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3 2 What is meant by daily bread. .Chron.32.z . Auguft. Divitiarum morbtu fuper- bid, Pride is the difeafe of riches. 2. Difdain and contempt of our brethren, Luke 16. Dives. 3. Se- curity, Pfal. 3o. 6. Luke 12. 19. 4. Confidence in riches, Pfal.49.6. Job 31.24. i .Tim.6.17. 5. The choking of Gods word in them, Matth.i3. 6. The nailing of men unto the earth,fetting their heart and affe6tions upon their pelf, Pfal. 62. i o. whereby it cometh to paffe that they ferve Mammon. And thefe corruptions are not onely incident to the wic- ked , but fometimes alto to the children of God. , And therefore the Lord many times denieth profpe- rity to his children for their good,and granteth it to the wicked, who have their portion in this life, Pfal. 17.17. Luke 16.25. The evils On the other fide, poverty is accompanied many that accom- times with i. murmuring againfl God ; 2. repi- pany pover- ty, ring at the better éflate of others ; 3. diftruft in Gods providence ; q.. ufing of unlawful' means; 5. abandoning of all religion , taking a defperate courfe of life, as though they were perfwaded that they have ferved God for nought. Agur therefore finding thefeinfirmitiesin him - (elf ( which indeed naturally are in us all) defireth the Lord that he would give unto him neither pover- ty nor riches : left, faith he, I be full and deny thee; and fy,Who is the Lord? or left I bepoore, anditeal,andtake the name of my God tai vain, Prov. áo.8,9. Here therefore two forts ofmen are condemned: i. Thofe worldlings who covet after abundance of wealth, not knowing that they further and in- creafe their condemnation. 2, Thofe fuperftitious Papif}s