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raorl¿eth vpon
mens
contour-
nes.
Afts
r9.:4.
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creations vnlawfullie,and immoderatelie (pending
all
their
time
inpleafure,
which they fhould bellow
in the
feruice
of
God,
by imploying themfelues in the
generali duties
of
Çhriflian_itie,and in the
fpeciall
duties
of
their
callings.
But ifhee
finde
that
men are
giuen to
couetoufneffe,
then
hath
he
matter enough
to
worke
vpon
:
for
as
the Apoflle
faith,'
.Tint.6.9..t o.
'They
that
will
be
rich
full
into temptations
and
fnares, and
into
many
foolif
,
and
noifnne
ire
ts,tivhich
dro:rne
men
in
perditim and
defttrtglion:
for
the
delre
ofmoxie
is the
roote
o
fall
euill.
With
this baite hee
allured Laban
to
deale
churlifhly and vniuílly
with
-lacob,and
his
own children;and
to
inrich
himfelfe
by impouerifhing them,
for whole
fake
he
fhould
haue
gathered
his
riches..
He inticed
Balaa»s
to
curie
the
people whom
God
had
bleffed,
by
offering him
monk,
the
wages
ofwickedneffe. Hee tempted
Gehani
to
take
the
talent
and change
of
raiment
of
Naaman, felling for this
finall trifle
Gods honour
and
his Mailers
credit.
He
allured
e.4chab
to murther
Naboth,
that
he
might
purloine
his vine
-
yard,and
fo
purchafe
a
place
of
pleafure
with
the
blood
of
his faithfull
fubie61.
With
this baite
hee
inticed
tides
to
be-
tray
his Maf}er,felling
him for
thirtiepeeces offiluer,whofe
worth
could
not
be valued
with
many worlds. And
hereby
alle
hee
prouoked
Demetrius
to
oppofe himfelfe
to the
preaching
of
the Gofpell,
becaufe bee
would
not
lofe
his
gaine
in
making
filuer
(brines
to
the
Idol,A6l.I9.25.Neither
was
this
argument
drawne from profit forcible onely
in
for-
mer times,
but now
alto
it
doth no
leffe
perfwade
to
finne.
For whom almoil
doth
not
Satan
catch, or
at
leaf+
intangle
in
this
golden net
?
Doth
he
not
infnare
as
well profefhors,of
religion,
as
profeffed
worldlings,
fo
that
in greedy
feeking
of
gaine
it
is
not
eafie
to
difcerne
the
one from the other?
Doth
hee
not
ouercome
all
forts
and conditions
of
men,
as
weil thofe who abound
in
al
things,as thofe
that
enjoy
little,
by
proportionating
his
offers
of
riches,
according
to their
feuerall efiates
;
much
to
thofe
that
haue
much, and little to
thofe thatpoffefle
little
?
For
hee
commeth to Princes,
and
promifeth
them
huge:fummes
ofmonie,
if
they will
lay
in-
tollerable taxations on
their
fubieas,
or rob
the
Church
of
her