is noneofthebelt iris muddy and will not al wayes continue wherefore pitch your affc e ions on the true fubflantjall good, not on vanities: If wee fee amancome to anorchard full otgoodly fruits and hee (hould catch onely at the fbadow of them, ceding his hands,and fpeiding his la- bour
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