52zá Chap. 3 t. An Expofition upon the Took of (0 a. Vert. 24 chiefe,and publifh his owne folly ; which though it had not been lefTe had he been pore, yet it had been lefTe knowne and feene, Secondly; As they cannot moke us better, fo they cannot make our lives more comfortable to us. This is the ground of Chrifts warning ( Luke r 2. i 5. ) Take heed anal beware of covetoufneffe for mans life ( that is, the comfort ofit) conftffethnot in the abun- dance ofthe things which he pofJeffeth. Yea Solomon (Eccl: 5. 13.) fhewes, that a rich mans life is fo farre from beingmore comfor- table to hirn becaufe he is rich, that indeed iris more trosable- fome ; There is a fore evil! which 1 havefeene under the Sunne, namely, riches kept by the owners thereof to their hurt. And (y:17.) All bis clayey alfa he eateth in darkneffe. In what kind of dark- neffe ? Though he hash Sunne light at his dinner,and Taper. light at his (upper, yez he eateth in darkneffe, that is, he bath nocam- fort nor contentment inwhat he eateth. How vaine is it to put confidencein that, which when wehave it mof1, and have it fall, leavesus comfortleffe. Thirdly , They cannot, by their owne ftrengthdeliverus from any evil!, and they are not at all available to deliver us from that greateft penal evill the wrathof God (Tro: 11. 4.) Riches a. valle not in the day ofwrath. They can doe no good towards the fecuring us from divine vengeance; Only, Rig,teoufnef fe delive- reth from death. And as they cannotat all deliver from the wrath ofGod (Ezell: 7. 19 ) fo they cannot alwayes deliver from 'the wrath ofman ; So fome expound that place (lfa. 13. t a.) Iwill make a man more precious thenfine Gold, even a man then thegol- den wedge ofOpbir ; That is, filch !hall be the fury and fierceneffe of thole thatfhail deltroy Babylon, that they will not take any ranfome, nor be moved with any offer of thefineft Gold to (pare the life of aBabylonian. Further, riches cannot deliver from the paints of the body, much leffe from the pangs of confcience ; therefore put no confidence in them. Fourthly, Why fh©uld, we define riches, or at all truft in them, Icing they cannot at all fatisfie our delires (Eccl:5. t d.) He that loved,filver Jhall not befatiefled withfilver, nor he that lovetb a- bundance with increafe : this isalfo vanity. The mind ofman is fo large and wide,that all this world cannot fill it;nor doth it beare any due proportion to it. Heaven cannot fatisfie the foule with- out God., much lefTe can this earth, yea, riches , gold and filver are
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