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           A
           SERMON
           ,
           Preached
           before
           the
           King
           &
           Queen
           AT
           WHITEHALL
           .
           June
           the
           1st
           .
           1690.
           
        
         
           By
           
             Robert
             Grove
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           Chaplain
           in
           Ordinary
           to
           their
           MAJESTIES
           .
        
         
           Published
           by
           their
           Majesties
           special
           Command
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             W.
             Kettilby
          
           ,
           at
           the
           
             Bishops
             Head
          
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           .
           1690.
           
        
         
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             1
             John
             II.
             15.
             
          
           
             
               Love
               not
               the
               world
               ,
               neither
               the
               things
               that
               are
               in
               the
               world
               .
               If
               any
               man
               love
               the
               world
               ,
               the
               love
               of
               the
               Father
               is
               not
               in
               him
               .
            
          
        
         
           LOVE
           is
           the
           most
           powerful
           of
           all
           the
           Passions
           of
           the
           Soul
           ;
           and
           that
           which
           does
           most
           effectually
           byass
           and
           incline
           the
           Mind
           unto
           any
           Object
           it
           happens
           to
           be
           placed
           upon
           .
           And
           there
           are
           two
           things
           in
           the
           general
           that
           do
           most
           earnestly
           court
           us
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           them
           is
           always
           sure
           to
           win
           our
           Affections
           .
           God
           himself
           ,
           out
           of
           his
           Infinite
           tenderness
           to
           the
           Sons
           of
           Men
           ,
           is
           pleas'd
           so
           far
           to
           condescend
           ,
           
           as
           to
           woo
           and
           beseech
           us
           to
           be
           reconciled
           unto
           him
           :
           And
           he
           enforces
           his
           suit
           by
           the
           real
           proposal
           of
           Peace
           and
           Honour
           ,
           Glory
           and
           Immortality
           ,
           and
           Everlasting
           Joys
           .
           And
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           the
           world
           too
           ;
           that
           strives
           to
           gain
           the
           greatest
           interest
           in
           our
           Hearts
           ,
           and
           endeavours
           to
           work
           upon
           us
           by
           the
           vain
           promises
           of
           some
           transitory
           Pleasures
           ;
           a
           little
           Wealth
           ,
           and
           a
           certain
           kind
           of
           Happiness
           ,
           which
           it
           pretends
           it
           can
           bestow
           upon
           us
           out
           of
           hand
           :
           And
           if
           we
           harken
           to
           the
           one
           of
           these
           ,
           we
           shall
           become
           Sober
           ,
           Good
           ,
           and
           Holy
           Men
           ,
           and
           shall
           be
           sure
           at
           the
           last
           not
           to
           lose
           our
           Reward
           :
           But
           if
           we
           give
           ear
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           we
           shall
           grow
           vain
           and
           wicked
           in
           our
           imaginations
           ,
           eager
           and
           restless
           in
           the
           pursuit
           of
           shadows
           and
           trifles
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           end
           we
           shall
           be
           most
           certainly
           defeated
           of
           all
           our
           foolish
           hopes
           ;
           so
           that
           our
           love
           ,
           according
           as
           it
           is
           diversly
           plac'd
           ,
           becomes
           the
           Original
           of
           all
           the
           Good
           and
           Evil
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           of
           that
           Happiness
           or
           Misery
           that
           is
           consequent
           upon
           
           them
           ;
           and
           the
           whole
           of
           Moral
           Divinity
           does
           in
           some
           sort
           depend
           upon
           the
           due
           management
           and
           regulation
           of
           this
           one
           Passion
           .
           And
           because
           the
           Vanities
           of
           this
           present
           world
           are
           very
           apt
           to
           insinuate
           themselves
           into
           our
           Affections
           ,
           and
           get
           too
           great
           an
           interest
           in
           them
           ,
           we
           may
           easily
           understand
           what
           Reason
           we
           have
           to
           be
           always
           mindful
           of
           the
           serious
           Caution
           and
           Exhortation
           of
           the
           holy
           Apostle
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           read
           unto
           you
           ;
           
             Love
             not
             the
             world
             ,
             neither
             the
             things
             that
             are
             in
             the
             world
             .
             If
             any
             man
             love
             the
             world
             ,
             the
             love
             of
             the
             Father
             is
             not
             in
             him
             .
          
           For
           the
           better
           Explication
           and
           Improvement
           of
           which
           words
           ,
           I
           shall
           discourse
           something
           briefly
           upon
           these
           five
           general
           Heads
           :
           And
           shew
           ,
        
         
           
             1.
             
             First
             ,
             What
             is
             here
             meant
             by
             the
             
               world
               ,
               and
               the
               things
               that
               are
               in
               it
               .
            
          
           
             2.
             
             Secondly
             ,
             How
             far
             it
             may
             be
             lawful
             for
             us
             to
             love
             them
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Thirdly
             ,
             What
             kind
             of
             love
             of
             them
             it
             is
             which
             is
             here
             forbidden
             .
          
           
             
             4.
             
             Fourthly
             ,
             That
             such
             a
             love
             of
             them
             is
             inconsistent
             with
             the
             love
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             5.
             
             Fifthly
             ,
             and
             lastly
             ,
             I
             shall
             lay
             down
             some
             Directions
             how
             to
             avoid
             this
             irregular
             and
             inordinate
             love
             of
             the
             world
             .
          
        
         
           I.
           First
           ,
           What
           is
           here
           meant
           by
           the
           
             World
             ,
             and
             the
             things
             that
             are
             in
             the
             World.
          
           And
           there
           can
           be
           no
           doubt
           ,
           but
           that
           according
           to
           the
           usual
           phrase
           of
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           understand
           this
           inferiour
           and
           sublunary
           world
           ;
           the
           Earth
           which
           we
           do
           for
           the
           present
           inhabit
           ;
           this
           place
           ,
           where
           Labours
           and
           Sorrows
           have
           taken
           up
           their
           abode
           ,
           ever
           since
           the
           fall
           of
           Man.
           And
           the
           things
           of
           the
           world
           are
           the
           various
           Objects
           of
           our
           Senses
           ;
           the
           several
           Toys
           and
           Vanities
           that
           are
           wont
           to
           charm
           our
           deluded
           Fancies
           and
           Appetites
           .
           They
           are
           very
           commonly
           ,
           and
           well
           enough
           divided
           into
           Pleasures
           ,
           Profits
           ,
           and
           Honours
           ;
           for
           this
           is
           the
           sum
           total
           of
           all
           earthly
           Enjoyments
           ;
           this
           is
           the
           utmost
           
           that
           the
           Carnal
           Man
           desires
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           all
           that
           the
           world
           is
           able
           to
           give
           .
           St.
           John
           ,
           in
           the
           words
           that
           immediately
           follow
           my
           Text
           ,
           describes
           these
           things
           by
           the
           effects
           which
           they
           too
           often
           have
           upon
           us
           ,
           when
           he
           calls
           them
           
             the
             lust
             of
             the
             flesh
             ,
             and
             the
             lust
             of
             the
             eyes
             ,
             and
             the
             pride
             of
             life
          
           ;
           and
           tells
           us
           that
           this
           is
           
             all
             that
             is
             in
             the
             world
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           There
           is
           nothing
           else
           there
           ,
           but
           what
           may
           occasionally
           excite
           and
           foment
           such
           inclinations
           as
           these
           :
           Nothing
           but
           what
           may
           either
           prompt
           us
           to
           Sensuallty
           and
           Intemperance
           ;
           or
           make
           us
           guilty
           of
           Covetousness
           and
           Injustice
           ;
           or
           swell
           us
           up
           with
           ambitious
           and
           aspiring
           thoughts
           .
           Such
           is
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           such
           are
           all
           the
           things
           that
           are
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           II.
           Let
           us
           in
           the
           second
           place
           consider
           ,
           how
           far
           it
           may
           be
           lawful
           for
           us
           to
           love
           these
           things
           :
           For
           they
           are
           not
           absolutely
           Evil
           in
           themselves
           ,
           but
           may
           sometimes
           be
           made
           so
           unto
           us
           ,
           by
           our
           abuse
           of
           them
           ;
           but
           God
           created
           them
           all
           for
           good
           purposes
           ;
           and
           therefore
           we
           may
           love
           them
           in
           
           some
           measure
           without
           offence
           ,
           if
           we
           be
           but
           careful
           to
           observe
           these
           and
           the
           like
           Cautions
           :
        
         
           1.
           
           First
           ,
           we
           must
           love
           them
           but
           according
           to
           the
           nature
           and
           usefulness
           of
           them
           .
           Every
           Creature
           of
           God
           is
           good
           ;
           and
           every
           degree
           of
           goodness
           does
           naturally
           require
           a
           sutable
           degree
           of
           love
           ;
           and
           our
           love
           is
           then
           reasonable
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           becomes
           wise
           and
           sober
           men
           ,
           when
           we
           do
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           may
           be
           ,
           proportion
           our
           affections
           to
           the
           worth
           and
           dignity
           of
           the
           Object
           .
           God
           therefore
           being
           infinitely
           good
           ,
           our
           love
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           is
           possible
           ,
           ought
           likewise
           to
           be
           boundless
           and
           immense
           ,
           stretched
           out
           ,
           and
           extended
           to
           the
           very
           utmost
           capacities
           of
           our
           Souls
           .
           And
           for
           other
           things
           ,
           it
           is
           lawful
           for
           us
           to
           love
           them
           too
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           they
           do
           participate
           of
           that
           Supreme
           and
           Soveraign
           Goodness
           .
           The
           real
           Perfection
           of
           the
           Object
           ought
           to
           be
           the
           standing
           Measure
           whereby
           we
           should
           always
           limit
           and
           regulate
           our
           love
           .
           And
           if
           we
           do
           but
           carefully
           observe
           this
           Rule
           ,
           there
           is
           nothing
           that
           
           God
           has
           made
           which
           may
           not
           afford
           us
           some
           innocent
           delight
           or
           advantage
           .
           The
           very
           Pleasures
           of
           Sense
           ,
           wherein
           men
           are
           generally
           the
           most
           apt
           to
           offend
           ,
           and
           run
           into
           excess
           ,
           yet
           these
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           duly
           circumscribed
           ,
           and
           kept
           within
           the
           bounds
           which
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           and
           Nature
           have
           set
           them
           ,
           may
           be
           harmless
           ,
           and
           allowable
           .
           Riches
           may
           be
           lawfully
           desired
           by
           us
           ,
           as
           they
           serve
           the
           necessities
           and
           conveniencies
           of
           this
           mortal
           life
           ;
           as
           they
           may
           make
           our
           Charity
           more
           useful
           and
           beneficial
           unto
           others
           ;
           and
           as
           they
           maintain
           that
           difference
           of
           Degrees
           and
           Quality
           amongst
           men
           ,
           which
           is
           absolutely
           necessary
           to
           the
           preservation
           of
           good
           Order
           and
           Government
           in
           the
           world
           .
           Honour
           is
           not
           wholly
           to
           be
           despised
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           a
           Tribute
           which
           ought
           to
           be
           paid
           to
           great
           and
           virtuous
           Actions
           ;
           as
           it
           confirms
           the
           testimonies
           of
           our
           own
           Consciences
           ;
           and
           as
           it
           gives
           us
           many
           opportunities
           of
           doing
           good
           ,
           which
           we
           could
           not
           have
           without
           the
           assistance
           of
           a
           clear
           and
           spotless
           Reputation
           .
           And
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           as
           this
           we
           are
           not
           
           forbidden
           to
           love
           the
           things
           of
           the
           world
           :
           and
           if
           any
           man
           will
           make
           it
           his
           choice
           ,
           to
           rid
           his
           Soul
           wholly
           of
           all
           earthly
           concerns
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           more
           room
           for
           the
           love
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           continual
           exercise
           of
           devotion
           ;
           this
           indeed
           may
           be
           an
           act
           of
           heroical
           piety
           in
           him
           ;
           but
           yet
           those
           that
           love
           these
           things
           ,
           with
           that
           limitation
           which
           I
           have
           now
           laid
           down
           ,
           are
           not
           therefore
           to
           be
           condemned
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Secondly
           ,
           in
           our
           love
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           the
           things
           of
           it
           ,
           we
           must
           have
           a
           regard
           to
           the
           duration
           and
           continuance
           of
           them
           .
           If
           they
           were
           of
           infinitely
           greater
           value
           than
           they
           are
           ,
           yet
           we
           know
           that
           it
           is
           but
           a
           very
           little
           while
           that
           we
           can
           enjoy
           them
           .
           All
           things
           here
           below
           are
           perpetually
           in
           motion
           ,
           they
           are
           tossed
           to
           and
           fro
           like
           the
           waves
           of
           the
           Sea
           :
           They
           are
           exposed
           to
           ten
           thousand
           casualties
           and
           disasters
           ,
           that
           are
           ready
           every
           moment
           to
           snatch
           them
           out
           of
           our
           hands
           .
           Or
           if
           possibly
           we
           should
           be
           so
           fortunate
           as
           to
           escape
           all
           these
           ,
           yet
           we
           are
           sure
           that
           we
           our selves
           are
           hasting
           continually
           towards
           the
           Grave
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           cannot
           be
           
           long
           before
           we
           must
           go
           away
           hence
           ,
           and
           be
           seen
           no
           more
           .
           There
           is
           nothing
           here
           to
           be
           depended
           upon
           .
           However
           prosperous
           our
           condition
           may
           be
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           the
           whole
           scene
           of
           Affairs
           may
           be
           suddenly
           changed
           .
           The
           clearest
           day
           may
           be
           presently
           overcast
           ,
           and
           the
           brightest
           Sun
           may
           set
           in
           a
           Cloud
           .
           Our
           Estates
           may
           be
           lost
           ,
           our
           Friends
           may
           forsake
           us
           ,
           our
           Children
           may
           dye
           ,
           our
           Pleasures
           will
           decay
           ,
           our
           Credit
           and
           Esteem
           amongst
           men
           may
           be
           quickly
           blasted
           by
           a
           slanderous
           tongue
           ,
           and
           end
           in
           ignominy
           and
           disgrace
           :
           However
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           avoided
           but
           that
           our
           Pomp
           and
           our
           Honour
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           we
           have
           ,
           must
           at
           last
           be
           laid
           down
           ,
           and
           covered
           in
           the
           dust
           .
           And
           since
           then
           that
           the
           good
           things
           of
           this
           world
           are
           known
           to
           be
           so
           very
           transient
           and
           uncertain
           in
           their
           own
           nature
           ,
           we
           may
           love
           them
           ,
           provided
           our
           love
           be
           suited
           to
           the
           condition
           of
           the
           things
           themselves
           ;
           it
           must
           not
           be
           a
           settled
           ,
           fixed
           ,
           and
           unmoveable
           love
           .
           We
           must
           consider
           that
           they
           are
           rather
           lent
           ,
           than
           given
           us
           ;
           and
           we
           should
           be
           as
           ready
           to
           restore
           ,
           
           as
           we
           were
           to
           receive
           them
           .
           We
           must
           chearfully
           deliver
           up
           all
           our
           earthly
           Concerns
           to
           the
           wise
           and
           gracious
           disposal
           of
           Almighty
           God.
           A
           Stoical
           Apathy
           is
           more
           indeed
           than
           is
           required
           of
           us
           .
           The
           true
           Christian
           may
           be
           something
           delighted
           with
           temporal
           Blessings
           ,
           and
           not
           altogether
           insensible
           of
           worldly
           misfortunes
           ;
           but
           then
           the
           pleasure
           he
           takes
           in
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           them
           is
           sober
           and
           temperate
           ,
           and
           the
           grief
           he
           conceives
           at
           the
           parting
           with
           them
           is
           not
           excessive
           .
           He
           is
           a
           little
           delighted
           with
           the
           Gourd
           while
           it
           flourishes
           ,
           but
           he
           does
           not
           fret
           and
           grow
           angry
           when
           it
           withers
           away
           .
           He
           enjoys
           the
           world
           with
           moderation
           ,
           and
           lets
           it
           go
           without
           any
           anxious
           and
           desponding
           thoughts
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           We
           must
           be
           careful
           that
           the
           love
           of
           any
           thing
           in
           the
           world
           be
           never
           more
           prevalent
           with
           us
           than
           the
           love
           of
           God.
           The
           most
           incomprehensible
           Excellencies
           of
           his
           Divine
           Nature
           do
           command
           us
           to
           reverence
           and
           admire
           him
           ;
           and
           the
           unspeakable
           Benefits
           he
           has
           already
           bestowed
           ,
           and
           the
           
           many
           Blessings
           which
           he
           is
           continually
           heaping
           up
           on
           us
           ,
           and
           the
           glorious
           Promises
           which
           he
           has
           made
           us
           of
           Life
           and
           Salvation
           ,
           are
           the
           strongest
           obligations
           imaginable
           for
           us
           to
           return
           unto
           him
           the
           greatest
           vigour
           and
           intenseness
           of
           our
           Affections
           .
           And
           when
           such
           a
           love
           of
           our
           Maker
           has
           gotten
           the
           supreme
           power
           and
           soveraignty
           in
           our
           Hearts
           ,
           so
           that
           our
           minds
           are
           effectually
           swayed
           and
           inclined
           as
           they
           are
           directed
           by
           that
           ,
           then
           some
           lower
           degree
           of
           complacency
           may
           be
           allow'd
           to
           these
           inferiour
           things
           without
           offence
           .
           Our
           love
           of
           the
           world
           is
           not
           sinful
           when
           it
           is
           kept
           within
           the
           just
           boundaries
           that
           I
           have
           now
           prescribed
           ;
           when
           we
           love
           it
           but
           according
           to
           the
           nature
           and
           duration
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           always
           with
           submission
           to
           the
           love
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           III.
           And
           from
           these
           things
           which
           I
           have
           now
           briefly
           discours'd
           ,
           it
           may
           plainly
           appear
           ,
           What
           kind
           of
           love
           of
           the
           world
           it
           is
           which
           is
           here
           forbidden
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           third
           general
           thing
           that
           I
           laid
           down
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           And
           ,
           First
           ,
           Therefore
           our
           love
           of
           the
           
           world
           is
           unlawful
           ,
           when
           we
           love
           it
           beyond
           the
           natural
           worth
           and
           value
           of
           it
           .
           And
           this
           does
           manifestly
           discover
           it self
           ,
           when
           our
           desires
           after
           it
           are
           violent
           and
           impetuous
           ;
           when
           we
           are
           impatient
           in
           the
           pursuit
           ,
           and
           intemperate
           in
           the
           enjoyment
           ;
           when
           we
           are
           so
           passionately
           bent
           upon
           our
           pleasures
           ,
           as
           if
           these
           sordid
           and
           muddy
           delights
           were
           the
           only
           or
           the
           chiefest
           happiness
           we
           did
           expect
           ;
           when
           we
           are
           so
           extremely
           fond
           of
           being
           rich
           and
           great
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           restless
           and
           uneasie
           with
           a
           competent
           Estate
           ,
           and
           a
           moderate
           Fortune
           seems
           a
           burden
           unto
           us
           ;
           when
           we
           are
           so
           transported
           with
           any
           degree
           of
           Honour
           and
           Eminency
           we
           may
           chance
           to
           attain
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           presently
           fill'd
           with
           lofty
           and
           foolish
           imaginations
           ;
           when
           we
           envy
           our
           Superiors
           ,
           despise
           our
           Equals
           ,
           and
           look
           down
           with
           scorn
           and
           disdain
           upon
           our
           Inferiors
           .
           When
           we
           find
           our selves
           to
           be
           thus
           disposed
           in
           any
           of
           these
           or
           the
           like
           instances
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           sign
           that
           our
           Affections
           for
           the
           world
           are
           irregular
           and
           extravagant
           ,
           a
           great
           deal
           bigger
           than
           the
           things
           deserve
           .
           
           And
           when
           they
           are
           so
           ,
           they
           become
           the
           immediate
           and
           necessary
           causes
           of
           all
           the
           miseries
           and
           mischiefs
           that
           ever
           do
           or
           can
           befal
           us
           .
           They
           are
           these
           that
           push
           Men
           forward
           to
           all
           the
           acts
           of
           wickedness
           and
           folly
           ,
           and
           hurry
           them
           on
           to
           their
           own
           destruction
           .
           They
           are
           these
           that
           tempt
           the
           licentious
           Epicure
           to
           all
           his
           Debaucheries
           ;
           that
           make
           him
           run
           with
           greediness
           into
           all
           manner
           of
           excess
           ;
           that
           provoke
           him
           to
           break
           down
           the
           inclosures
           that
           God
           has
           made
           ,
           and
           lye
           in
           wait
           to
           defile
           his
           Neighbour's
           Bed.
           They
           are
           these
           that
           besot
           the
           Covetous
           Wretch
           with
           a
           different
           sort
           of
           sensuality
           ,
           and
           make
           him
           drunk
           with
           the
           tears
           of
           Widows
           and
           Orphans
           ;
           that
           turn
           him
           into
           a
           kind
           of
           moral
           Cannibal
           ,
           that
           even
           tears
           and
           devours
           the
           flesh
           of
           the
           Poor
           .
           They
           are
           these
           that
           are
           the
           real
           occasions
           of
           all
           the
           Murder
           ,
           and
           Rapine
           ,
           and
           Desolation
           that
           we
           daily
           see
           or
           hear
           of
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           the
           most
           furious
           and
           bloody
           Wars
           and
           military
           executions
           ,
           in
           which
           so
           many
           innocent
           Mens
           lives
           are
           thrown
           away
           ,
           and
           so
           
           many
           thousand
           Families
           most
           miserably
           ruined
           ,
           are
           frequently
           nothing
           else
           but
           the
           tragical
           effects
           of
           a
           mind
           swollen
           and
           distemper'd
           with
           Cruelty
           and
           Ambition
           .
           Such
           are
           the
           lamentable
           consequences
           that
           do
           naturally
           follow
           the
           immoderate
           love
           of
           any
           worldly
           thing
           .
           For
           our
           earthly
           Passions
           are
           like
           a
           River
           ;
           while
           they
           keep
           themselves
           within
           their
           proper
           Channel
           ,
           they
           slide
           along
           gently
           ,
           and
           observe
           a
           regular
           course
           ,
           and
           may
           make
           our
           lives
           both
           pleasant
           and
           fruitful
           ;
           but
           when
           they
           begin
           to
           swell
           and
           grow
           turbulent
           ,
           and
           overflow
           their
           Banks
           ,
           there
           is
           nothing
           then
           to
           be
           expected
           but
           a
           flood
           and
           inundation
           of
           all
           manner
           of
           sin
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Secondly
           ,
           Our
           love
           of
           the
           world
           is
           faulty
           again
           ,
           when
           we
           do
           not
           consider
           the
           short
           continuance
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           how
           little
           a
           while
           it
           is
           that
           we
           can
           possibly
           enjoy
           it
           .
           And
           in
           this
           the
           strange
           inadvertency
           of
           the
           generality
           of
           Men
           is
           much
           to
           be
           admited
           .
           In
           their
           prosperity
           they
           are
           apt
           to
           think
           that
           they
           shall
           never
           be
           moved
           ;
           and
           live
           as
           if
           they
           were
           not
           Strangers
           and
           Pilgrims
           ,
           but
           
           that
           they
           had
           a
           sure
           and
           settled
           dwelling
           here
           upon
           Earth
           .
           The
           experience
           of
           every
           day
           is
           enough
           to
           convince
           them
           how
           ridiculously
           they
           are
           mistaken
           :
           they
           should
           therefore
           restrain
           their
           love
           to
           these
           fading
           Vanities
           ,
           and
           make
           it
           as
           temporary
           as
           the
           Objects
           of
           it
           are
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           absurd
           and
           unreasonable
           to
           have
           permanent
           and
           immortal
           affections
           for
           transient
           and
           perishable
           things
           .
           The
           Branches
           should
           wither
           and
           die
           when
           the
           Root
           is
           decayed
           from
           whence
           they
           did
           spring
           .
           It
           lays
           a
           certain
           foundation
           for
           perpetual
           disquietude
           and
           anguish
           of
           mind
           ,
           to
           have
           vigorous
           desires
           remaining
           in
           us
           ,
           when
           every
           thing
           that
           should
           give
           them
           any
           satisfaction
           is
           irreparably
           lost
           .
           St.
           John
           tells
           us
           ,
           v.
           17.
           that
           
             the
             world
             passeth
             away
          
           :
           and
           therefore
           our
           love
           for
           it
           should
           
             pass
             away
          
           with
           it
           ;
           or
           else
           in
           stead
           of
           giving
           us
           any
           contentment
           and
           delight
           ,
           as
           we
           might
           vainly
           hope
           ,
           it
           will
           serve
           for
           nothing
           but
           to
           gall
           and
           torment
           us
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           The
           love
           of
           the
           world
           is
           forbidden
           when
           it
           has
           a
           greater
           power
           upon
           us
           
           than
           the
           love
           of
           our
           Maker
           has
           .
           And
           we
           may
           certainly
           judge
           that
           the
           case
           is
           thus
           ,
           when
           ever
           we
           are
           tempted
           and
           prevailed
           upon
           to
           sin
           against
           God
           ,
           by
           the
           proposal
           of
           any
           present
           Pleasure
           or
           Advantage
           .
           As
           when
           we
           shall
           dare
           to
           be
           guilty
           of
           Injustice
           or
           Oppression
           ,
           to
           encrease
           our
           Fortunes
           ,
           and
           advance
           our selves
           to
           some
           farther
           degree
           of
           Wealth
           or
           Honour
           ;
           when
           we
           will
           venture
           to
           run
           into
           excess
           of
           Wine
           ,
           to
           gratifie
           a
           brutish
           appetite
           ,
           or
           please
           an
           unreasonable
           and
           senseless
           humour
           .
           This
           is
           an
           infallible
           argument
           that
           the
           love
           of
           worldly
           things
           has
           got
           the
           dominion
           in
           our
           hearts
           ,
           when
           we
           do
           thus
           prefer
           them
           before
           our
           eternal
           Concerns
           ,
           and
           chuse
           rather
           to
           offend
           a
           gracious
           God
           ,
           than
           to
           disoblige
           an
           unruly
           Lust
           .
           'T
           is
           exceeding
           strange
           that
           the
           love
           of
           any
           thing
           else
           should
           have
           a
           more
           forceable
           influence
           upon
           our
           Affections
           ,
           and
           move
           us
           more
           powerfully
           than
           the
           love
           of
           infinite
           Goodness
           can
           .
           But
           ,
           alas
           !
           we
           find
           it
           very
           often
           too
           true
           :
           The
           lesser
           Magnet
           draws
           the
           Iron
           from
           the
           embraces
           of
           the
           greater
           :
           
           We
           forsake
           our
           God
           ,
           and
           stick
           close
           to
           our
           Vanities
           ;
           we
           let
           go
           the
           hope
           we
           might
           have
           in
           the
           Almighty
           ,
           and
           cling
           fast
           to
           every
           trifle
           .
           Scarce
           an
           impotent
           Passion
           can
           start
           up
           in
           our
           hearts
           ,
           but
           it
           shall
           be
           more
           readily
           obey'd
           than
           the
           Great
           Majesty
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           .
           And
           this
           must
           needs
           provoke
           him
           to
           the
           highest
           degree
           of
           displeasure
           ;
           not
           to
           see
           us
           take
           some
           delight
           in
           the
           good
           things
           of
           this
           life
           which
           he
           has
           given
           us
           ;
           for
           this
           we
           may
           lawfully
           do
           ,
           as
           has
           been
           said
           before
           ;
           but
           to
           observe
           that
           our
           minds
           are
           so
           engaged
           upon
           them
           ,
           that
           we
           neglect
           his
           Commandments
           for
           their
           sakes
           ,
           and
           pay
           that
           homage
           and
           obedience
           unto
           them
           that
           can
           be
           due
           only
           to
           Him.
           And
           therefore
           those
           lewd
           persons
           that
           are
           describ'd
           by
           the
           holy
           Apostle
           ,
           Rom.
           1.
           are
           said
           ,
           v.
           25.
           to
           have
           
             served
             the
             creature
             more
             than
             the
             Creator
             .
          
           And
           those
           upon
           whom
           that
           black
           Character
           is
           fix'd
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           2
           Tim.
           3.
           you
           shall
           find
           ,
           v.
           4.
           that
           they
           were
           
             lovers
             of
             pleasures
             more
             than
             lovers
             of
             God.
          
           And
           thus
           may
           
           you
           see
           what
           kind
           of
           love
           of
           the
           world
           it
           is
           which
           is
           here
           forbidden
           .
        
         
           IV.
           I
           come
           ,
           Fourthly
           ,
           to
           shew
           ,
           but
           very
           briefly
           ,
           that
           such
           a
           love
           of
           it
           is
           inconsistent
           with
           the
           love
           of
           God.
           This
           will
           stand
           in
           need
           of
           no
           further
           proof
           ,
           but
           only
           to
           consider
           that
           God
           and
           the
           world
           are
           in
           themselves
           of
           a
           very
           different
           Nature
           ,
           and
           do
           command
           us
           clean
           contrary
           things
           ;
           and
           we
           can
           no
           more
           love
           these
           two
           in
           the
           same
           eminent
           degree
           ,
           than
           we
           can
           bear
           allegiance
           to
           several
           Princes
           ,
           whose
           Interests
           are
           continually
           clashing
           ,
           and
           that
           are
           frequently
           in
           open
           hostility
           one
           with
           the
           other
           .
           For
           God
           commands
           us
           to
           abstain
           from
           fleshly
           Lusts
           ,
           and
           to
           taste
           of
           worldly
           Delights
           with
           great
           caution
           and
           sobriety
           ;
           Sensuality
           perswades
           us
           to
           give
           the
           reins
           to
           our
           Appetites
           ,
           to
           take
           our
           fill
           ,
           and
           even
           cloy
           our selves
           with
           carnal
           Pleasures
           :
           God
           commands
           us
           to
           be
           liberal
           and
           open-handed
           to
           those
           that
           are
           in
           want
           ,
           and
           especially
           to
           be
           sure
           that
           we
           do
           no
           wrong
           nor
           injustice
           to
           our
           Neighbour
           ;
           
           Covetousness
           advises
           us
           by
           any
           means
           to
           hold
           our
           own
           ;
           not
           to
           be
           moved
           with
           the
           cries
           and
           groans
           of
           the
           needy
           ,
           and
           if
           we
           can
           but
           increase
           our
           store
           ,
           never
           matter
           how
           we
           do
           it
           ,
           tho
           it
           should
           be
           with
           the
           utter
           ruine
           of
           many
           a
           poor
           ,
           distressed
           ,
           helpless
           Creature
           :
           God
           commands
           us
           to
           submit
           our selves
           to
           be
           dispos'd
           of
           by
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           contented
           with
           the
           Portion
           his
           Providence
           has
           allotted
           us
           ;
           Pride
           will
           be
           still
           aspiring
           ,
           and
           egging
           us
           on
           to
           seek
           after
           greater
           Honours
           ;
           it
           is
           querulous
           and
           impatient
           ,
           always
           dissatisfi'd
           with
           the
           state
           it
           is
           in
           .
           These
           are
           a
           few
           short
           instances
           of
           some
           of
           those
           things
           which
           God
           and
           the
           world
           do
           severally
           require
           of
           us
           ;
           and
           which
           of
           these
           two
           we
           love
           the
           best
           ,
           his
           Commands
           we
           shall
           be
           sure
           the
           most
           readily
           to
           obey
           :
           For
           both
           we
           cannot
           ,
           unless
           we
           had
           the
           art
           of
           reconciling
           Contradictions
           ,
           unless
           we
           could
           be
           sober
           and
           intemperate
           ,
           kind
           and
           hard-hearted
           ,
           upright
           and
           unjust
           ,
           humble
           and
           proud
           ,
           both
           at
           once
           .
           Light
           and
           Darkness
           may
           sooner
           agree
           ,
           than
           such
           opposite
           
           dispositions
           can
           be
           entertain'd
           together
           in
           the
           same
           Breast
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           time
           .
           This
           repugnancy
           is
           plainly
           declared
           ,
           Jam.
           4.
           4.
           
             know
             ye
             not
             that
             the
             friendship
             of
             the
             world
             is
             enmity
             with
             God
             ?
             Whosoever
             therefore
             will
             be
             a
             friend
             of
             the
             world
             is
             the
             enemy
             of
             God.
          
           And
           of
           this
           too
           we
           are
           to
           understand
           those
           expressions
           of
           our
           blessed
           Saviour
           ,
           Mat.
           6.
           24.
           
           
             No
             Man
             can
             serve
             two
             Masters
             ;
             for
             either
             he
             will
             hate
             the
             one
             ,
             and
             love
             the
             other
             ;
             or
             else
             he
             will
             hold
             to
             the
             one
             ,
             and
             despise
             the
             other
             .
             Ye
             cannot
             serve
             God
             and
             Mammon
             .
          
           It
           is
           impossible
           to
           hold
           the
           Scale
           so
           even
           ,
           and
           ballance
           our
           affections
           so
           very
           equally
           betwixt
           God
           and
           the
           world
           ,
           but
           that
           one
           side
           will
           always
           preponderate
           ;
           and
           how
           much
           weight
           soever
           we
           add
           unto
           that
           ,
           so
           much
           of
           necessity
           must
           be
           taken
           from
           the
           other
           .
           The
           love
           of
           God
           will
           decay
           and
           grow
           less
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           proportion
           that
           the
           love
           of
           the
           world
           encreases
           in
           us
           :
           And
           again
           ,
           as
           our
           minds
           are
           more
           strongly
           bent
           upon
           divine
           and
           heavenly
           Objects
           ,
           the
           less
           careful
           and
           solicitous
           shall
           we
           be
           about
           temporal
           things
           .
           
           And
           thus
           have
           we
           seen
           what
           is
           meant
           by
           the
           world
           ;
           what
           love
           of
           it
           may
           be
           lawful
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           here
           forbidden
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           is
           inconsistent
           with
           the
           love
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           V.
           I
           come
           now
           to
           the
           Fifth
           and
           last
           thing
           ,
           to
           lay
           down
           some
           Directions
           how
           to
           avoid
           this
           irregular
           and
           inordinate
           love
           of
           the
           world
           .
           And
           to
           this
           end
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           First
           ,
           We
           should
           labour
           to
           get
           a
           true
           notion
           and
           estimate
           of
           things
           :
           For
           we
           are
           commonly
           mistaken
           ;
           the
           world
           imposes
           upon
           our
           Imaginations
           ,
           it
           cheats
           us
           into
           an
           unreasonable
           fondness
           ,
           before
           we
           can
           tell
           what
           it
           is
           with
           which
           we
           are
           so
           strangely
           enamoured
           .
           It
           makes
           early
           impressions
           upon
           our
           tender
           years
           ,
           and
           insinuates
           into
           us
           besore
           we
           arrive
           at
           any
           ripeness
           of
           Judgment
           :
           It
           is
           always
           present
           with
           us
           ,
           and
           perpetually
           beating
           upon
           our
           senses
           ,
           making
           a
           noise
           in
           our
           ears
           ,
           and
           displaying
           all
           its
           gaudery
           before
           our
           eyes
           .
           It
           possesses
           our
           minds
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           that
           it
           will
           not
           give
           
           us
           leisure
           to
           consider
           seriously
           of
           any
           thing
           else
           .
           And
           no
           wonder
           then
           ,
           that
           they
           that
           know
           nothing
           of
           the
           substance
           ,
           should
           be
           mightily
           taken
           with
           such
           a
           shadow
           of
           happiness
           .
           But
           we
           should
           be
           of
           another
           mind
           ,
           if
           we
           were
           truly
           sensible
           of
           the
           wonderful
           excellency
           of
           that
           blessed
           state
           which
           God
           has
           prepared
           for
           those
           that
           love
           him
           ;
           and
           how
           empty
           and
           insignificant
           all
           things
           are
           which
           we
           can
           ever
           hope
           to
           enjoy
           here
           .
           For
           our
           love
           of
           any
           thing
           is
           always
           measured
           by
           the
           opinion
           we
           have
           of
           the
           goodness
           of
           it
           .
           And
           we
           should
           never
           love
           the
           world
           much
           ,
           if
           we
           did
           but
           rightly
           understand
           what
           it
           were
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Secondly
           ,
           When
           we
           have
           gotten
           right
           apprehensions
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           we
           should
           be
           often
           rowling
           them
           over
           in
           our
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           meditate
           upon
           them
           ,
           till
           our
           hearts
           be
           affected
           with
           a
           due
           sense
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           then
           compare
           them
           together
           ,
           and
           judge
           impartially
           what
           it
           is
           that
           does
           really
           deserve
           the
           greatest
           share
           of
           our
           love
           .
           It
           is
           the
           want
           of
           
           this
           that
           causes
           so
           many
           to
           rush
           heedlesly
           into
           destruction
           .
           For
           if
           the
           miserable
           Worldling
           did
           but
           sit
           down
           and
           compute
           how
           little
           he
           is
           like
           to
           gain
           at
           the
           last
           by
           the
           treasures
           of
           unrighteousness
           ;
           if
           the
           idle
           Sensualist
           did
           but
           think
           with
           himself
           how
           dearly
           he
           must
           pay
           for
           his
           stoln
           pleasures
           ;
           if
           the
           proud
           and
           ambitious
           man
           would
           be
           pleas'd
           to
           consider
           that
           he
           pawns
           his
           soul
           for
           a
           puff
           of
           air
           ;
           they
           might
           all
           possibly
           be
           inclin'd
           to
           more
           sober
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           moderate
           desires
           .
           For
           't
           is
           altogether
           incredible
           that
           any
           one
           that
           is
           not
           under
           the
           power
           of
           a
           perfect
           frenzie
           ,
           should
           deliberately
           make
           such
           a
           foolish
           exchange
           ,
           and
           cast
           away
           the
           hopes
           of
           a
           blessed
           Eternity
           for
           the
           unsatisfactory
           pursuit
           of
           some
           fading
           impertinencies
           ,
           which
           shall
           be
           certainly
           concluded
           with
           everlasting
           Miseries
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           We
           should
           firmly
           resolve
           to
           act
           agreeably
           to
           the
           judgment
           we
           have
           made
           .
           This
           is
           the
           greatest
           security
           we
           have
           ;
           without
           this
           it
           is
           not
           sufficient
           to
           have
           right
           apprehensions
           ,
           and
           some
           good
           inclinations
           
           We
           may
           know
           well
           enough
           that
           the
           world
           is
           nothing
           but
           a
           grand
           Impostor
           ,
           a
           great
           Magician
           that
           inchants
           our
           minds
           ,
           and
           deludes
           our
           senses
           with
           false
           appearances
           ;
           and
           we
           may
           have
           some
           faint
           wishes
           that
           we
           might
           be
           delivered
           from
           the
           power
           of
           these
           Charms
           :
           but
           this
           notwithstanding
           we
           may
           be
           born
           down
           by
           the
           stream
           ,
           and
           hurried
           away
           by
           the
           violence
           of
           temptation
           ,
           or
           allured
           by
           the
           importunity
           of
           some
           pleasing
           passion
           .
           To
           these
           dangers
           therefore
           we
           must
           oppose
           our
           greatest
           strength
           ,
           and
           arm
           our
           minds
           with
           a
           steddy
           resolution
           to
           act
           conformably
           to
           the
           determinations
           of
           our
           Conscience
           .
           This
           may
           preserve
           us
           upright
           and
           intire
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           all
           assaults
           :
           For
           when
           it
           is
           assisted
           by
           the
           grace
           of
           God
           ,
           there
           is
           nothing
           able
           to
           over-power
           the
           will
           of
           a
           man.
           
        
         
           4.
           
           Fourthly
           ,
           We
           should
           herein
           exercise
           a
           kind
           of
           self
           denial
           ,
           and
           abridge
           our selves
           sometimes
           of
           some
           delights
           we
           might
           have
           innocently
           taken
           .
           We
           should
           not
           always
           go
           to
           the
           extreme
           point
           of
           our
           liberty
           ,
           nor
           
           use
           the
           utmost
           freedom
           that
           might
           be
           given
           us
           ,
           even
           in
           lawful
           things
           .
           This
           will
           keep
           our
           Appetites
           within
           compass
           ,
           and
           bring
           them
           into
           better
           obedience
           .
           :
           For
           when
           they
           have
           been
           used
           to
           be
           constantly
           gratifi'd
           ,
           they
           grow
           the
           more
           craving
           ;
           they
           run
           after
           their
           several
           Objects
           with
           the
           greater
           impatience
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           very
           apt
           to
           transgress
           their
           bounds
           :
           But
           when
           they
           are
           curb'd
           and
           restrain'd
           ,
           they
           become
           gentle
           and
           tractable
           ,
           and
           resign
           themselves
           quietly
           to
           the
           conduct
           of
           our
           Reason
           ;
           and
           they
           cannot
           be
           in
           such
           danger
           of
           being
           carried
           into
           any
           extravagance
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           not
           suffered
           to
           go
           to
           the
           extremity
           of
           what
           is
           lawful
           .
           Some
           voluntary
           abstinencies
           are
           a
           good
           guard
           upon
           the
           Soul
           :
           He
           that
           would
           love
           the
           world
           no
           more
           than
           he
           should
           ,
           must
           not
           always
           use
           it
           so
           much
           as
           he
           might
           .
        
         
           V.
           Lastly
           We
           should
           address
           our selves
           frequently
           to
           Almighty
           God
           by
           Supplication
           
           and
           Prayer
           .
           This
           is
           the
           only
           way
           to
           procure
           that
           Grace
           ,
           which
           is
           absolutely
           necessary
           to
           enable
           us
           to
           overcome
           the
           world
           ;
           and
           besides
           that
           ,
           it
           will
           likewise
           acquaint
           us
           with
           Heavenly
           things
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           more
           familiar
           and
           pleasant
           to
           our
           thoughts
           .
           And
           when
           ,
           by
           this
           holy
           entercourse
           with
           our
           Maker
           ,
           we
           shall
           have
           attained
           any
           relish
           for
           Spiritual
           Joys
           ,
           we
           shall
           quickly
           despise
           all
           those
           fulsom
           and
           unmanly
           Pleasures
           we
           admired
           before
           .
           We
           shall
           soon
           perceive
           that
           there
           is
           no
           comparison
           betwixt
           Earth
           and
           Heaven
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Crowns
           of
           Glory
           which
           we
           expect
           ,
           do
           infinitely
           outshine
           all
           the
           glittering
           Vanities
           of
           the
           world
           .
           And
           we
           shall
           love
           God
           above
           all
           ,
           and
           all
           things
           else
           for
           him
           ;
           or
           rather
           we
           shall
           love
           him
           in
           them
           ,
           by
           loving
           them
           only
           as
           the
           Effects
           and
           Emanations
           of
           his
           Goodness
           and
           Wisdom
           ,
           acknowledging
           his
           Bounty
           ,
           and
           praising
           his
           Name
           for
           whatever
           we
           enjoy
           :
           And
           so
           shall
           the
           love
           of
           the
           world
           be
           lost
           and
           
           swallowed
           up
           in
           the
           love
           of
           God
           ,
           till
           at
           length
           it
           be
           compleat
           ,
           and
           consummated
           in
           his
           Heavenly
           Kingdom
           :
           
             Of
             which
             God
             of
             his
             Infinite
             Mercy
             make
             us
             all
             partakers
             ,
             through
             Jesus
             Christ
             our
             Lord
             :
          
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .