By the Croft ofChrìft, 181 neither rob him : the wages of him that úhired/ball not abide with thee allnight . And I Thef. 4. 6. That nomango beyondand de- fraudhis brother in anymatter , becaufe that the Lord ú theaven- ger of allfuck, as we alto haveforewarnedyou, and tell:fled. And t Cor. 6.7,8,9. Now therefore there ú utterly a fault among you, becaufe ye go to Law one with another Why do ye not rather take wrong ? Why do ye not ratherfineryourfelves to be defrauded ? Nayyou do wrong, anddefraud, and thatyour Brethren : Know you not that the unrighteous /ballnot inherit the Kingdom of God ? ] Thefe leffons would be better learnt, if covetoufnefs did not flop mens ears. But its a befooling flupifying vice. It makes men lofe themfelves for gain. For as Auftin faith, [ Avarus anteg tam lucretur, feipfamperdit ; & antequamaliquid capiat, capitur.] And all this is for the pleafing of their fancy, that theymay have more then theyneed. For Avarus e/t cam ; credendo enirn di- ves eft, non videndo. Amaspecuniam O crece, quam nunquam vide- bis, cncuspodes, cacus morituruses, &c. Idem.] And when they pretend Neceflìty it is but the voiceof Covetoufnefs : For , faith the fame Auftin, [ Non e(i in carendo difficult.;s, nifi cunt fuerit in poffidendo cupiditas.] Et alibi [ Pauperiorem fe judicat abundant : quia fabi deefearbitrator , quicquid ab aloispojde- cur toto mundo eget, cujusnon capit munodus cupiditatem.] 6. y F you are Crucified to the world, let us fee it by your ina- prov.ing allfor God , andnot employing it to the pleafing ofyour fleth. Ufe all that you have as men that mull be accountable for them. Remember that you receive them from yourMailer for his ufe. Refolve therefore fo to expend and employ them,, as may moll: further his fervice. Look about you and fee what good is to be done, an thenconfider, how far you are furnifhed anden- abled todo it ; and accordingly lay out the talents which you are entrufled with. Seek, after fuch work and do not flay till it be brought to your hand. If you love Chrift indeed, me thinks you thould not fbay for an invitation to do him fervice , nor thould youneed that men come a begging toyou to awaken your chari- ty , when you know beföre that it is a charitable and neceffary workthat is before you. B b 2 Twe
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