Fifthly, Another additional loss will be this, They shall lose all their sensual contentments and delights. That which they esteemed their chiefest good, their heaven, their God, that must they lose as well as Heaven and God himself. They shall then in despite of them fulfil that command,1 which here they would not be persuaded to obey, Rom. 13.14. of making no provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. O what a fall will the proud ambitious man have, from the top of his honours! As his dust and bones will not be known from the dust and bones of the poorest beggar; so neither will his soul be honoured or favoured any more then theirs. What a number of Right Honourable Lords, Right Worshipful Knights and Gentlemen, Right Reverend Fathers and Learned Doctors are now shut out of the presence of Christ? If you say, How can I tell that? Why I answer, because their judg hath told me so: Hath he not said by his Apostle, 1 Cor. 1.26. That not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called? And if they be not called, they be not predestinate, or justified, or glorified. Rom. 8.30. Sure that rich man, Luk. 16. hath now no humble obeisance done him, nor titles of honour put upon him; nor do the poor now wait at his gates to receive of his scraps. They must be shut out of their well-contrived houses, and sumptuous buildings; their comely Chambers, with costly hangings, their soft beds, and easy couches. They shall not find there their gallant walks, their curious Gardens, with variety of beauteous odoriferous fruits and flowers; their rich Pastures and pleasant Meadows, and plenteous Harvest, and Flocks, and Herds. Their tables will not be so spread and furnished, nor they so punctually attended and observed. They have not there variety of Dainty fare, now several courses, nor tempting dishes, prepared to please their appetites to the full: the rich man there fareth not deliciously every day: Neither shall he wear there his purple and fine linen: The jetting gorgeous well dressed gallant, that must not have a pin amiss, that stands as a picture ⟨p. 317⟩set to sale, that take themselves more beholden to the Tailor or Seamster for their comeliness, then to God, they shall then be quite in a different garb; There is no powdering or curling of the hair, nor eying of themselves, nor desirous expecting the admiration of beholders.
FIfthly, Another additional loss will be this, They shall lose all their sensuall contentments and delights. That which they esteemed their chiefest good, their heaven, their God, that must they lose as well as Heaven and God himself. They shall then in despite of them fulfil that command,1 which here they would not be perswaded to obey, Rom. 13.14. of making no provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. O what a fall will the proud ambitious man have, from the top of his honors! As his dust and bones will not be known from the dust and bones of the poorest beggar; so neither will his soul be honoured or favoured any more then theirs. VVhat a number of Right Honourable Lords, Right VVorshipful Kinghts and Gentlemen, Right Reverend Fathers and Learned Doctors are now shut out of the presence of Christ? If you say, How can I tell that? VVhy I answer, because their judg hath told me so: Hath he not said by his Apostle, 1 Cor. 1.26. That not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called? And if they be not called, they be not predestinate, or justified, or glorified. Rom. 8.30. Sure that rich man, Luk. 16. hath now no humble obeysance done him, nor titles of honor put upon him; nor do the poor now wait at his gates to receive of his scraps. They must be shut out of their wel-contrived houses, and sumptuous buildings; their comely Chambers, with costly hangings, their soft beds, and easie couches. They shall not finde there their gallant walks, their curious Gardens, with varity of beauteous odoriferous fruits and flowers; their rich Pastures and pleasant Meadows, and plenteous Harvest, and Flocks, and Herds. Their tables will not be so spread and furnished, nor they so punctually attended and observed. They have not there variety of Dainty fare, now severall courses, nor tempting dishes, prepared to please their appetites to the full: the rich man there fareth not deliciously every day: Neither shall he wear there his purple and fine linnen: The jetting gorgeous well drest gallant, that must not have a pin amiss, that stands as a picture ⟨p. 317⟩set to sale, that take themselves more beholden to the Tailor or Semster for their comeliness, then to God, they shall then be quite in a different garb; There is no powdering or curling of the hair, nor eying of themselves, nor desirous expecting the admiration of beholders.
- 1Tunc edax flamma comburit, quos nunc carnalis delectatio polluit: Tunc infinitum patens inserni barathrum devorat, quos inanis elatio nunc exaltat: et qui olim ex vitio volunt•tem ca•d• praesuaso•is explev••unt, tunc cum duce suo reprobi ad tormenta […]. Gregor. Moral. 9. Quid enim con••letur eos qui suam habent consolationem? Non consolatur Christ, infantia ga•rulos: non consolantur Christi […] cachinnantes; non consola•tur p•nni ejus ambulantes in stolis: Non consolantur p•es•pe & stabulum amantes primas cathedras in Synagogis: sed aequanimiter sorte unive••am h•n• consolationem expectantibus in silentio dominum: •ug••tibus, pannosis, pauperibus credere videbantur. Bernard, Serm. 22.Tunc edax flamma comburit, quos nunc carnalis delectatio polluit: Tunc infinitum patens inserni barathrum devorat, quos inanis elatio nunc exaltat: et qui olim ex vitio volunt•tem ca•d• praesuaso•is explev••unt, tunc cum duce suo reprobi ad tormenta 〈…〉. Gregor. Moral. 9. Quid enim con••letur eos qui suam habent consolationem? Non consolatur Christ, infantia ga•rulos: non consolantur Christi 〈…〉 cachinnantes; non consola•tur p•nni ejus ambulantes in stolis: Non consolantur p•es•pe & stabulum amantes primas cathedras in Synagogis: sed aequanimiter sorte univeam hn consolationem expectantibus in silentio dominum: ugtibus, pannosis, pauperibus credere videbantur. Bernard, Serm. 22.
