Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

The vanity ofceff y houjholdfluffe,undflutely buildings. 367 Seeing therefore thefe things are not onely full of vanitie, butalfo ofmany euils and inconueniences, how much bet- ter were this col bellowed vpon the poore members of Ie- fus Chril then vpon thefe needleffe fuperfluities, manic whereofare fo fine and collie, that the owners can neuer al- moil find in their hearts to vfe them, but keepe them locked vp in their cheils not fuffering them to fce the funne, vnleflc vpon force fpeciall occafion, which hapneth not once in a yeere, when as pride meaneth to triumph in all itbrauerie, and caufeth them to make olentation of al their glory?How much more were it for their credit to bee with their wealth beneficial! to manie, then to dwell in an houle thus pom- pouflie furnifhed? How much more wifely fhould they im. quanta efl gfe- ploy theirwcalth for the good of men, then vpon carpets tioJiusmuith and hangings? vpon lining and reafonable creatures, then bonne magni vpon dead and fenfeleffe wals ? How much more profitable frcè babitare? were it to haue clothed friends, then adorned lodgings, the ClemensAlex. one feruing for defence, the other expofing them to the and.pædagog. prey ?Lally,it may well weane our hearts from being in loue lib.n.capr '. with this riotous excefle,ifwe confider that it will make our account more hard and difficult at the day ofiudgement. For how doe we thinke will this reckoning bee accepted ofour Lord and Iudge, when as wee haue fpent his talents vpon needleffe fuperfluities, and fuffered the poore members of Iefus Chril, for whole vfe alto wee received them, to want neceflárics ? when as we haue adorned our walles with arras and tapeflry,and fuffered men created after Gods image,yea our brethren and fellow membersofthe fame body,to flame for want offieefe to cover their nakednes? when our hones Auro parieter, are decked with gold, filke and veluet, and poore chrilians auto taqucaria, negle&ed, not affording them rags to couer them,and bread a ra, llgonnaca to feed them ?How will this goe for currant at this great au- rum,& nadus dit, that wee haue fuffered in the time ofdearth a great ma- ague churiens nie to lame for want ofreliefe, whereas we might haue re- ante foxes no deemed their lines from death, by parting with an vnprofi- p°'°f bra in table ieweli,or fomeneedleffe furniture which is fcarce euer rur.Hieren.ad vied ? or how can wee then hope to find mercie with God, Gaudette. when as we haue fhewed fo little compaffìon to one another? And