7 Chap. 22. An I'xpcfition up n the Booknf J OB. Verf. 2. 247 falver can make them,: what can be laidmore to draw our hearts to God, theta this prsmife, that Cod will not oteelygive u5 riches, but that bimfelfe will be eur,riehes ? What can be laid more to take acovetous mans heart of from the love of his Gold then this ? take thy heart offfrom thy Gold. andGod will be thy gold.And fo what canbe tpoken more prevailingly to the voluptuous man, who delights to fwim in rivers offenfuall pleafures;Otakeoff'chy bean fcom thete pleatiares offin, which are but for a feafon, ande God will be thy pleafure for evermore. What f$ronger argument to take down the ambitionofman, who hunts after high places and dignities in theworld:? then co tell him, withdraw from this purfuite, and.god will be thy honour, and thy high place. We may: fay to the ambitious, to the covetouo, to the voluptuous,and in a word to all forts of finners,Ye (ball find all that your fins ma of fer you, and infinitely more inGod;your honours, and pleafures, your gold and filver,you (hall have altogether in him.One of the antients freaks well and truly to the point ; That man is too, too mana eßnr e. covetous whom god loth not fuffice,or, , who is notfatiafodwithGod. rn cui dear The onely true reafon why any man is not farisfied with God is, ngnfur ace. becaufe heknoweth nit God ; He thatcan fay knowingly, the Lord I)eup B"°). is m y Godd e y am cannot but fay, I fatif fi` i. ours all d. when God is mcat ours. And the poorer( who are rich infaith,have asgreat a !hare. in this riches, as the richer$. Godis the pore mans gold, they that have neither gold nor f fiver in their purfe (as Peter Paid to the impotent man) may have God in their hearts. The Allmighty is their gold, and fiver too, as it followeth in the text. rdlieUe?v' e.1ndthoufalt have plenty fl r 1414r.farig,4174t Some render, Thou fhale havefalver ofmearine fe He meanes fat, it not of flyer, asit wearies a man in the getting of it, but he. Argentwnla meanes it offo great a uantit or fumrne of falver as fhall weary rudinut; uod a $ .. Y præcepia lafj"cs a man to tell it, or troublehim to weigh it. The manner of ac- counting flyer was anciently by weigh t,hence that is paid inmo- numerandoi11ud ney is called a penfion. We tranff ,te fully co that fence, thou ¡hak vet certp arpen have plenty ofalver, for they that have fo much as tires and wea- Benda. slam äa ries them to tell or weigh it have flore enough. We ut ¡slier of Itrnap,en, (°a ° P 1 f argenru,r,, ande f rength in the Margin.Silver is a firong mettail,and it is ftrength, p nfonisvo ; great tlreng h toMan. This rendring tùites beet with the begin . cab,el ?n;era , ning efthe verf.Thee.eilltmghty(hall be thy defence, and thou fh.alt mono l2rnoé . D have
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