C22ap.6. according to Sr 1Vt A T TH H Vv. 18f conßlation with Dives : Let them lòok for no further reward in. the dayofrefrefhing : if they do, they are like to be difappointed, faith the judge. To themfelves they bore fruit, Hof, ro. I. and (hall therefore be turnedoff as empty vines, ib. when the faithful! Spoufe that laic; up her fuitfir Chrif , Cant.y. ult. (hall hear, Thou art like a greenfirre-tree, fromme is thy fruit fund. And albeit in her works of charity in fecret, and without hope of re- ward from men, he may feem tocaff her bread upon the haters, down the river (as we fay) or on thefea to feed fiches ; yet after many dales he Ihall be lure to finde ir. That labour of love cannotbe loft that we refolve to caft awry (as the world accounts it) upon Chrift. V:rfe 3. But thou, When thou d9ff thine alas.] The godly Chriftianmutt walk in a divers way toa world of wicked people, as Noah did, really reproving their darknefle by his light, their prideby his lowlineffe, their vain-glory by his mode fly', their o. [tentation by his fecretdevotion: not only ( planet-like ) keeping a confrant counterinotion to thecorrupt manners of the molt, but alto fhining forth fair with a fingularityofheavenly light, fpirituall goodnefle, and Gods frncerer fervice, .n the dark, ft mid night of damned impiety. Let not thy left-handkyow, &c.] A proverbial! fperch, q. d. Secret thy felf as much as may be, caft away the vain aff:e anion of humane applaute. Let not thy let[-hand (ifit had fo much skill) underftand what thou giveft, and to whom, how much, how oft, at what time,,&c. God Pets downevery circumítance in his. book_ of remembrance; asour Saviour (that true Arch-deacon, as well as Archfbepherd) face and viewed the eftate, minds and gift of every one that caft money into the treasury : and as he took ipe- ciall obfervation of thofc that came to hear him, how farre they had come, how long they had been there, how little opportunity theyhadof providingfor themfelves, and how loon they might faint, it lent away empty,&c. fn pugillari6iu f is omnia notar. 'know thy Work, and thy labour, faith Chrift to that Church, fo tous ; I know thinealms and thy privacy. Many give much, and are little noted or noticed. It matters not, faith our Saviour, though thy left-hand fhouldnot knowwhat thy right-hand Both : there's no folk in that. Some talents are belt improved by being laid up. A creature that is hid is fafer from theeves. Steal we thereforebenefits upon men,as7ofepb did the money into thelacks. And sotus, pe di- ve'/f4 a,nbula. v!t via Chry. de Nrra. blaI.;. t8. a Net.q.q. Mar.ra.}t. Mat 15.32,, Revel.s.. Vxfame que. flux captabas lofepbut,[7 benignïtare ft4 emit ívf&ypttti. nos rutian.
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