ofSpiritual) DeathandLife. I2 hey have found f©me better things. Con- ceive not thenofthis life as many doe ; to be onelya privation, or a melancholy thing, no- thing but a meere mortification ;- this is a life, which bath its comforts, eating, recrea- tions, and delights; yee loofe not your pica- fures if yee live it, but changethem foradvan tage : he that leades this life, dies as the corne Both ; from a feede it growes up intomany ftalkes, hee gaines by this bargaine. Chrifi dothmakean hard bargaine with none, he that deales..withhim, games a hundredfold. Ifyec asark,IQ.;o. part with temporaulwealth, yee have fpirituall creatures for it : if youpart withyour worldly pleafures, ye nave joy in the holy Ghoff : have yee croffes, yee are fanetified in that which is better loofeyec this life, yee have eternal) life. Secondly, this lifeofgrace bath that which every man feekes , it hath much pleafure. Prov. 3. i7. ARherwayes are wayes ofpleaAre. Thofewho walke in thewaies of Godare full ofpleafure this lifebrings a double pleafure; firft, therewardof it,fecondly, the comfort in performing the anions of it. Every good worke as the Hebrew proverbeu, hath meate in its mouth; the livingof this life., hath a re ward fufhcient in its felfe, as appeares by this. All pleafures follow force a6tions, ,and.Àthere-r fore men defire life, becaufe' it is a, Cali C U4' ante of action': fo mendelight in- new things I becaufe i
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