Ofthemiferies whichaccompas worldly things. 171 we cues weare them out with fludyìng;and meat befl,when with agoodflomacke we feed upon it ; and our neighbours befl,whenwe moue them to glorifie God in their faluation; becaufe thole arethemaine endsfor which they were made. But the chiefeendofriches is that we may glorifie God in theirvfe; as whenwe imploy part ofthem to the neceffarie and fufficicnt maintenanceofour felues, and thofe who are committed toour charge ; and that which rema;neth,to the retuning, feeding and cloathing ofthe poore members of Iefus Chrill, which is the maine end ofourpientieand frt- perflui tie; fromwhich endallo they haue their name, being calledgoods, becaufe they finable vs to doegood, and are the inflruments ofwell doing : and therefore they whohin- derthemn oftbefe ends, and will not vfe them according to their owne nature, which is to dogood,by being communi- cated to thole who Band in need, butkeepe them fall locked vp (as it were) indole prifon,not fuffering their goldand fil- m; tobe at libertie,vhich were created and ordained to be (as we allo call them) currant money, paging fromman to man, as need requireth,they can neither belaid to loue their riches, noryet themfelues; becaufe altering theirvfe and na- ture, theymake them to degenerate, and ceafing to begood and profitable, they caufe them through their abufe to be hurtfull andpernicious.In which refpeël they are compared to bandogs, which are niofi fierce when theyare tied vp, but gentle when theyarefetatlibertie; and to riuers, which if they be fuffered tohaue their naturali courfein their owne current, they runne quietly and do muchgood to thewhole countrie, but ifanywill flop their courfe, as defiring toin- groffe them tohis owne vfe, they rage and fwell, breake: downe their bankes, and drowne all that areabout them : or Chryfoft. is unto fpringing fountaines, which if they may purifie and Matth.13.' cleanfe themfelues by fendingout their pining flreames, Hotoil.q.s. they continue cleare andTweet, but iftheir iffuebe dammed vp, and they made a (landing poole, their water putrifieth'.. andcorrupteth : fo if we fullerriches to haue their natural' courfe, like firearms 'filling from vs,by communication and Chriflian liberalitie, and to fill the emptie places which are in
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