.. Head J. .t! Bridle t1 turh Lujls. . , filws t'UJings, ·they fl~e atzJJ_aJ as an eag/, ~ow~rd! ·iuavm. Riches and all ~orldly thmgs are but a fatr nothu~g: they are that which is not. They are not what they feem tb be .: fhey are all but gilded vanities, that deceive t)ie eye~ C,o.m– paratively they are not ; there ~s infioitelY,:r.por.e of nothing- , nefs and not-bei-ng, than of betng and r~ahJy m the bef~ of them. What is ·the w~r~d, and all that is in 1t, but a fafui~n, / or fair lhow, fuch as men make on a fiage; .. a paffing !how? 1 Cor .vii. 3 1. Royal pom.r is but a gaudy £how, or appearan~c: in God's account, AflJ xxv.23. The be!l name they get JS good things; but,,obferve it, they are only the·wicked ma~'s c~od thing!~ Luke xvi. 2S. Thou in thy lijitime r~cei~tdfl thj good thing I, fays Abraham, in the parable to the ri.eh · man in hell. And well may ·tae men of the world call thefe tbiogs their goods; for there is no other, good in them., about; them, nor attending them:' Now·, rwilt thou [et thine ~yts upon empty fhows and fancies ? Wilt thpu 'aufe thine e)e.t. /1) fly on them,~s the word is? Shall rne'ns hearts· ~y out at their eyes upon them, as a ravenous bird on its prey? · If they do, let them know, that, at length, thefe !hall By as .fall: away from them/ as ever their eyes flew upon tllem: like a flock of fair feathered birds, that fettle on a fool's ground; the which when he runs to catch them as his ·own., do im· rne~i;t~ly take wing, fl~ ·awa.r, and! fitting dow~.onhis neigh• bour s ground, elude hts expeCl:atton; Luke xn. 20. Thou fool, thiJ night thy foul }hall he ·refttired of thee; thuz 'Whofo /hall thefec things he? Tho' you qo not make win~ to them, as many do. ; they malu themftlves rrpingf, and flJ arway: not' as a tame houfc-bird, which may be catched again ; nor as- an hawk, that will !how where lhe .is by .her bells, and be -caUed again with the lure ;, but as an eagit~ which q,llickly flies out of fight, and cannot be recalled. For– bear thou· to behold the.fe things. 0 mortal ! there is no rea· foo, thou lhouldfi fet thine eyes upon them. This wor·ld is a great inn, in the road to eter~ity, to which thou art 1:r;uel.. ling. Thou art attended by thefe things, as fervaots belong– ing. to the i-nn~ where thou lodgell: they wait, upon. t,bee, wh1le t~ou alt there; and when thou goell aways they will convoy thee to tbe door. But they are not thine, they will not go away with thee; but return tG wait ono.ther !lrangers as they did on thee. · A a Fifthly,
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