Chap.6. acco rding to St" M A T T H E Ti. /47 good things ofthe minde,' faith Philofophy, Cetera it adertme, Cicero. ant certe nonoberunt, But our fenfleffe over -valuing of earthly , things, and underprizing of heavenly, is that that maketh us fo carkingly careful' in the one, and fo wretchlefly aflèted in the other. The lean kineeat up the fat , and it is nothing Peen by them. The firengthofthe ground is fo (pent innourifhing weeds, tares, or corn of little worth , that the good whet. is pulled down , choaked or ílarved. Earthly<mindednef a fucketh the fapofgrace from the heart, as the Ivy doth from the Oak, and mz- keth it unfruitful'. Correa therefore this ill humour, this croak weed : cafi away this clog, this thick clay, that makes us like that difeded woman in the Gofpel; that being held ofa fpirit eighteen years could not lookup to heaven. And learn to covet Lnir, 13.1 rti fpirituafthings, labourfor the meat that perinr_thnot. Lay hold upon eternal' life, what ever you let go. Temporal' things are, Nec vera, nec vefira, mutable and momentary, mixt and infefted with care ingetting, fear inkeeping, grief in lofing : Betides, they are infufficient andunfatisfaftory, and many times prove in- ftrumentsofvice,andhinderancesfromheaven. Spiritual' things LUUCr1421i4 arC1 on the other fide, are folidand fabftantiall, ferving to a life that Jàcit da,nun is fupernaturall and fupernall. They are alto certain and durable :n Corn /lle,a'a,. Necprodi, nec perdi, nec eripi, nec fsrripi pJTunt. They arc found Ap d;u93s and fincere, a continual)feal%, without ce1fttion, or the leail in- termiflìon; they feçve to and fatisfie the foul ; as being the gain to ikr yF rw. of earth and heaven, and of him that filleth both. Seek ye Dioá.ap.l'lu:. therefore fird, &c. Oar Saviour, in his praier, gives us but one petition for temporals, five for fpirituals, to teach us this lefton, Scipio went firft to the Capitoli, and then to the Se- Livtib ZG. nate, 6-c. Gala,/.e.r. Andalltheft things fballde added ontoyen.] They iii all be call in as anover- pjus,or as thofe final advantages to the main bargain,as p:- per and pack-threed is given,where we buy fpice & fruit,the main bargain. Tilde follow Gods Kingdom, as theblack guard do the Court, or as all the revenue and retinue dotti fume great Lady,that one hath wedded. The night ofPopery fh all flra;ne fuch as think much ofthe time that is fpent with and for God:for in their fuper- ftitious zeal they werewont to fay, Map andmeat hinders no maw thrift.It would bea great flay ofminde,iftheKing should fay to us for our (elves, the fame thatDaviddid to tilaephiboJheth,Fèar not, fir I ¡rely fheao thee kindenefe, and thousfhalt f rel, eat bread sie . S R 4 :;y
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