True contentment in the gain of godliness, with its self-sufficiency A meditation on 1.…True contentment in the gaine of godlines, with its self-sufficiencie A meditation on 1.…

But will we see yet more particularly by what means Godliness worketh this Contentment in those that are truly▪ possessed of it?

But will we see yet more particularly by what meanes Godlinesse worketh this Contentment in those that are truly▪ possessed of it?

First, ^dit purgeth the heart of him that hath it:² and so bringeth with it a sanctified use of the creature. For unless the vessel be seasoned, it tainteth all that cometh into it; and how can ought taste well then, that cometh out of it? So ^funless a mans heart be seasoned with grace, it polluteth and de•ileth all that a man dealeth with. ^gUnto the pure, saith the Apostle, all things are pure, but unto the impure and the unbelieving all things are impure, because their minds and consciences are defiled. Since the worldly man then doth but moil and soil and defile himself with his wealth, doth but taint and pollute it, and himself in the use of it, no marvel, ⟨p. 67⟩if he find no comfort or contentment at all in it.

First, ^dit purgeth the heart of him that hath it:² and so bringeth with it a sanctified vse of the creature. For vnlesse the vessell be seasoned, it tainteth all that commeth into it; and how can ought taste well then, that commeth out of it? So