A treatise of faith divided into two parts. The first showing the nature, the…A treatise of faith diuided into two parts. The first shewing the nature, the…

Secondly, We must labour daily, not only to loath those things which are evil in themselves, but also to be very sober and moderate in our lawful labours and delights, desires and affections to things transitory, remembering what our Saviour Christ saith,¹ One thing is necessary; otherwise Satan who can change himself into an Angel of Light, will fill our hearts and heads with swarms of evil lusts, noisome delights, cares and distractions: which will draw our Minds from that which they ought most to mind and think upon. We must be heedful in this, not only that the world draw us not to increase our wealth by wicked or unjust means, but that it creep not insensibly into our affections, and so by degrees not observed, breed great distempers in the soul. Fear of want, joy and delight in what we justly and honestly possess, climbing into the heart, and by little and little getting head, do suck away that virtue, whereby the word sown should receive strength and increase, and alienate part of the soul from God. Herein therefore we must be circumspect, gagging our hearts and trying them to the bottom, weaning our selves from these delights, raising our souls to more spiritual and heavenly joys, and labouring that our desire of grace and care to exercise our selves in all good works do grow, as the world comes in upon us.

Secondly, Wee must labour daily, not only to loath those things which are euill in themselues, but also to be very sober and moderate in our lawfull labours and delights, desires and affections to things transitorie, remembring what our Sauiour Christ saith,¹ One thing is necessarie; otherwise Sathan who can change himse f into an Angell of Light, will fill our hearts and heads with swarmes of euill lusts, noysome delights, cares and distractions: which will draw our Mindes from that which they ought most to minde and thinke vpon. Wee must be heedfull in this, not only that the world draw vs not to encrease our wealth by wicked or vniust meanes, but that it creepe not insensibly into our affections, and so by degrees not obserued, breed great distempers in the soule. Feare of want, ioy and delight in what wee iustly and honestly possesse, climbing into the heart, and by little and little getting head, doe sucke away that vertue, whereby the word sowne should receiue strength and increase, and alienate part of the soule from God. Herein therefore we must be circumspect, gaging our hearts and trying them to the bottome, weaning our selues from these delights, raising our soules to more spirituall and heauenly ioyes, and labouring that our desire of grace and care to exercise our selues in all good workes doe grow, as the world comes in vpon vs.