f 



a HOLY LIFE. 



defiled, and that fadeth not away: Be not 

 contented to be miferable here, and eter- 

 nally miferable hereafter, when thou need- 

 eft not : And feeing God hath denied thee 

 thefe wordly Goods, to compel thee, as 

 it were, to leek after better. . This courfe, 

 if thou takett, [of loving and fearing God, 

 and keeping his Commandments], thou fhalt 

 not only obtain eternal Life hereafter, but 

 alfo render thy condition tolerable, nay com- 

 fortable to thee here : Thou fhalt enjoy in- 

 ward peace and fatisfaftion of Mind, and 

 for thy outward eftate, God will, if he fees 

 it beft for thee, raife thee up Friends to 

 affift thee ; or otherwife make fuch pro- 

 vifion for thee, that thou ihalt not want 

 what is neceflary for thy fupport and main- 

 tenance. 



CHAP. VIII. 



Of Pleafure. 



fourthly i'TF Proceed to Tleafure, which 



A. is either bodily o'r fpiritual, 



fenfual, or intellectual. But firft I {hall 



endeavour to explain what is meant by 



this 



