* 1.1SECT. II.
2. LAbor as to know Heaven to be the onely happiness, so al∣so to be thy happiness. Though the knowledg of excel∣lency and suitableness may stir up that love, which worketh by desire; yet there must be the knowledg of our interest or proprie∣ty, to the setting awork of our love of complacency. We may confess Heaven to be the best condition, though we despair of en∣joying it; and we may desire, and seek it, if we see the obtainment to be but probable and hopeful: But we can never delightfully rejoyce in it, till we are somewhat perswaded of our title to it. What comfort is it to a man that is naked, to see the rich attire of others? or to a man that hath not a bit to put in his mouth, to see a feast which he must not taste of? What delight hath a man that hath not a house to put his head in, to see the sumptuous buildings of others? Would not all this rather increase his anguish, and make him more sensible of his own misery? So for a man to know the excellencies of Heaven, and not to know whether he shall ever enjoy them, may well raise desire, and provoke to seek it, but it will raise but little joy and content. Who will set his heart on another mans possessions? If your houses, your goods, your cattel, your children, were not your own, you would less minde them, and delight less in them. O therefore Christians, rest not