comfortable walking rviih God. .211 world without ftocke or feede. And therefore though the covetous catyfe out of the hardnefl'e of his heart, and lea- rednefíe of confcience, bee feareleffe and fenfeleff of the wrathofGod,and wrong ofhis neighbour, and the wretch- ednefr: ofhis owne foule ; yet ifhee defire, as he doth, with a raging unfatiableneffe, like the grave, orhell, to thrive in his outward (fate, and profper in the world ; let him not meddle fo muchas with a Dicke, or a ftraw,apin, ora point ofanother mans ; neither at any time put his hand to any wickedWayofgetting, left, befide the lofle of his foule at daft, and a world of miferies in the meane time, bee mitre the very marke fo eagerly aimed at ; of making him and hisgreat in the world. For hope of which hee is curfedly content topart with all true contentment in this life, and a Crowneof bliffe in the Kingdome ofheaven. For this purpofe,and to perfwade, andprefíethis point unanfwerably, let us takea view inGods Book ofthe divers wayes, low he is wont inwrath todeale withwrong-doers and unconfcionabledealers. It comes to paffe, fometimes that the wickedworldling, infatiable earth-worme, God curlinghis coveteoufuefeand crueltie, may fee an endof his wealth even in this world, according to that Jerem. 17. r r. As the Partridge ft- teth on egges, and hatcheth them not : fo bee that getteth riches, and not by right, fhall leave them in the middeft of his ¿ayes, and at hit end ¡ball be a foole. lob 20. 15, 28. Kee bath fwallowed down riches, and hee fhael vomit them rep again : God fball calf them out of bit belly. The increafe of bis houfeefhall depart, and his goodsfrail flow away in the day of his wrath. Or it isno !Irange thing to feehim profper byunconfcio- nableneffe and crafc,ufurious andother injuriouspraftifes,all his life long ; but thenhaving fcraped together his hoard of iniquitie, witha great dealeof carking,thoughtfulneffe, and a: felfe vexation; kept is with extreeme feare, flavifhdiftruft,morquantpmatiï and heart gnawing jealoufes ; parted b from it withmuch "ómó anter angui(h, horr our, and almoft with as painefull divorce gquumrubtrab¿Wt, P v as KM.Grob
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