• The Ill.Point "l'rlljfinGod. eA' Semzon preached - ------ This point, this, isapoint offpeciallimportance,to be fpoken ofbyine~ thought of~yyou. I wouldC:od, you would takeit ma~y times(when d 0 n·~al~ move you) Into fad confiderauon. Wlth a great'affechon, and no leffe great tr h (faid chry~Jlome) that heaven and ea~b, andallthc creatures in them ifthey ~rd teares, they would ilied them in great abundance, to fee a great many ofus foca a. letfe in this point as we be. Iris the hand ofthe Lo 1\ n, and it is Hisgraci~usha~d~ (ifwe could fecit) that He in·this man~er, maketh the world ro•totterandmleunde~ us,th:rt wemi~ht·~or.ftay and rejlupon1r, where&ert•inty ang ftedfaflneJ!ewe /hall'ne– ver find; but mH1m above, whereonely they are to be found. ·.For, ifrirhu being fo brittle and unfieady as they be, men arc fo mad upon rhem ; 'if Gob hadferried them in anycertainty,what would they have done~ Whatpo~te m4_ns right, what rvl~ do1ves copy, or what orphanes leg11cie !hould have beene free fromus~ • ·- · ') Well then: ifriches beuncertaine, whereto iliall we trufl? Ifnorinrhe111 where then~ It is rbe third point: cbargethemthat be ricbin thu world, that they be ~thighminded, neither trujl-jn the m:certainty ofriches: butthat they tmfl in Go n. It is rhe third point of the ciJ~~:rge, in generall ; and the firfr oftheaffirmativepart: and con. taineth,PartlyaHem,lge to be done for our riches, to G o D, and that is,trujlin Him: And pt!rtly aren:-charg~ layd upon our ~iches, which is doinggood. And indeed, no other thanDav11ihad fatd before, trufl 111 the LordAnd be dotnggood. Saint Pant will batter downe,and lay flat our Cafile, but he will erect us another; I'<herein we maytmjl. Yea indeed,fo as Salomondid before,ferreth up a rower againft tbe.tower ; The Tower ofthe righteom,which iJ the 1\gmeof the Lord, again!! theRicb mAns tower, which is as you have heard before, hu riches, InflhdofrheWorldlings faith, which is to makemoney an article ofhis faith; reacheth us thefaith ofaChri~ fiian, which is, to vouchfafe none but G on that honour. Even fo doth the Apoftle here; and that, for greatreafon: Nam quivultfwmuJPerare,f!eretin Eo, quinonpo~ tejlperire,He that will tmjl, and befmm in His rrufi, let him trufi inHim,who Him– fclfe never failed, and never failed rhofe, rhar put rheirtrufi in Him : in whom isn; tl/1(ertainty, no not fo ml)cb as any /had~w ofuncertainty. Trujl in Him, by looking roHim firfi, yer we admit any dfe inro our conceipt: and by looking to Him lafi, and not looking beyond Him to any, as ifwe had afafer or .trufiierthanHe. And thar, becaufe He is the livingG~d: as ifHe iliould fay, That you phanfie to' yourfelves, rorru!t in, is adeadidotl, and not aliving God; and ifever you come to any dangerous difeafe, you iliall find, it is an idol!, dead in it felfe, not able to give it fdfe life; much leife to another : not able to ranfome rhebody from thedeath, mucb letfc thefoule from hers ; nor able to recover life when it is gone, nay not able ro pre. ferve life when iris prefent; not to removedeath,naynot to removeflckmef!e,norany (!ckneife, nottheg<>ut from your feet,notthepaljiefrom your hands,nay not fo m~clt as theachefrom your teeth : not able to adde one baire ro your bead, nor one hmes bredth to your fiarure, nor one houre to your daies, nor one minute to the ho~resof yourlife. Tbismeth.eaten God, as our SAvIouR CH R I s 1' calleth it, th1scan. ker-eaten God, this God, that mull: be kept under locke and key from a thiefe, trujl not in it for iliame. 0 !erit be never faid, the living trHjl in the dead. Trnjl mthelwmg G;a, that livethHimfelfe, nay that is life Himfelfe; in His Sonne, _rharwasableto qreicken Himfelft, and is able te quickenyo#; ofwhofegift apd infpirarwny~u h~ve_al- , ready this life ; by whofe dailyJPiritand vijitationyour foule ii prefcrved mthis hfe, in this m0rtall and corruptible lifC ; and ofwhofegrace and mercy welooke for our other immortal! and eternal! life. . , Who nor only liverb,butalfogivethyote, &c.] Alivingand agivi~$God: rlutis, that liveth,and thargiveth : ofwhofegiftyou have not onely your hf_e and terme of yeares,but even allo your riches themfelves;the very homes that you hfr lo h1gh,ant wherewith unnaturally manytimes youpu~againlt !.Jim ~hatgave them: liegwefo:
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