at the S P 1 T T L E. Ever fince 6ur firft Fathers, by infettio~ rooke this morimm Satanic;.m, this Divellifh difeafe ( Prtde) of the Divell; fuch tinder is in our nature, that everyllt– tlefparke fets us on fire : our_ nature h~th growen fol1ght, that every little thing pttffethus up; and fets us aloft m out altitudes prefemly. Y~a, mdeed, fo light we are that many times, when the gifts arelow, yet for all that, the minde is as high, as thebramble: l?w in qualities ( ~o n knoweth) yet had his minde highei: Iudg. 9 rl:: than the higheft Cedar 10 Lebanon. But 1f we be b_ut o( meane ftature onl::e, bu~ a thouabt higher than others our fellowes; if never fo little more in us, than is in our ueigl~bours; prcfeml ywe fallintoSimon.sca[e, we ~eeme t,o our felves aS' he did, to .. be Ti< ~'''Y"'• no doubtfomegoodly greatthzng. But 1f we come once to any growth A~s 3 _ 9 ; indeed, then prefentlyour cafe!sHaman's cafe : Who but he~ Who ·~tU hee,that the Eficr- 6 • 6 , Ktng111ouldhonourmorethanh1m ~ Nay, whowtU there, that the Kfng could ho- ·- · nour, but he? He, and none but he. Through this aprnei(e in us that we have to learne the Divelsleffon,the Divels Di{cite ame,for I am proud; (for foit is,by oppo- M h ·. .• lition ofC H a I s •'s leffons;which is Difcitea me,quiamitufum,bccau[clammeeke '" · ''·'1· andgentle;) we are ready to corrupt our felves in every good gift of Gon ;inWi{: dome, inManhood, inLaw, inDivinitie, inLearningor Eloquence, every and each of thefe ferveth for a ftirrup to mount us aloft in our owne cqnceits. For, where each of the former bath (as it were) his owne <;ircuite (asWifdome rulcth inCoun{el!;, Manhoodin the Field ;L,rw in the Judgement-feat; Divinitie in thePulpit; LearningiA the SchoolesandEloquence inPerfw4ion:) only Riches qtleth without limitation: Ri~ ches ruleth with them all, ruleth them all, and over-rukth themall : his Circuit is the whole world. For which caufe, fome thinke, when he f.1ith charge the rich, he prelenrly adderh,of thu world, becaufe thu world lh:ndeth altogether at the dev,otion ofRicl•m; and he may doe what he will in this wotld, that is rich in this world. So [:rid the Wife-man long agoe; Pectmi£ obediunt omnia: all things anfwer Money; E·cl c ,_ Money maftereth all things ; they all anfwer at his call, and they all obey at his · ' · 10 '''' commanqement. Let usgoelightly over them all; you !hall fee, that they all elfe have their feverall predicaments to bound them, and that Riches is onely the trarifcendenr ofthis world. . . . . ., Wifdome rulethinCotm{e!t 1 fo doe Riohes :. for we.fee, in the Court.!)fthegreat E.t•;t;r; Kmg <.Artaxerxes, there were Cotmfeltours, whofe wi{edome was to be commanded · .. by riches, even to hinder a publike benefit, the building of the Temple: UV..in– hoodruleth in the warre; fo doe Riches : Experienceteac;heth u~,it is fo: Iris faid, it was they, ~hatwan Deventer; and that it was they, and none but they, that dr:tve . the Swrt::,ers out of France, and that withom ftroke il:rucken. Law goveroeth iri t.heseat ofItlffice; fo doeRiches: and ofrentimes theyturne juil:iceit fclfeinto"'ormewood, by acorrupt Senrence; bur more often doth it rurne Iuil:i€e into vintger, by long il:anding, and infinite delayes, yer Sentence will come forth. Divinitie ruleth in the Cht~rchand Pulprt; [o doe Riches : For, with a fe>t of jilverpucef (fait!) Au– gufline) they brought Concionatorem tnundi, the Preacher o.f the. wodd I E sus ·CH ll r s T to the Barre, and the Di{ciple is not above his Mafter. Learning ruleth i.n theschooles; fo doe Riches: And indeed;rhere; Money fettethus all tofchoole. for~ (to fay the truth) Riches have fo otder.ed the matter there, as,, Ledrning is now but the Yjher; MoneJ. he is the M•ffer : theChaire itlelfe, and the difpofing ofthe Chaire, is his too. Eloqttence ruleth in perfwafion; and fo doeRiches: when Tertaflu~ had labouredagoodly flowing oratidn againit PatJl, Felix looked, that another, a greater Ails , 4 ;,1; Orator !hould have fpoken for him; name!y, that Something Jbould have beenegiven · .. him:and ifthat Orator had fpoken his fhorr pithy fentcnce, Tantnm dabo,Tertuf!ruhis oration_had beene cleane dafl1t. Tantum dabo is a ll:rangepeeceofRherori~c.: Devife as cunnmgly, pen as curioufly as you can, it ovenhrawes all; Tanttlm valent q11atuor fjf!ab-e, fuch force is there in fourefy llables. Though indeed, fome thinke(it being fo unreafonable fhort as it is, but two words) tha~ it cannot be the Rheta nke of it; ~hatworketh thefe ftrangeeffeCI:s,but that there is fomejorce1y orwitchcraft in them, an Tant11m dabo. And furely a great Sorcerer (Simon M•gt#) u[ed them to Peter : Aaaaa4 and
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