620 7hat worldly things aremomentanyandcorruptible. beralitie,mercie,and righteoulitesfhall remainefor euer; ac- cording to that, hebath diFtributed andgiuento thepoore, his Pfalm.t r z.; .9. righteaufnes remainethfor ester, his horne(hall beexaltedwith s.Cor.9.9. glorie.And therefore the cure(+way tokeepe our treafures for euer, is to bellow them vpon the poore, and vpon charitable and Chri(lian vies,; for whilcft we thuslay them out, we e- ternally keepe them, and in thusparting with them, we for euer referuethem : whereasifwe lock themvp we lofethem, if wekeepe them in our owne cuflodie,'though it be vnder locke and key, bolt and barre, we fhail furely be fpoiled of them, ifnot by theeues, yet at leafs bydeath ; ifwe give not apeny to the poore, we (hall not find a penyofall ourrich treafures which we had in earth, in the worid to come : and Luker6.zi.z4. they who with the rich glutton will not giue the crummes oftheirtables, to the reliefe ofrhofe who are in penurie and miferie, cryingout for hunger,and begging their almes;fhal withhimcrie out in hell torments,fora dropofcoldwater to coole their tongues,and (hall not receiue it. Let vs learne of husbandmen to raft away our corne that wemay keepe ir, and fow liberally,that we may reape a plentiful) haruefl :yea let vs learneofrich :infers inthe generali, to chufe the furefa and Cafe(' place for the keepingofourtreafure,though not in the particular, to make their choice ofthe earth, where there Dtnttrxfecola- is no treafurie vnto which wemay fecurely commitit; but let resfi de(untnon vs lay it vp inheauen, and delire to haue it referued in Gods per malaopera own cuflody, where it Thal notonly remaine fafe for our vie, quxrattor so but be increafed vnto vs a thoufandfold,and ofmomentanie mundo; fias- moveables becomean euerlaftingand moil glorious inheri- temadfunr, per tance.And thiscounfell anancient Father giueth vs; If(faith bona opera (er- uenturincrag, he) worldly richesbe rvantiná, let vsnot by millworksfeekthem Augu4.adl3o on earth; if theydoabound,letvsbygoodwork.esrefine them its nifac.epiß.zoç. heauen, For (as-he faith in another place) if we coueroufly ATt rmssnon eft hord them vp, andwill not part with themtogood and cha- verasamator ritablevfes,we may befaid indeed to loue our riches, but it is thefaurifui,ma- fondly and foolifhly, killing and def}roying them with o- litenendeper uermuch kindnes, while(} we hug them toohard in our bo- dit, mudtùmdi. forces; but not truely and wifely, for byeuill keeping, we tigendui.Scrtir.makethemto erifhinourhands and fond them Auguft.Serm. P Y g we Z0. Tom.' o.
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