Ofshé cautions tobeobferuedin thelatbfull-r f ofriches. 235 by he bringethhimfelfe to want and miferie, orelfeluxuri_ ouflyvpon carnali pleafures, andall manner of voluptuouf_ neffe,whereby he is made unfit for Godsferuice, and readie for the perpetrating ofauy wickednes. Both whichare care- fully tobe auoided,for as the one hath nor,that hehath, fo the other will not haue it long, vnleffehe rake from others a new fupplie by vnlawfullmeanes ; inwhich refpeet, as the fordidous perfonis a thiefe becaufe he robbeth himfelfe; fo the wafifull spender isa thiefe, becaufc hee robbeth other mcn,andonewhile isgripingly couetous, thathe may ano- while beprofufely waflfull. Thevies wherein our wealth is lawfully imploied refpe6ling others, are either publicke or private. Publicke,when as webellow it for the goodofthe Church and Common-wealth. The vies which concerne thegood ofthe Church, are, that webeflow our riches for the maintenance ofthemeanes ofGodspublicke feruice, as vpon thole who teach and inflru&vs in the knowledge of Gods trueteligion; vpon.theplaces of Godsworfhip, and all other neceffariesbelonging thereunto. And thisGodre- quireth,and incourageth vsto the performance thereofby his graciouspromife. Honour the Lord with thy richer, and Pro.3.9.ro: with the farft fruits ofshineincreaf : fofhall thybarrier befil- led with abundance,and ti4ypreffesfhallbur t with newwïne. An example whereof wee haue in the lfraelits, who offered fo Exod.34.5.6.' bountifully towards the building of the Tabernacle and r.Chron.z9.9. Temple, that they needed to bee reflrained frombringing anymore. So alio our richesare lawfullyviedand imploied, when as they are bellowed for the publicke good of the Common-wealth ; as in the maintaining ofthe roiall eflate of the King, by tributes and cuflomes, in &fending our Mar.at ar, Countrie in time ofwarre,inere&ingoffchooles and hofpi- tals,and fuch other publicke feruices, whereby the good ofRotn.r3.6.y.' theCómon- wealth is aduanced andfurthered. Towhich purpofes we fhould fpare, not only out ofour fuperfluities, but cuen from our backes andbellies, when needrequires; feeing thecommongood is tobepreferred before our owne private,and ourCountrie before our flares and liues,in that from it we have had the meanesofourmaintenancc,yea our 6ra
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