Epíflkof.5. PaidtoTiled. CiHAP11a. D(47. '2. Though many things foliate for there lofts, either of 463 things vnlawfull,or lawful! thingsvnlawfully , yet a Chriflianman muti wharmeoer fhall plead For ßi11elandout in the denial{ ofthem. Nature , cuftome , example , arc e- :he entertain. uercarying vs to the wor(l defrres : yea eucn after grace received the Chri(+ian marta ' bell findnot the leanmokiationby them; but yet the Gofpel admit- rcfolueely dc. tech notany fauour or taliof outward things aboue it felfe , & the righ- n'0 rhernall, teoufnefre of the kingdorne:Rom.t3.14. If Chrift be put on, there t is no thought taken to fulfill the lofts of thefíefh: the Apoíile denieth not amoderate care ,tonourifh, rcfreth,and prouide for the bodie; but impiieril that if Chrill be once received in the Gofpcl , be fo filleth and taketh vp the hearr,that little roome is left for fuch vnwelconseghebs. And a. this is the recompence which the Lord expeð, that we 2 fhould rewrite for fuch grace receiued, namely, the moderation of the mind and affebtionsin all other de!:4hts, that the delight in it felt may f be nourifhed about all. 2. Pet. r. 4. Great and precious promifes arc made vitro vs , but vpon condition , that we become partakers of the di. uine nature,andflee the corruptions that are in the world throughlwj?. Rom. 13.11. Oarfaluation ránearerthen when we firft beleeued: Wee mull therefore rifefromJleepe,caf of thework"( ofdarknee wall e borsch. as in the day. Vfe. Wouldn thou know thy felfe,or manifell vino others, that thou w,yean art taught to faluation, thou canft no way fo well doe .t , as by this pre- Prefiring in nailing a ainfl thy !hits fuch as arc wancounes ambition, au er,coue_ ante br batter toufnes,pride,idlenes,&c. Exercife thy iclfe therefore in this contenti- on : And the rather, s.becaufe thou hail renounced them by iolemne Moriue,, vow beforeGod,and bis people,in thy baptifine; the truthof which if E thou hall,thou art crucified and dead ro the worldand lulls cifit:Rom.6. .4. We area] kaptifmcburied into C/Iri/lr death:thy-haptiftne then is an in- ftrutnenr, not only of thy death with Chnfl, which is the killing of fin; butalto ofthy buriall with him,which is a perpetuali mortification or abiding udder that death:for fo is buriall.. a.Thefaithfull acknowledge themfelucsftra-.gershere in thisworld: 2 t whence the Apollle raifeth anexhortation , ar/ßrangers and pilgrims , to Ilrbtr.:i, abfaine,fronafieJhly lofts: Chri(liaos are tranellets, which feeke a coup- rr:e and a-cicie to come,and it were no wtfdome for them, to eocenned die with the affaires of the counir:e , through which they onely are to paffe; bot ascitizens of heast;fend vp their hearts dcfires thither where they profetfe that there treafureis. The which Icifon our Sauiour sea-: cheep, when he faith, that after all theft things below the Gentiles. feeke, Ma e.;c.j , butfeekeyee the kingdorne of God, and the r ghteoufneffe of it: add the Apoale, z. Cor. ç. 2. maketh it a propertie of the godly ;t$fightobe clouthed
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