Cx.aP.I.l S. A Cononemtarie vpos the 296 ' to forgoe theKings fauour and his owne aduancemenr; yet becaufe he could not v fe his libertie in the Kings =atewithout the offence ofhim felfe andothers, he would not doe the lcai cull) for the greate(t good: it was not frowardneffe in him, nor difobedience to the King , but con- ¡ fcience andobedience CO God , which made him keepe himfelfe pure from it. Thingsind. c. Thirdly, although we vfe things indifferent infaitti, and lane, and yet rent vfed aobricty,vhcn, forget fobrietie, we impure themvntoour feines. Then we vfe them in t fobrietie, r.when we vie then as helps in our callings generali and fpe- ciall. The former, when in the vfe of meares, drinkes, apparel! , íleepe, recreation, riches, &c. we (till preferue in vs a fitneffevnto the duties of picric, andGods worfltip. The latter, when weexceede not our ability, but fquare & flint our felues in them according to the molt lober of our age, degree, condition, and trade oflife. And both of them, when no vfeofthefe is any hinderance toanydune ofthe firfl and fecond Table; Luka:.34, fo as we neitherbe drunke with theplcafures of them, nor oppreffed and 2 madeheavy by them, andfo theday come onvsvnaware.% 2. When in regard of eur affedtions we haue the command of thefe things , and not they of vs : a.Cor.6.t2, s/IXthings are lawfuL/for190CC, but Iwi/i not bebrought der thepower ofany thing. The cheifepoint ofChriflian libertie is, to vie the creature as not vfingit, reioyce in it as not reioycing ; to buy as not LCoro. a buying,tohauee wifeas not hauingone:tovie things a while rather then to enjoy them, and much leffe to be inioyedofthem. V%è. Now todrawe this do,tlriue into our bell vie , it will be worth our inquiry to confider how gricuoufly men offend againilal thefe rules, in which that men may better take noticeof their continuall faylings, I will fland fomewhat the longer, and manifefl how men impure thefe To vre athing things: a. ingeneral!: z. in fpeciall, and both according to the former e uc fhncn rules. In generali, menimpurely vi them two wayes : t. innot fane-ti- himfctSe. fying theirperfons: z. in not ianEtitying the creatures.For the former: vn- fan61ifiedperfons andvnbeleeuers, receiue the creatures and comfort of them, onely as the fruits of Gods generali providence andpower,wher- byhe fullaineth all the creatures, the bruit beafls, the fenfles creatures, nay the very fubílances of thedeuills themfelues: but not as the gifts of God become in Chrifl a prouident Father : nor as tokens of his fpeciall loue as towards his children. And therefore although the wicked man, and crud) oppreffor beare himfelfe vpon the loue of God , becaufe all things fucceed with him, and he thriueth in his defignes, yet in truth hee hath nomore caufe then the deuili himfelfe bath, becaufe he h the God of z.Cor4,4, the world,and Princeofthe aire, mightily preuailing againfl the children of difobedicnce : for thefe are fofarre frombeeing fpeciall lone- tokens, that
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