TheDeanne o fM©rtifaèation.' 59 dious untoher husband, becaufe her heart isdrawee away fromhim ; fo an Idolater is odious unto God, becaufe it drawesaway the heart fromGod: andCher- fore theApoftlefaith, ram.4.4. Know yon not that the Iam,4.q,: loveoftheworldis ersmitie to God ? that is, if you love theworld it will makeyoucommitldolatry,and then youare at enmity withGod,and fo confequently God andyouareat odds, youRand indefiance one againïl another ; forwho is at greater enmity with God than an Idolater The third thing tobeconfdered, is, That there is nothing in the world that leífe befeemeth a Chriflian btv e®tfeehingleth ei1 m a manor woman, efpecially onethat profeffeth Religi- ptofeffor theta on, than earthlymindednefie ; for this caufe an unre- earthly-min- generatemanis comparedtoa Swine, becaufeall his dedneir's delight is to paddle in the world, and to be wallow- ing in it,as inhis proper place ; for what would you haveaSwine todoe, but to delight in things that are - agreeable untohis nature But for aman that profef- feth Religion, to fall from his Religion untopro- phanenefl'e, and to the love of the world, this is moil odious unto God, this God hates with adeadly ha- tred, this is aclef-piling of God, anda trampling underfoot theblondof thrill : It is nothing fora prophane man that hath not given his nameunto-Chrifl, to lyewal- lowing in theworld, and togoe fromone finneto an- other ; it is, as it were, buttheputtingoff one gar- Simile. ment toput onanother, which is not unfecmely- or thepulling ofaring offone finger toput it on toano- ther, wherein feemes no undecency ; fo the fïnnes of prophanemenleemenot tobeunfeemely in regardof theperlons fromwhence they come ; for there is no I a other
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