whichworldly chilibring totheir owner!. 729 therefore itis laid offIce and water, that theyare good Cer- uants, but badmatters; Co may it be truly faid.ot riches,. which whileft they arekept in fubictlion,andvndcr com- maund, arc profitable fcruants, but become tyrannous.pecu,iafi vtï matterswhenthey are fufferedto rule and bearefway. So ¡ciaa,anci1La that wholoeuer poirelrethriches,muft eyther balclycfteem e(1, frnefcias, them, inrefper offoueraignety ,orbecomebafehimfeltc; d°mtna.Sence. eitherhe mull commaundand rule themas a Lordand ma- si pecanise- ller;or theywill rule himas a feruantor flaue. For Co our beßeelty' bt Stulour Chrift faith plaincly, that thecouetousworldling. teipfum, aat feruethhis riches; and cues reafon and common esperi, peewnissita- ence teachcthvs, thatthey who ouervalue their wealth&ambaboa. vi- fet theirccarts vpon ie,howfoeuerthey areowners,yet they,lem.Senec. are not mailersof theirriches, yea in truth that theyare no better then drudges &fèruants vnto them, carrying them - feluestowardsthem in all refpeels, ina moll feruile and fla- uifh maner. For they,hauenot their riches at their com- maund, norhaue power todoe with them that which their iudgement bellapproucth, as to beflowe them vpon thé- fclues for. their ownecomfort, &to diliribute them for the reliefeof the poore; but they are commaunded by them, and enioyned (till to fcrapemore, whenalreadytheyhaue toomuch. As feruants they minifler vnto their mony,and doe Ceruice vnto theirwealth, keepingandtendingit,wat thing ouerit, and in all dangers with the hazard oftheir hues defending it. Towhich purpofe one faith,Thou arta Ambro.lib.dc iaylor, andnota mallet of thyriches, whofoeuerthou art Nabuth,c,t4, thathidefi than in thecarth,thou art a remainofthem,and not a difpoferand iudge: for he is a feruant ofriches, who asa feruant waiteth vpon them;but hewho hathfhakenoff thisyokcof feruitude,dothdifpofe of&difiribute them as becommeth a maIer. So likewife as. a (-eruant, though he haue the care and paines in,tending them, yet hebath not the poweror courageto touch them,or to difpofeofthem to thofevfcswhich his iudgement bell:..approueth,for fare ofdifpleafing thefe tyrannous mailers, the earthly.mam. mou , and his carnali concupifcence. For (asone obfer- ueth) let aman askeofthe moll wretched((mifcr,what bee thinketh
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