Chap.S. according to St M A T T H E vv. a 57 Thus mutt our broken fpiritseven ¡pend, and exhale tnemfelves in M1 ee retie continualttallies, asit were, and egreflions of thoughts, wifhings d,e .vita),f, and longings after God, affeftingnotonly a union,but a unity with ne rr,ar toqu; him. St AuJtin walled that he might have feen three things, Ro- etan, man in flare, Partisans in ere, éfi Chriflum corpora : Rome Der ioefi e flourifhing,Pau! difcourfing,and Chrift living upon the earth. $ac 7eit, I had rather ßí(h, with venerable Bede, My . foul defrreth to fee Lu _ ui a r, ea ds Chrift myKing upon hit throne, and in his maHiy. j ìerat c,hri- Verle 35, Nor by the earth, fir it is his footfto l ] A fault [turn regeno sae fo common among this people, that S. lames law caufe to am vi e:e in warn the beleeving Jews of it to wham he wrote. They had dLieec d°Te ,. fuo. taken up fuch a cuftom of (wearing by the creatures, that after converfion they could not eally leave it. it is a poor plea to fay, I jam, S, , z. have gotten a atom of fwearing, and mutt therefore be born with. For who is it but the devil that faith co fuch, as the /errs to Pilate, -Doe as thou haft ever done ? The Cretiaas when they Mar., 5. S, wifhed worft to any one, they wifhed that he might take delight cr.renfee cum in anevilcufto.n. Break off therefore this ill ufe by repentance acerbiljiraâ and thoughyoucannot fuddenly turn the ftreana, yet fwiin againft execrario.,e ad ir, bite in thine oathes,amdwith bitternefle bewail them :: (wear to verìur eor,qusr odetwit uti vo- God,as Daviddid, thou wilt [wear nomore, andby degrees out- tune, ur war) grow this ill cuttom. cenueruJine Forit is his fiot.Ftoo/ ]. And fhouldbeours. For he pathput all deteélenrur op. things under ourfeet, Pia1.8 6. He faithnot,under our hands, but 'ant : modeftoq, under our feet, that we might trample upon them in a holy conQimm' tempt,as the Church is laid to tread upon the Moon ; and the way tiQXis eroentum of the righteous is Paid to be onhigh, to depart from hell below. reperiunr vii. It is a wonder, Purely, that treading upon chete minerals, gold,fìl- maxirma. ver, preciousftoncs,&c. (which are but the guts and garbage of Aug. the earth,) we fhouldfo.admire them. God hach hid them inthe Y I bowels of the earth,and.in chofe parts that are farthelt off from the PCOY't 5r44 Church. Where they grow, little elfe grows that is ought; no moredoch grace in anearthly heart. But to. return fromwhence we are digrefled ; Earth isGods footftool. Howought we then.to walke circumfpet&ly, that we provoke net the eyes of his glory. There is an honour due evento the foocftools of Princes,. when they are in the throne etpecially, Oh, be thou in thefear of the Lordall Prov;:;, i 7. daylong- (faithSolomon) walke in the fénte of his pretence, and lightof his countenance. He is not very farcefrom any one of i, As faith theApoftie!. not fo, farce as_ the backe from the tree) or the _ flefh
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