- (!//' Sermon preached -------------- ·•. Th~ Q!!,.· . . You havethe(t1hJfance ofthat you mull doe, to ~oe good. Nowh~re isthe ua , 'B~ <:b. a tme: Bertch mgoodworkes : thatfeeing you artrichmdeed,you would not be q n. ,.,;t;,,••'" men but rich ingoodworkes, . Poore G»odworks(Saint Paul faith)notgoodwords. Good,with the goodnelfe oftheh tl nor with the goodnelfe of the tongue, and tongue onely ; as many now are (an 1 f therefore refembled to the tree that l'linie fpeakerh of,the leaves ofit as broada~v~ target, but the fruit is no bigger rhanabeAne:) to talketargets, and todoeheanes a l ~)Tim.J.!6. were betrerreverfed, ifwewere(as S1Paulfaith) perjeflinAilgoodwor/m tha~per~ feCl: in ~ertainecurious andqueint termes, and (et phrafes, wherein agreat parr ofma. ny mens religiof'ls doe now adaies confift : plain fpeecb. and found dealing.; plaine fpee~h andgood workes; belh • . . ·. Andrich in them. TheRich ma?J in theGot}eO, wduld (as he.(:jid)olt<ildhiohmm !Jigger :o put in them"'"'""-~a~all hisgoods he ha.d: .nogood O~t ofhis6arne. Yes;yes fome mgood worlus too. Samt Paul bath here Wlthm the compalfe ofthis Text two Rich mm ; his ddire is, they rnay both meet together in every richman; Rich '- rr,J '"'"'"·,,in rhe world that now is ;fo, ye are: Rich,in the world thatlhall be aft~ this; be that too. Richincofer; fo yeare : Rich in to11{cimot;befo too. Yourcon– f,;ienmyou 01all carry with you: your cPfers you lhall not. Thus you are valued in the fl.!!_eenes bookes : what are you in Go n s bookcs? So much worth imj1is land of th~ dying: howmuc~worthinthelandofthe living? Saint Pflu.ls advice is, that you finve for both : wh1ch you lhall be, tfye berich ingood workes. .The truerichesare li:phcC.1.1S. theriches ofH;sglorio/15 inheritance. They be the irueriches,which except aman can alfure himfelfe of, after theleafe of his life is our, he lhall be in amarvellous jiOore Luke , ~·•f· cafe, as was the Rich man ; and begge of Lazar/15 there, that begged ~fllim here• Thgfe riches mull be thought of, marry then youmufi berich ingoodworks. Not tO give fomething,to fomebody; at fame ~ime: Why ~Whodothnot fo~ That is not to berich, T0 give tHI>f<<'•~,, {}aring.ly; a peece ofbread, or a draught ofdrinke,and that on!y; that belongeth to him whom G o n bath.f}aringlyblelfed,to the brother oflow efiate: it is nor your worke. ; ' Exod. H · In the Law, to the building of the Tahcrnacle, the pooregave GoatN haire, and Badgers skinns; that was for them, and that was accepted ' the rich they gavepurple, goldand Jewels to the Tabernacle; they wererich i»goodworkes. And intheGoffe/1,11 Luk.e ••· 48 • whom mNch i5given, ofhimproportionallym11chfh•ll be required: That is, in aword, as you arefelfedin the ~eemsbookes, fo are you in Gods bookes, each one according to his ability. And Godwilllooke, that according to that fdfement they 01ould be Coi.J.to. done:thaty?ulhouldw.,.,J,.,,abo.undingoodworkes, as you doe in wealth, that you , • Co•.,.8. lhouldoo&-fu, Goe beforeandftt higke.ft, and have aprecedence inworks, as you havein yourplaces, And in a word, that you lhould beLords, Knights, Alderme»,0'r!.aflers; Wardens,and ofthe Livery ingootlworks,as you be in yourfeverall Wards andCwnpa– llies. And indeed to fay the truth, to commit fomany fins, as no Auditorcan num– ber them, and to affoord fo fewgood workes,as achildmay tell them: to receivefud1 profits, as great count·bookeswill not hold them ; and to ~eeld fo fmall llore ofgod wotkes,as alittle paper notfo broad as my hand may comame them : To lalh out ac a • hanquet, you know what ; andtocall: to a Caftives redemptionall the world knowes_ what : To call yourpridewith pounds, and yourgood workeswith penu; what cohe– renceis there inthefc~This is not to berich: But that, is a parr ofthechargecoo• .I pray you remember it; Remembert<D berich: notonelyto doegood, but to berzchm tloinggood. That, will make you incafewell to die, as now (God be thanked)you are welltolive. •. J the Q.!l).: litie: R.tady ID di.. jlri!JMtc, Andwith thequdntity,takethe qualitle too, I pray you: for the quantitie, rich!yL forthequalitic, re4dily. 'Ef, <bJ.'i"~" with&ompt~!{ton, not willingly; and'" ''''"• ,.11 gmdging, notGhcerefolly, thefe are the faults contrary to this verrue~ GMmufthavfr . . ) ..
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