Heavenly riches ? finitely good beyond 41 outward riches. and Chrift is Gods : -- You will fay, why have they not the world then in poffeffion ? - - There may be right to all things, & yet not Follett-ion, becaufe they are not in ant condition for them; all things are to work for their good, one way or other : as all the kingdomes of the world are iubiet to Jefus Chrill} they are given up to him for the furtherance of his kingdome, fo all the things in theworld are given up to the Saints for the furthering of their good whofe is the kingdome of Heaven. Seventhly, In this kingdome are fpirituall riches that may countervaile w the full, and are infinitely good beyond all outward riches : thou thinkett if the State would give thee fo much, thou wouldfr be a,happy man; ©that were a carnal heart to prize more the riches of the world, then the things of the kingdome of Heaven ; The things of the kingdome of Heaven make thee rich in faith, rich in holinefle, rich in the p°omifes, rich in thy reference to God and Chrifl, and rich in the enjoy- mews of the holy-C; WI and his gifts and graces.. Now thefe things are in an abundant manner conunutncated in the king- dome of the Meffìas, more then they were in the times of the Law : Indeed it was a greater evil! to be a poor man then,then now : why ? becaufe then there was not fuch a plentiful! pea- fure of ipirìtual riches communicated from God, but it was referved to the coning of the Melbas that there Ihould be fuch fpirìtual riches let forth and communicated, God: indeed to force few did communicate his fr iritual riches then, and there were force eminent Godly people inthe times of the Latv,fuch as Abraham and David, but ordinarily they were very fcanry in regard of the communications of fpirituall things now, and the reafon was, the Lord referved tho e fpirituall riches to the Meflias coming into the world, and hence it was that God was more indtlg.nt in the times of the Law for their outward eflates,we read there,that if they did but walk in ways Of obe- dience to God,they were for the moll part abundantly blc f- fed in onward things more then he Both now,becouf,e thatnow is the time of communication of fpirirual tithes. If thou hacIl liv'd in the times of the Law, It is very like that thou wouldfl not havé been fo poore, but then on the other fide it's not like; that 79
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