16 • M..nr.f.)7· e..lf Sermo~ preached ~henwe lookeupon our fealed fummes,our heapes ~ mmgs m,rhus to thinke vmh our {elves: This rhar I fee here, barb G 0 D gz··· m · b 1 f, . r ven me t~tn]oy, urnorone y orrhar, bur, ro doegoodwHh, aho. Theformerufeof riches I have had long and daily fiill have, burwhar havel done in the other , ~y rich men in the Gojje/1, rhey had rhe fame; rhey did enjoy theirs ; bur now(it isfi ) little joy rhey have qfrhem: why~ forwanr ofrhis other. <..AhrahAmhe did bo~he· he enjoyed his richeshere, and now anorher, anetern•lljoy of them. Yea hetece·~ ved Lazarm into his bofome. Why ~ he received him inro his bofome a~d cher~lhed him, and did goodhere on earth. And fo did lob, and fo didZache'.a. Now ~ood Loa D, fogiveme grace, foto enjoy here, that~lofenotmyendletfejoy In thy Heavenly Kmgdome. Ler me follow thetrfiepsmmyhfe, with whom I wilh my foule after death. Thefe things are good and profitable f<;>tthe rich, ofr to thmke on. Well then, ifto doegood be a part ofthecharge, wharisit to doegood? It is a pofitive thing (good;)not aprivative, to doe 110 harme. Yer, as rhe worldgoeth now we are faine lo ro commendmeo; He is an honefimao,heaoth.nohurt: ofwhich praife any wicked man, thar keepes himfelfe ro himfelfe, may be partaker. Bur it is todoeiomegood thing :whatgoodthing? I will nor anfwer,as in theSchooles ;I f;are, I lhould nor bee underfiood ; I will goe groffely ro worke. Thefe tharyou fee here before your eyes, to doe them good, to.part with rhat, that maydoerhem good ; ufe the goods that you have, ro doe-b'ut thar, which fundry thatthey have heretofore occupied rhofe roomes where you now fit (whofe rememhrance is therfore in hlejfing upon earrh, and whofe namesare in rhehooke oflife in heaven)havedone before you in diverfeworks ofcharity,ro the maintenance0ftheChttrch,thcbentfit of Learning,and the reliefe of rhePomofrhe land. This is ro doegood. This,I trulY, you underfiand. This know; thar Godhath not given figli!ttothe eye, to enjoy, butto lighten the members ; nor wifedome ro the honourab!~ man, but for us men offimplefhallow forecafi ; nor leArning ro rhe dwine, but for rhe ignorant :fo, neirherrichestothe wealthy, bur for thofe that want reliefe. Thinke youTimothee hath his depofttam, and we ours, and you have none ~ iris fure, you have. Wee, ours, in inward gra– ces and treafi~res ofkno•vledge: You yours,in ourwardbleliings andtreafuresofwealth• .Bur, both aredepofita, :md we both arefuffeesoftrujl. I fee, there is allrange hatred, and a bitter gain-faying every where ltirred up again(rzmpreaching Prelates (as.you rerme rhem) and Pallorsrhat feed themfelves onely ; and they are well worrhy :If I might fee the fame barred begun among your felves, I would thioke it fincere. But thar, I cannot fee. For, thar which aflothfull Divineis, in things fpirituall; that is, aRich manfor himfelfeandno hotly el(e, in things carnall, and they are nor pointed at. But fure,you have your harvefi as well,as we ours; and rhat agrea)_harvefi. Lift up your eyes and fee the fireers round abour you, the harveft is veri'\!gre.t,,~dtheLa. bourers few : Let us pray (both) thar rhe Lordwould rhrufi out Labourersmto both thefe harvejls, that the-treafures of knowled:ebeingopened, rhey may have theuread ofeternaftlife : and therreafures ofweft-dDi»gbeing opened, they may haverhebmd ofthulife, and fothey may want neither. . . I ,,/ill reil you it, another as eafiea way: SAint A-gn!finemakingirplaineto hrs auditory(fomewhat backeward as ir lhould feeme)was fame ro tellrhem thus,rhus to define doinggood .- ~d11011 1mltu facere, hoc bonum eft (faid he :) that rhar you wtll not doe,rhar rhat I cannot get you to doe, that is to dDegood. Shall!fay lo r.oyo~ 1·. No indeed, I will not ;Ihope bmer tbi11gs, and partly I know them. Bur, rhts I wtl [ay :that which rhePapijls with open mourb, in all their bookes,ro rhe llan~er of~e Goj}ell; rhat which they fay, youdoenot; nay, youwillnotdoe;thatlS, ro ~e go•d. . 0 neof rhcm [aith,tbatour Religion'hatb comforted your force•ttrACitve [o G~~· and made it fo thong, that nothing can bee wrung from you. Another, hee at~ ~ that our Rcli!!ion hath brought an hardneffe inro thebowells of our PrPjeffirs, 1 h a ~ t ey
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