The Preface. and them that mull ray , [ We gave now and thenan alms to the port; but for the fubftance of oureftates, we (pent it carnally for theft. (h, to bear up our pomp and greatnefs in the world , and thf: n we left it to our children to do the like when we were dead. ) There is as wide a dfference between the endof thefe two wales, as there is betwixt Heavenand Hell : And furely theway is connexed to the end. Think not either that you canferve God andMammon or that you may I've to the world,anddie to God. When one war asked whether he had rather be Crx fus or Socrates, he aufivered that he had rather be Cra'fus while he lived , and Sic ra es when he came to de : But dream not you of Oucha choice. Gal, 6. 7, 8. Be not de- ceived ; God is not mocked : Whatfoever a man fow- eth, that hill he alto reap: If you low to he fle(h of the flefh you (ball reap corruption: but if You low to the Spirit, of the Spirit you ¡hall reap everlafling life. j And this much more let me add, that if you intendyour wealthfor God, you mull not thinkof evilgetting it : For God will not accept a !der/flee, that is got by falfhood, ra- pine or injufiice. Nay if you intended it indeed for God, you would not dare toprocure it by fin. For Godneedeth not fraud, perfrdioufnefs or inju/lice, to promote his fervice. Pietas lua federa fervat. As Auii n farth,R4a n lin uam non facir, nifi rea sriens : So Ifay here . Tour mind isfrfi guilty of denyingGod, whateveryou pretend,wbenyou dare thus by your deeds deny him. Tea let me add, that fo far/houldyou bef'om yielding to .any temptation to becovetous, forGod, foryour family , or any good end that may be offeredyou,that youfhould make as advantage of finch temptations, to watch the world and sourdeceitful hearts the more narrowly hereafter. And ifin all temptations to worldlinefs,you could turii them to a gain and
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