616 That worldly thingsare momentaryandcorruptible. wholefake themflandell infeare ofthe thiefe,yeaof thine owne Auguli. Serra.feruants, lefi theykill, robbethee, and rumie away? Ifthey were 3 í.[0u10. true riches they wouldbring vate theefecurity, andWhen thou once haddefi them, thou coil/dellneuer lofe them. Aslongas they are in theearth,theyare not trueriches. And thereforeWhen the world calleth themriches,our Sauiour Chrifi addeth,ofinigotity. Call them then by what names you will, Hile themas you pleafe,with the glorious titles of inheritances, feeliimples, and perpetuities,yet in truth they arebutvncertaine vanities, and momentanie moueables which areHill flittingfromvs, or we from them. So the Wifeman telleth vs, that riches re- Pro.:7.2.4. main not als ay, nor thecrone fromgeneration to generation. Yea oftentimes they frsddenly depart;and forfake vs without gluingwarning, or taking leaue;in which refpe6 they are not onely current, as we call our coin, hailing away asfafi as their legs willbeare them,but volant alfo,as theWifeman maketh them, where he giueth them the wingsofanEagle to expreffe their halt in flying from vs e built thou (faith hee) 1'rv,2.3 bine eyes vpon thatwhich is nothing ?forriches takerhher toher winos as an Eagle, andflieth into heauen. So ourSauiour Chrift fheweth thiscorruptibility ofriches,whereheexhor- rcth vs, not to lay vp treafuresfor our /elites vpon the earth, Mat.6,19. Where the moth and cankerdoe corrupt, and where theeuesdig rhoroWandfleale. And theApoftleexpreffeth it, wherehe at- 1,Pct.r.7.tR. tributethvnto gold, the epithete ofperifhing, and calleth it and (liner things corruptible. Neither in truth is there any kind ofricheswhich are-not fubie&to thiscorruptibility, or exempted from continuall danger ofperiihing.For if wearc rich in treafures, the theeues may fieale them, ifin (hips and merchandife, the fea may fwallów them, or pirats fpoile them; ifin appareil and goodly furniture, the mothes may confume and gate them; if in corne fields, the blafling and mildewes may -defiroy them; if incattell and fheepe, they are in danger oftherot and murraine; if in goldand filuer, therufl and canker may fret them, or they may bee taken a- wayby violence or deceit; ifinbuildings,the fire maycon- fume them; ifin landsand poffefìîons,the titlemay be called into queílion,and indangered byeuery vnconfcionable law - yer,
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