__2!_ =<·~"'" ,,.~ ,.. ~:..~.f~::.:.!~~. ~~:::~"=~~:.,~I they ne,·er kne1v nor look'c for tc, though told of tt; fo 'cis Wtth them. Do you thmk there are efpouled wChriH? or made ready fo; ChriH? whofe glonous appearing IS never , _or feldom, or t_he lealt thing ln rhetr thoughts , and ate far . from feemg and fetnng u before rhe1reyes. Now becaufe if you ask moH men, Do you look for fuch a rime ro fee rh e world confumed, and rhe Lord revealed, and your Glory with him ? E,·ery one will fay, yes,becaufe indeed rhey have a dead hope.Ilhall r!:Jerefore give difcove.ies ~~ . Sign I. I. Thofewhofeheartspri7e (thoughrheirheads do noc) andwhofeeyesare dazeled wirh rhe withering Glory of this world. When men lie uncer ( noc for a fir, for ChriH's Difciples wondred ac che Beaury of che Tem1-le) a g•f.lat miHake of all things here, and put char good in rhem which is nor, and rlur worth u_pon rhem which rhey ought nor. _For he on whofe eyes the Sun of Glory hath nfen, and looks for the Glory whtch lhall be revelled; looks upon aDunghill world as firangers upon their Inne, and as Tr.IVellers do on their Tents, make a lhift to rub it out there for a rime, but Oh home. Oh that Gl•ry that fhalllerevealed,Heb.II.I3· They were ltrangers, becauferhry look_tdfor 11 City: Nay they look upon [hc:fe things, as God and Chrifl Judge of them (for they have Chrifi's mind) I Cer.z.ts. Which Hand for Cyphers in rheLord> Book: Nay they look upon the very mif.:ries of this world for Chrifl, greater rreafures than rhe happinetre of iE, and hence chufe ir and account their fears their Crown, their lhame their Glory, their loffes their gain, their forrows their joys, as Hcb.II. 25,26. Mofescho[e to fuffer, and etleemed Chrifls reproach his Glory. And why? He had ane;e to the recompence of reward, and faw rhe Godinvifible. And -2 Cor.4.I7, ltwark.fnn e:>:cecding weight of Glory. That look as 'riswirhaman rliar is born to great hopes of a Crown and Kingdom, and therefore brought up not in the Councrey, but in the Court; let a poor man offer him his tbatcht houfe, and promife him if he will come and live wirh him, and ferve him in his parchr doarhs, What will he fay ? No, be gone to your friends, I am agrearer lnan than you can make me, fo here; A man rharis born and begorren to a lively hope ofa Crown now by the refurrettion of Chri(l, and brought up unr'er the wings and care of Chrifl, ro the hopes ofa better world, offer never fo much, pro<nife never fo fair, I am greater than all the world can make rr.e, I mutt not have, if I love Chri11, and I cannot have , if he loves me , both ; and hence looks to honourthen, andpeaceandg!ory then, c.I.3.I,z,3. Its clear then rnou looke(l upon the things of rheworld as greatthings; Oh to havefuch honour, fuch an et1are, fo many Cowes and Goats, fo much ground paled in, fo many ploughs, lands and oxen fit w labour, fo much gain ro come in everyyear, and fuchpans, & gifts and duties to ger me a name, to live before rhe belt men, and to be good figns (to comfort me) of the favour of God : This is a goodly thing, rhevery hopes heat and warm the heart. I. If you do not find panos in prring wirh afriend, a bofon,-bleiiing fo_ dear, you are not dead yet ro ir, ngrrifen to a lively hoFe of better thing<. _ z. He char doth nor prizerhe evils ofrhe world, more rhan rhe good il! ir, his eyes are dazeled with ir : If che life of che world be nor dearb to thee, cne comfort of rhe world forrow rq rhee, Oh they draw rhy heart from God : Hence called tying vanities. Look as 'tis with a King or Ml[l:er that gives Tal~nrs to uf7, they catt chem by, and fifh for rhemfelves, they look nor for the commg. of rhetr Matters: So rhe Lord oives you his Ordinances, and Word roufe for htm, and you fcramble for your bfelves, ro enrich, and honour, and co!nforc_ your fel~es, you look nor for the Lord. Faetors that go far for wealth, they Will not bnng homefionesandrubbifh, which they know will nor goin rheirownCoumrey, hence orher things chat are of more price he fpends his time for: So here. Whd~
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