atthe S P .I T 1' LE; . There are but rhr~ething_sin ·riches: ;. The poj[efing, • the enjojivg, 1 and laf!: rbeconveighing ofthem. Lutle affurancc tS th~re mthe t·W~former, and what_lhal:l wefay ofrhe conveigha11ce ? Ifour pompecannot defcert~With uss welly~, ifwee were certaine to whom v:e lhould·leaye rh.em 1 · fomewhat 1r were for the cerraitl,:yof them. Thefe.conlidcrauons ofc h-ad mmmd wouldloofcn both ourajfuranre in, and · oudiking ofthem. . , ~ ; <.' ~- tc: i.:. · •: < 1 . • , · • ' 1I What for the con-vezghance? Uoe we not-fee datly that-menmakehertPagesl but God makes h.eim; that inany fonn.es·roft not tbat;tbei~[fl!herrgot in hunting? ,hat they chat have·been in cliicfe::tccount for their wealrh, ·their fonnes·ihouldbe-driven even eo ' flatter thepoort, ,and·have nothing ilhheir h.ands, nd not hr~ad? chat never fnow in,the lob '"·1~; Sunmelted fafreq.~handoe fome·men~ riches a:s fooncasthey be gone~ . Thefe things are in the eyes of the:whole world. . 0 beloved, chefc are the judgements of Go n. Deceive nor yourfelveswithvainewords:faynocinyol}r hearts, this is chewayofthe world, fonie muftget andfome mufrlofe. No,no: ic is not the way ofrhe world, it isthe\vay.of Go os jtldgemmt. For, eo thereafon ofman nothing can.be alledged,._·buc that confidcring the infinite number ofinfinite richmen in this place, the pofreriry ofthem thefe many yeares ihould by this time have filled the whole land, were-it much bigger than it is, with their progenie,even with divers both ·WerjhipfuU,and HDnourable Famities from them defcen!ied.:and it is well known,iris othenyife, eh:it there is fcarce a handfull in comparifon. This is not the way ofthe world ;· for we fee divers Houfes of diverfe lines remaine to this day in continuance of the fame wealth and worihip'which they had five hundred yeares fince. It is nottherefore the way of the wDrld ; fay not it is fo ; bucic is a heavy judgement from theLord. And th'efeuncertainties,namely tl\is !all, came upon fame ofthem for their wickedanddeceitful!gettingof them : uponfome of them, for their proud and riotOM abujing them :·upon fome ofrhem,fortheirwrctchedandcovetoM retainingthem. And, except yeno\v heare thisrheLords Charge, looke unto it,how– foever you wr:!llle out withthe uncertaintties your [elves ; affi1redly this lalt uncertainty remaineth for your children. The.Lords hand u mtjhwtned. I !hall never get I!Gy $9.!1 our ofehis point, ifI breake notfrom lt. • Thefe are but three fruits of all yourgetdilg • thetenure: • thefrNiti~tJ: J the J4rtingwith. See,wherherthe Lordhaeh notlaid one tmcertainty on them all. 1 vn. certainty, in their tarrying with ru ; anduncertainty, in ourcaryingwith them. •Vn– cenainty of enjoying, by reafon of the danger ofrhetime; 1 Vncerrainty ofour le.;. 'Ving them, by reafon ofthe datiger·ofour childrens fcacrering. The ellate inthe;n, tt:e e_njoyi~g ofthem,. the departing with them, allbeing ~ncertaine, Co many uncer~ tamttes, m1ght not Saznt Par1t truly fay, the uncertamty ofrtches ? · Th~re is yecone behind, worfe tban them 'all. I will adde no mdre butthat :and that is;that ourriche-s and our worihip they !hall leave us, becauJC they beuncertaine; but theprideofour minds; and thevaine cruf!: in rh~m, them we fi1all be cerraine of, they !hall not leave us. And this isgravejtlgtlm,aheavie miferie upon mankind: The Gogds, the Lordjhips, the of.fices.that they got, them they ihalllcave here: thejin,that they commit in getting and enjoying them, they fi1all not leave behind them for their hearrs, butthacihallcleave fall: unto them. This is.acertaintyyou will fay: it is indeed a certainty of finne, but therefore anuncertainty ofthe loule :fodothJob Ioo>i:a; reckon it amongfl: thetmcertaintiesofrichu. For, whAthopebaththehypocrite!llhen · ·-· /Jehathheaped 11priches, i(Godtake away hisJoule r where is his l~opeor his cruft then-: . Never will they fi1ew themfelves Intheir owne kind,co be aftaffe ofreed,as th~n: both Ef.•y. Ji·~· d~ceiving them which leane on them, and belides going intB their foulesandpiercing them. For, very Cure it is, many of that calling die in great uncertainty this way; wifhing, they had never feene that wealthwhich they have feene, that fo they might not fee thatfinwhich cliey then fee.Yeafomeofchem(l fpeake irofmine own know• l~dge abroad)wifh,they had never come further thanthefhgve/1and theSpade: crying out at the houre of death, both of thelmcert.Unty of their rirhes, and of the zmm•. ta!ntyofrhe efra~c oftheir[oz1les roo• Bbbbb z This
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