294 Ge ierrall direítions fir a fpeake in refpe&. ofhis Hurnanirie, that ever ifïned out ofthe handsofGod, were there anyfilch great matter, orexcellen- traaà S. xa cie in riches, had never laid ofhimfelfe : The Foxesbaveholes ' . and the Birds of the Aire have nefs : bat the Sonne ofMan, bath not where to lay bit head. Could a bearing-mantle of clothof gold,an empearled Cradle, delicious fare every day, . thoufinds ayeere, make a man truely happy; the right and Luke a. 7. Royal! Heire ofall things, wouldnever havechofen a Stable for bis Birth-chamber, a Manger for his Cradle, Barley- Iancp. bread for the entertainement of his Followers, a.lefTe.fixed. habitation for himfelfe, than thepoore& Bird, &c. 9. The Sonne and Moone are farre more glittering and "glorious, than theburnifht goldof Ophyr : and the poorefl manbath as large a profpe& and part in them, as the vaftefi Inclofer, or molt griping Ll Curer : but much more benefit: by them, than the rich.worldlings by theirgolden heapes. For hee is comfortably warmed,and refrefhedwith the influ- ence oftheirheat andlight : but they, ifthe Devill did not hood-winke them, might fee every time they Tooke thereon, that rut! cleaving to their unrighteous Mammon, which. 7.3. hereafter pall rate their jfefh as it werefire. io. One Starredoth incomparably exceed in beauty and worth a golden earth : and ifthoube truelyGods, and have Iasi12.1. thyFoote alreadyupon the Moone, as thou oughteft, thou [halt heareafter tread everlaflinglyupon thoufands of them. Difdaine then in the mean time, to let thy heavenlySpirit dote upon thofe baler hoards of fhining earth, which are making themfelves wings to Lieaway, as an Eagle toward Heaven : for riches are like trap Coryftreames, which pot}, ing by the fide ofa 'Cittie, no man can flay. Were it not a íänfelefie and brainelef3'e endeavour, and expe&ation.for a Towne to hope and affay tokeepe with them thebatty cur- rent ofamighty River,which none of an hundred Townes beforecould hold ? And doeft thou expe& any conflancy of aa3 s u i rdeif p v utois . y abodewith theeofthat thicke clay, which bath paffed tho- row fo many hands before ? Neither is it fo much thine, as °'ari°short 1aur the Worlds, A Dog followes two men : it isnot knowneto whoir .
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