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OF THE DESPI∣singe the vanitie of the vvorlde. The first parte.
••ovv that vve can neither tast of God, nor enioye any spirituall delighte and diuine comforte, yf first vve despise not the vvorld, and the Plea∣sures therof. CHAP. 1.
NO man can serue twoe mais∣ters saith Christ our Sauiour.* 1.1 The comfort that is of God, is sweete and delectable, but this is not for all men, but for those onelie whiche de∣••ise the vanities of the worlde. It is im∣••ossible to tast of God, and to loue dis∣••••dinat••ie the thinges of this lyfe: All men ••••ulde gladlie enioye the sweete conuer∣••ion of our Lorde, but few there be that ••ll forgoe their owne commodities, and ••••linglie despise the earthlye delightes.