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Ghap.S.
Yfe;
not excufe it,for
he
that
faith
No
to
a
thing,but doth
it
after,
is
a
better
fervant
then he that
faith
Yea,and never obeyeth:
Thou
given
money
ill
words,but what the
love
of
it
doth with thee to doe,thar
thou doeft,
andtherefore
art
a
fervant
ofit:
Fle
is
not
a
fervant
of
God that giveth
God good words
and
commeth
to Church,
&c
but
he
that doth
the
will
of
his
heavenly Father.
3.
Becaufe
the
confidence
of
the
heart
is
fet in
wealth,
r
Tim.6.17.
Charge
the
rich in
this world
that
they
be
not
high
minded,
or
trufi in
uncertaineriches,
&c.
The
rieb
man can
make
1e
riches a
tower
of
de.
fence. The
covetous
man
faith
to
the
wedge
ofgale','Ihots
art
my hope
And
fo farre
fare
forth
as
we
are covetous ,
'
e have
a
fecrnt
confidence
in
wealth, which we
may
fee
if
we be injured
a
little.,
we will crow
from our mole hill and will think,
Why,
mmy
theft
is
as
well
lin'd
as
his, I
hope I
(hall
find him play well
enough
:
;P
we
would get any
thing, and
and have
money, why
I
have
a
filver key will otren any
dore;
and
as
a man
promifeth
him elfe
to
find his caufe
ended
as
he
is
befriended , fo
he
will
be
confident
in
any
thing
fo far
as
he know
-
eth he
bath
wealth enough to beare
him out; and
in
this
it
exceedeth
fine
which
is
not
properly
called
idolatry. For
a
drunkard, though
his
heart be
in
his cups and
he is
a
nave
to
his
gullet, .'et
he
bath
not
truft
in it.
We
fee
then thefe opened
,
that
covetoufneffe
is a
foil
thy
fin; what
can
be
more
odious
then idolatryr that
it is
a
monfter
of
many heads,
a neaft
of
wickedneffe
being
in
it, traft
in
our felves,dif-
trufting
God
,
hardneffe
of
heart,carelefneffe
of
our brethren,
un-
mercifulncffe, fervice
to the
creature
,
nay the
devill,
for
in
thefe
courfes
men worfhip
him,Luke
4.6.rhar
we
may fay
ofa
covetous
man
as
they fay
of
the grounds that gold
and filver
grow
in,
they
are fqua-
lifh, fruitleffe,
nothing
that
is
good
doch
grow
in
them.
Wherefore
let
usbewarned
hence
to
avoid this
fume; Oh
it
is full
of
fpirituall
harlotry! what
a
flume were it
for
a
woman
if
her huf-
band allowing
her
a
man
to
goo
before
her, or
tonne on
an
errand
for her,
fhe
thould withdraw her heart from her husband and
fet
it
on
her
fervante
yet
thus we
ufe
God,
thefe fruits
of
the earth, which
he giveth
us
to
be ferviceable
to
us
in
our pilgrimage,
we fet
our
love
onthem, our joy,hope,wirhdraw our
hearts from
God.
Again,
we
that
are Chriftians profeffe
that
we are
pilgrims,
that
our
dwelling
is
above; why doe
we
then
feek
to fettle our
felvesheree
Why
is
not
our converfation above!
Why
doe
we
not
Peek
the
things
where Chriff fitteth
Of
all
other,
you
that
are
rich, it
is
odious
in
you,
as
adultery
is
in
him that bath
a
mate every way able
to
content him,
it is
abominable:
So a richtheefe; now every one fo farre
forth
as
he
is
covetous
is
a
theefe
before
God,
is
deteftablc.
Nay
if
you
love wealth take
heed,
for
will
not fathersdeny their children things that they
fee
them
too
much
fet
on
f
fo will
God
you
:
or if
he give
them,it
is
worfe,
he will
give
them
as
the quailes,youknow the ftory;
We
are
all
earthly
min-
ded,
like
thewoman
that
could not
lookup.
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