'z$ Of the Ciailleailr their thoughtsin plotting the meanes ofafpiring, or pre- feruing their glory and grcatnellë; and (which is worfl Negretio7ie ofall) itdeflcth them with all mannerofClone , while(} feru,wrai-,ua they are ready to put in praaìife any vilinany to ad- pe"arguam uance themfclues as before I haue Ihawed. And fornicate r,ima higher, longì plwa & confcquently, whilefl they afpire tobee abone all other grauiara cam- men,they become the feruantsoffinne,and flaues ofSatar; mitùt.Chryf, and willingly doe that, to which ourSauiourwastemp- n Iohn 3. ted,and reiilled,that is fall down and worlhip the diuell, hona 7 when he promifeth vnto them the glorie of theworld, & fo f rft bring themfelues into themolt damnable feruitude, that afterwards they maybe extolled andaduanced. g. Se5.8. So alto riches when they are too much efleemed, and Thar riches excel-finely loued, bring their owners into a miferable bringtbeir bondage, making them to fettle the earthly mammon, & omxertrntoa their ownecouetouslufls; the which rulin inrhemfub- (è`atrleban left them tothebafeferuiceofall men, fromwhonithey g espe& gaineand aduantage; yea offinne and Sathan, being ready to commitany wickednetre,. for the increafing of their wealth. But this is not the (late ofall men that haue riches, butofchore who too much eiecmeand loue them; not fomuch ofthe rich,as of the couetous,who dote vp- Diuiti aped on them; notofthofe who being wife, know how to vfe fapientem vi- them, keeping them in feruitude, and hauing them at rsmtn ¡erni- eommaund, but of thofe fooles, whonot knowing their cutefunt,apud ßo, i,. right vfe ' (uffer them to tyrannizeand beare rule. For if perio. Senee, we can poltefIèriches with carelelrecontenlpt,and mode- devita beata. rate loue, if wee haue them at commaund, and whenwee capai. plcafe canpartwith them libcrally,andchearefully for the reliefeof the poore, and for all pious and charitable vfes, ifwee can poffefie them and humility too,being neuer the moreproude and infolent, becaufe of out abundance, the are weenot by thembrought into this flauery,but conti- nuefreemen, andGods faithfull feruants; neither doth our hailing, but our immoderatelouingofriches, hinder àlatt.6.24. vs from fcruing God; for out Sauiour Chrill faith not, that it is impoflible to haue riches and ferue God, but to doe feruice vnto them bothasour Lordsand mailers. As there-
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=