36o Oftheveinitie ofmorldly riches; CHAP. XIII'. Oftheworthidevanitieofworldly riches. Nd thus haue I (hewed the vanity ofworld. lyhonottrs: and :preferments. Let vs inthe rh`'tw'ldt }' next laceconfiderofworldl riches;which Tithe, aYé to be P y cowemnedas , t1 " ifwe throughlyexamitie we fhallfind, that Maine and - Ts --_- howfoeuer worldlings make fuchhigh ac- mstlle e. count ofthem that theyprefer thembefore the faluationof their foules; yettheyare in truth ifwee compare them with' Gods fpirituall gracesand heauenly ioyes,vaine,worthleffe, and void ofexcellencie. For ifhonours whichare efleemed more excellent;a're,aswehaue (hewed,vaine &ofno:wòrth; andpleafures whichare moreTweetand cotnfortabie;are(be.: ìng thus compared ):of no valueorelleeme, as weer tail fee hereafter; then:how great is the .vanity,-and how fmallah excellencieofworldly riches, whichare ofa more bareands contemptible nature, beingbutas it were feruants.vnto'the other,whichare onlyd4red andprouided to feruefortheir, vies and imployrnents?Neitherloth any man (vnleffe it bee fomefottifh mifers, who in getting riches haue loft their wits) efieeme ofriches for their owne fake, but as they ferue for their vfe, either to aduance their honour andreputation bybellowing thembountifully,.where they may-bitemof credit ; odor theobtainingand enioying of theit''pleáftrnes anddelights.: to, whichpurpofe ferue (latelyhoules ándrich furniture, pleafànt,gardens, and fruitfüll orchards:; daiutie faire,andfbft clothing; which endsif riches aduanced not, they would like contemptible garbage reftvntouched in the earthsbowelswithouranytoadmire or fue forthem.. Nekia ifthefeends theinfelues which are their chiefe.goïndbevbid ofexcellency and.full ofvanity; then how vaineand worth- teffe are thefe bate riches, which inanabieì fubieelion ferue butas it were to hold the flirrup to mount men vp into the feateofhonour ; or forporters to open vnto them the doore Phil.3.8, p eahitres ?And thisw*s tlae caufewhy the Apofile Palil fo
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