24 rUt Sermon preached ~~--------------------~----~ ICor.1.1'1. Ephcf.1.2.o. Col. •·:.3. Eph•fJ.> 8. {#11ndation :Yet the ApoJI!es, becau[e they areth~ lowell: ro\y offion<;s,are faid tob~ follnd4ttons,m the fecond.So, among thegraces Wltlunus,fatth is properly in th fi a fenfe, faid to be the fo•mdation : yet, in the fecond, doe we not deny, but asth e~ pol1lecalleth them,as theloweft row; next to Faith, ctarity, al)d theworku of eh .- may be called fouJadations too. Albeit the margent might well have beene fpar•ty this place: for, thenore is here,all out of place. For, being fogrearSchocilem~n at the}:' would feeme, they mufi needs know, It is_not ~he drift of the Afo11lchere ~= calhng them afoundatton,to carry our confideranonsmto the matter ofjujlif1ing b t onely to preffe his former reafon of t<IICertainty there, by a contrary Weight ofceu– taine.ftabitityhere: ~ndfo, their note comes in like Magnijicat at Mattins. r Thus reafoneth Saint Paul : This world is rmcertaine, ofafandienature. you ·t may reare uponir, but it isfo bad a foile,as \yhatfoeveryou raife, will never b; weil ferled, andther~fore evertcmenng; and when the ratHe; and thewtnd, and thewaves llllr.7.>6. beat againft it, it commeth downeon your heads. Therefore to makechoice ofafa– cbrJJofl. i•l•- fierfoile, build upon Go os ground, not upon tl~eworldsground: for,""''"'""'" '"– ,.m,Hom.•B• C«'"'I'-'T"'''" '•J\t"'" (fa1thChryf•ftome;) there all!s firme, thereY<?U may build and be [ure, f;~ll the raine upon the top of it, blow the wind:~gainft the fide ofit rife the waves againft the foorofir,it_fiands irremoveablc. Wherein the Apojlle(f~thchryfojlome) doth teach a very goodly and excellent arr, ho1v to make ofour fugitive ri– ches a trufry and {4~friend; how to make Goldof our ~ckjilver, and oftheuncer. ;, tainty ofriches, a Cure and certaincground.,vurke. LAJ!urance and {ecurity are two things (wee know) that richmenmanytimes buy deare: here they may be hld ; not for thus much, or thus long, but for as much :1s you lifr, and as long as eternity is long, that never /hall have end. _The ll)C;rning 1s ; that 1fyon lay our, or lay on that you have, on thefe earthly thmgs (the plot, which the world would faine commend unto you) witli this life, or atthefurthefr, wirh this world rhey lhall be lhaken in peeces and come to nought; and you poflibly in rhe houre ofdeath, but moll: certaincly in the day of jtldgemenr,:fhalUhake,when the world y6ur ground-worke flukes, and be in trembling feare a:nd perplexedago– nic touching the efrate of your foule : knowing, there is nothing comming to you but the fruit of this world, which is ruine; or the fruit of the_/lefh, which is corrup– tion. Bur, if you lhall have grace tomake choice of Go osplot, which He hatb. • herelevclled for you to raife upon, o qnanto dignum pretia ! that will be worth all the world in that day :the perfect cercaimy, found knowledge, ant! pretious affu• ranee, you lhall then have, whereby you lhall be affured to be received, becau[e you are fure you are C H 1t 1 s Y s, becau[e you are fure you have truefaith, becau[e you are fure you have framed it up intogoodworkcs. And fo lhall they beafoundation eo you-ward, by making evident theaffurancc oHalvation: not, natur4,toGo D·ward, in bringing forth the e!fence ofyour falvatioo. Looke you, how excellent a groNnd.,vorkehere is,! (not for acottage;) where.' on you may raife your frame to fo notable a height, as ll:anding on ir, you may lay hand on, and lay hold of eternalllife. 0 that you wouldmindeoncethefebigll things, that you would be in this fenfe high-minded ! Saint Pauls meaningjs rorake nothing from you,bcr give you a better to requite it by farre. ~le would~~veyou part with part ofyout wealth to doe good; he will lay you up for lt, trea(11mnheaven for your ownc ufe. He would have you forfake the worlds [and anduncertainty, wherein you cannot tr~1f ; but therefore, hee markes you out aplot out ofrb:rocke wl~ereto you may rrul1. He would not have you high.mindedinconlideranonor comparifon ofought on this earth; but he would have your mindes truelyex_altedco reachup to heavenly thingshigherthan the earth•. And lafr, in~ea,d of thu w~rld, the lull:s and richesthereof,to match that,ifyou w1lllay holdof1t,nee holded<out eternalllifeand the glory thereof. To take a lhort profpecc in;o eternafl life. Life it felfe firli (you know)_is fuch a thing, as were it to befold, would be ftapleware; if ~tll:ood wberel)oldJJUgh~~~
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