eA Sermon preached and it may well be fo, for all ell:ates are forewdly bewiJcbed by them. I mull: end. for ic is a world eo thinkc and tell, what the Ri>h gf the wDrld, may doe i~ the world. . So then, Riches. feeing they may doe fo much? it is no marvell though they be muchfetby. Etdwztescumhabeantqu.emagmfiunt ab ommbm, qutd NJirum,ji a6 't!mnibtu ipji tn~gni jiant; Cr cum magni jiant ab DIIJnibm, quidmirumji Cr a fe ,1 Rich men having chat which is much fee by, no marvell rhoug~ ofall men they bemuch fer by; and 1fall other men fer much by them~no marvell, tfthey fee much by rhem– felves; and eo fee much by a mans>felfe, that 1stobe.htgh-mznded. Iris ourowne Proverbe in our owtie tongue: As riftth ourgood,fo rt{eth onr blotid. And Saint Att· grtfline faith,.chat Each.fruit,by kinde, hath his worme breeding in it: as thePeare his· theNut, his; and the Beane, his: So, Riches have their wormc, Et vermisdivitia; 11 m' St~perbia; and the worme of riches, is Pride. Whereofwe fee a plaine proofe insaul; Who, whilehewasina poore ~ftate, t~ar his boy~ndhe could not make jive pence betweene them, \Yas as the Scnptute fauh,lowmhu owneeyes: after,when the wealth and pleafant things of Ifrael were his, he grew fo llerne, as he forgate himfelfe his friends,and Go o too : and at every word that likerh him nor, was ready to ~nne David, Ionathan, and every one thorowwith his javeline. It is v~ry certaine; where riches are, there is great danger of pride. I defit'e you to thinke, there is fo, and not toputmetojuflific Go D'5 wifedeme herein, inperfwading and proving, thanhis charge is needful! for you that berich; that it was needful! for theProphet, to preach utiderrhe Law, If riches tncreafe, [et not your heart on the top of them, Let not rhat rife as they rife: Nor forrhe other Prophet, Give mee not fiches,lefl I waxpro11d: Nor for theApDHie Paul under the Gofpell, to fay: Charge them that 6erich in this world, , that they be not htgh-mmded. I befeechyou, Honour Go D;.andeafemeefomuclt as w thinke, there was high caufe, it lhould be incharge; and that, ifa moreprinci– pal! finne had beene reigning in the rich, this finne lhould not have had the principal. place, as it hath. Howthen~ wliat;ateyouableto charge any here~ willfome fay: Itis not the manner ofour Cottrt, nor ofanyCorm, that I know. To us it belongethollly tode-. liver the charge, and tocxhorr, that ifnone beproud, none would be; and ifany be, theywould be le(fe: and, ifany be not humble, they would be; and ifany be hum– ble, tf1ey would be more. You that are theCotlrt, your parris to cn"luire,and to pre-' fenr,and to endiC!; and that, every one in his owneconfcience, as in the prefence of Go o, unto Him to approve your innocencie, or of Plim to fue for your pardon.' Youlindc none (you will fay :) I would to Goo you might not. When a Ittdge at anAjife,giveth hischarge concerning treafon and fuch like of– fences, I dare fay, he would with all his heart, that hischargemight be in vaine, ra~ therthan any Traytour or Offender lhould be found. APhyfiuan, when hehatlt tempered and prqiared his porion, ifthere be in him the heart ofatrue Phyfitian,.de-' fircth (I know) that the porion might be call downethc kennel!, fo that thepatJen~ miglu recover without it: So, truly, it is the dellre of my heart (CH R 1s r Hee: knoweth ) that this chargemaynot finde one man guilty among!l: all thefe hearers; amongll fo many men, not onehigh-mindedman. I wilh, it might be in vai~e. ~he bellSejions, andPotions, andSermonJare thofe,which are in vaine: I fay not,t~vam.e.' iftherebe caulc ofreproofe and no amends. Bur, ifthere be no cauf:, and fo ~t be Ill vainc, I joy therein andwilljoy, But, ifit be farre unlikely, among!l: lo great rtches a; is here, ro finde noprideat all ; very unlikely : then, heare the chargeand prefent your. felves and finde your felves guilty hue in dur Office, rhis day, wht!eyou may fiadef grace, le!l: you be tried and found fo, in that day, when there !hall be nohopeo . grace, but one!yafearefu!l expeCidtionofjt~dgemmt. . . • Which that you may doe the better, fo many as Go o !hall make w1l!tng (as, f0me (I hope) He doth) I will informe you, how to trie your [elves; refernng you, to thefeverall branclres, in our Statutes, in theHigb Cotlrt ofParliament in Heaven' laying them out unto you, as I findcthcm in theRecurdJofthe HoLY G.11 os Jh~
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