at the S P I T T L 1!, 9 worldisrodoe. Saint Pa•l ea llech them not rt<h,bur the richofzhisworld: Saint Iolm likewtfe calleth them norgooddimply, bur thu worldsgoods. S•im Paul calleth them , John 3 • 17 ; norrzches,buttheunccrtamtyofrzches : Our SAVIOUR CH ~ 1ST calkththcm nor riches,but thedeccitfidnejfeo(rzches. SoDavid: thtplatt andarr,uand rich fur. Mat.•J·"• "a11reof awealthy man, callethtt ot purpofe, theglory of amaru houfe; nor/;;;glory PC 1 ~ but th~ glory of /;i; /;ou(e ; (that is Satnt Chryfojlomcsnot.) And s,domoncalled.; '' ' 4~·· ·' them (as they be indeed) G o v sblefusgs ofHu left band. For,zmmurtaltty ,eterna!l t.fe, that onely is the blejing of His rtght h•nd: All,w learne us, not to boajl our fdves. or.Jl4J our felves,or (as Cn • r ST calleth n)to rejoyce (!fay nor, as He to Hts. Dt(<iples,that a fewdevils, but)that afew minera/Is befr•bjeff unto tu; but rhat,by our hum61enejfeofmindc,trt1ft tn Go o, dealing truly with all, and mercifully with our p 0 ore brethren,we are a{fur~d, that 011r names art written in the boeke of lifo. This then is theunctrt4inty of our riches; becaufe, they are ;he riches o{flhz5world (theworld, and they,arc all within the compalfe ofour Text) that is, you muflleavethem to rhe world,rhey are noneot yours. Deniqt~efi veftra Jint (fairh Gregory) tolltte ea vobuWII, If they be yours, why doe you nqttakethemwithyou,wh~n you goe ~ By leaving them behind you to theworld, youconfelfe, they are not yours, butthe worlds, Jlm,indeed, theyare thericlm ofthis world; Htc enim acquimnt11r, Me velamittuntttr, veldimtttuntllr: here yougetthem, and here you may lofethem; here you get them, and here you mull leave them. And in this disjunctive, you have the certainty ofri. ches : the v~ry certainty is lofingor leaving, that is, forgoing ; fo, thevery certainty is anuncertainty. Leave them, or lofetbem we mull: : ltavethemwhen we die, or loferhemwhile welive. One end theymullhavejinemtuum,orjino!lfrwm; thy end, or their o\vneend. You mu{t either leave them when you die,or they will leave you whileyou live, this is cenaine: but, whether you, them; or, they you; this is uncerta:ine. Job tarried himfelfe,hisrichuwent: TheRich m.msrichu tarried,but he him- Lul:e ;;1 fdfe went. One ofthefefhall be,we know ; but which ofthem fhall be,or whcn,or · ' how,or how foone it fhall be, that we kn0w nor. Let us briefly confider this double tmtertAinty : 1. Of ourrichu flaying with"' fidl:. z. And then, of 011rflaying with them. J. In z Cor. II. z6. when as he would glory, he faith, HewiUglory in hisinfir; 'mitie: which when he would recount, as a principall part ofir, he reckoneth,rhat he had beene inperills ofwaters, in perills ofrsbbers,ofhis owne nation,•msng the 6entiles,in theettie, in thewilderneffe, inJhe[ea, and amongjlfalfebrethren. Ifthis werefrailtie, then (fure) fraileand weake areriches. And fure, iftherichwill glory, they mull glory withSaint Paul : for, they arein all, and in more andgreatcrrhanthe Apoflle ever was. He was in penlls ofwater ;'they in perill bothofJVaterand fire: He was in perill ofrobbm, they in peril! ofRevers by Se4, andRobberJ by land : He in pei'ill of huowne nation;they are in peril! ofollrDwnenation, andofotiJa nations: both remo– ved as the UUoore andSpaniard, ahd neere home, as the Dunkirker : He in perill of firangers; they, not of Hrangers onely, but oftheirowne houjboid, their (crvants and fdlJours: He in perill oftheSea; they,both ofthnempell: at theSea,and.thePuUican on land: He in perill ofthe JVtldernejfe, that is, ofwildbeafls; they, not onely ofthe wild beafi called the Sycophant, but ofthe tame beafl too, called thejl4tterer : He in danger offaife brethrm 3 and fo are they in peril! ofcert;Vnefal(e 6rethren calledwilful! Bankrupts,and ofcertaine other calleddeceit{,./! L~wyers; for the.one, their debts; for themher, their eftatesanddeeds can have nocertainty. , ... Mufcultu on that place (whereC H RI s T willeth ourMafureto be laid,whtre 111 Ma\<.,<J,I 1>Jothes come) faith, his Auditors did laugh in conceipt, at C H o. r s T, t!lat frayed them withmoths,their maids fl1ould deale with themothswell enough :(Satrh he)you thinke,he meant the filly pooresflies: Tufh you are deceived, what fay you to 'I'ine.c urbana, evil!Creditors ? You mull: needs credit,you can have novmt.for your mct:– chandize: and what fay you toafecond kind ofmothes, called 'I'ine.e forel'[es, We11.' '('!in11er-HaU~m~thes? (for I truft,I mayfpeake ofthecorrupt Lawyer,with the favour llbbbb 9f
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