CY,ap.6. accorditag tvt S t M a T r H aVi. fhouldnot put me offwith fuch poor things as thefe. The :Ilea- thenifh Romani had, for a difference in their Nobility,a little or- nament in the formof a Moon ( to thew that all worldly horotars were mutable) andtheydid wear it upon their flieoes (to fs-,ew that they did tread it under their feet ) as bafe and bootleff. This is check to many Chriffians, that have their hands elbow-deep in the world, and dote as much upon thefe earthly vanities, as .Xerxeeonce did upon his Plane-tree, or ?ends upon his gourd. There is a fort ofmen that fay afthe world, as Salomons ch. pinad, Ti: i naught, it isnaught : but when he is gone apart, he boaltcth and clefethwith the world. S. Paul wts none of th fe a -for nei- ther at azy time, faith he, sled leeflatteringWords., it ye ksozv nor a cloakofcovetosifnefe, god ii my'eitnefje. NO; he looked upon the world as a great dunghill, and cared to glory in nothing , /eve in the crofeof jfus Chrift', whereby the world was crucified to him, and he tothe world. So David, Myful, faith he, i? even 05a Weanedchilde, that cares not to fuck, thoughnever fo fair and fullabreff. So Luther confe{Lath of himfe f, that though he were ahad man, and futbjeti to irnperfet`tions, yet the inf:t' ion of co- vetouf ieffe never laid hold of him. Now I would we wereall Lu- therans in this,faith One,&c. Verle 20. But lay upfir your(elves treafures in heaven] That which you may draw out a thou(nd year hence. For in a treatre there are three things;alaying up,a lying hid,atad adrawirig out for pre- fcnt Life. Riches reach not to eternity. Therefore whiles others lay hold upon riches, Lay thou hold on eternali Itfe, I Tim. 6. t 2. and that, by following after righteoufnefe, god./inefe, fai:h, love, pet. tience, r,Veekeef e. '1 his, this is the true treadure : this is to be rich, asour Saviour (peaked), toward God, and isoppofed to lay- ingup trealure for hirnf, l ; Luk t 2.2 I. as h;re, layinn up trea[tire in heaven, is to that of laying up treafarein earth. Both cannot br done, becaufe the heart cannot be in two fo different places at once. Toe Saints have their commorationon earth, but their con- verftion ;s in heaven. Here are their bodies, but their hearts are, whet a Chrift their head is. SeinEludifnt'isbi nandmAnt) Ci non Ant ubiAnt, faith Chryklonae, TheS ints are there, an thew at- fct`1ic ns, whether as yet they are not come in their attainments. All their plowing, failing, building, planting tends to that life that is fdp;tnall, ftipernaturall : they run for the high prize,'they Have-fjr the crowuÚf righteotrfnefk, they.breath after the beatt- 2 ficaÍl sigoniva. ßaytacen ho:a- /ytanser odio sari cJemunt ho,.genmmetate ti. ér objiciunt in serraruin pre- jundto,ne pl/,ui i u/u rf 4, avart- tis ooruanpant æauiroleos. cap. 6S. G4, $.s .4, Hwwas a very crucifix of mortification. Pc//y his thri- dtl u take. H'sCÆr Tc-i y f>in, CJ í omnta prædi t in Deo collocare, CI" ab eda uni- eaprovi.:rrnria jie,xáere_ L.zz in toc.
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