A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written

Things nearest heaven take least care for earth: the fowls of the air nei•••• plough, nor sow, nor carry into the barn. But men most love what they must le•• and think seldom or never, of the place where they should be for ever. Some […] too precise for public prayers, without a Sermon: as if God were only to se•• them, and they not bound to serve God. Are there not many that will bef••• more upon a licence to eat flesh in Lent, than upon their souls all the year? […] are their thoughts upward? the poorest piece of garment they wear; their has, their cuffs, their shoes, their shooties; cost them more than their fowls: and […] not their thoughts downwards? They will rather lose their inheritance in hea•••, than let Christ have his inheritance on earth: and what, are their desires upwards […] Down, downwards they sink, like the trash that God blesseth not: their […] buried in their coffers, as dead bodies are nailed up in their coffins. And when t••• have dejected themselves so low as they can, then must this bottomless bottom •• ceive them, and overwhelm them with everlasting pressures. A material […] stone hung about their necks, cannot sooner or surer carry them into the depth […] the sea. For us, let our hearts be upward, that our souls may never sink do•• ward. Saint Bernard mentions four degrees of ascending. Primus ad cor, sec•••• in corde, tertius de corde, quartus supra cor. The first ascent is of knowledge, […] second of faith, the third of love, the last of glory. Let us know God, this […] first step to blessedness: knowing, let us believe on him, that's the next: belee•••• let us love him, that's the third: and loving, we shall live with him, that's the […] and perfection of eternal joy.

Things nearest heaven take least care for earth: the foules of the aire nei•••• plow, nor sow, nor carry into the barne. But men most love what they must le•• and thinke seldome or never, of the place where they should be for ever. Some too precise for publike prayers, without a Sermon: as if God were only to se them, and they not bound to serve God. Are there not many that will bef more upon a licence to eate flesh in Lent, than upon their soules all the yeare? are their thoughts upward? the poorest piece of garment they weare; their has, their cuffes, their shooes, their shooties; cost them more than their foules: and not their thoughts downewards? They will rather lose their inheritance in hea, than let Christ have his inheritance on earth: and what, are their desires upwards Downe, downewards they sinke, like the trash that God blesseth not: their buried in their coffers, as dead bodies are naild up in their coffins. And when t have dejected themselves so low as they can, then must this bottomlesse bottome ceive them, and overwhelme them with everlasting pressures. A materiall stone hung about their neckes, cannot sooner or surer carry them into the depth the sea. For us, let our hearts be upward, that our soules may never sinke do ward. Saint Bernard mentions foure degrees of ascending. Primus ad cor, sec in corde, tertius de corde, quartus supra cor. The first ascent is of knowledge, second of faith, the third of love, the last of glory. Let us know God, this first step to blessednesse: knowing, let us beleeve on him, that's the next: belee let us loue him, that's the third: and loving, we shall live with him, that's the and perfection of eternall joy.