534 Chap.31. .Qs Eupofitios upon the Boost of J o B. Verf.25. thou art in a warme place, in a good houfe; when our foules reft in corporall enjoyments this is fin. Secondly , ' Tis tint-1;11 to rejoyce in wealth, in the greateft wealth, boafling of ir, as a piece (at leaf}) ofour happines and glory. Thus'ris reported ofHaman(Eflh:5.11,12.) who,when he carne home fromCourt, called bid friends, and Zore/la his wife, and told themofthe gloryofhis riches, and the multitude ofhis chil- dren, and ofall the things wherein the King hadpromoted him, and how be had advanced him above the `Princes and fervants of the King. Haman ¡aidmoreover,yea Eger the eene did let no man come in with the King into the banquet that ¡he had prepared, but my /elf , and to morrow am I invited unto her altoby the King. Such rejoycingas this eyther in wealth or honour with men, is oneof the fureft figues of aheart ettranged from the things and wayesof God. Theyknownot what favour with or by Chrift names, who can thus glory in the favours or cry up themfelves the Favourites of the greateft earthlyPrinces. Thirdly, 'Tis finfull to rejoyce fnwealth asourgood ; riches are called our goods, and they are good things, but take heedof making themyourgood, as theydid,and there were many ofthem (P1á1.4.6.) who fayd, Whowill /chew us any good ? what wasthat good which they would fo fain be (hewed ? It was Corte, and wine, and cyle ; therefore `David faith (at the 7thverfe) Thou haft pat Toy into my heart more then in the time when their Corse And wine encreafed. Though corne and wine were good things' yet holyDavid wouldnot call them his good ; though gold and fìlver areyour goods, yet woe to them who fay they are their good. We muff make nothing our good but God, and the things ofGod; there is a holy skill in a believer, he can critically diftin- guifh between his goods andbis good. Fourthly So to rejoyce in wealth or in riches, as to forget, yea or to abate our rejoycing in God All fuch rejoycing is not only vaine but abominable. Thegreateft joy which a godly man takes in his greateft wealth, Both not leffen but highten and en- creaft his joy in God. The belt advantage which he makesof what God gives him of this world, is to rayle up his foule in the praifes ofGod -David takes notice (Pfal. Io. 3, 4.) that when thewicked boafiethofbis hearts defire ( and what is the defire of ills heart ? Surely his riches; for as it followeth in the fame verfe, he
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