Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

That worldly things are unprofitable. 493 becaufe his couetous mind Bill maketh him beleeue that he hath neuer enough for his'owne flore. And by reafon of this vnfatiable greedineffe, thefe rich milers are euer readie, like (punges, to lack et) any gaine and profit,but when they haue it, will part with none, vnleffe they bepref(ed, and as it were crufhed with violence or importunitie. Though Nabal was t.Sam.z.f.t. exceeding rich, and able to leali his followers likea King, 10.1r. yet it was neither the deferr, nor humble fitite of Dauid that could obtaineathis hands the, leaf+ pittance of hisaboun- ding plentie.Though the rich man in the.Gofpelt tooke care Luke ta . enough, and more then he needed, to fill his barnes, yet fo careleffe was he in doing good, that when his barnes were otter full, he rather refolued to inlarge them to hisgreat coR Luke 16, and trouble, then he would part with any of his flore in do- ing the workesofnterciie, and releeuing thofe who flood in need : and though Dimes went in purple and fine linnen, and fared delicioufly every day, yet could he not fpare the verie crummes that fell from his table, to keepe:poore Lnzarsw from perifhing with hunger. So that (as theSonne ofSyrach fpeaketh) lfthecouetow man loth any áood,bedoth it,not know - Ecckfiaftíctxt> ing thereof, 'and againff his will: and rather then he will part 54.7. with hiswealth to any good vies, he will part with his foule, and vtterly abandon the meanes of his owne faluation; aswe may fee in the example ofthe rich Yong man in the Gofpell, who heard Chrif+ withfotr.epatiencc,tillhe told him of par- ting with his goods towards the reliefe ofthe poore, but thé Matth.rg rte. hegoeth away forowful,becaufe he could not faue his foule, and reierue his mammon too,andldefirethno further to hane part in Chrifl, or in his heauenly inflruc &ions. And this emu- medico paffe,becaufe riches do naturally inflame the hearts ofcouetous men towards them;andloue making themloath to part with the thing loued, caufes them rather to refente their oealthwith the hazard oftheir foules, then they 'will afcertaine themfelues ofthe leafi loffe, by feedingthe hull- grit, and flpplyicgtheneceffi:icsofthofe that want. In re- gard whererfthefe couetous wretches may be fitly likened tothe minerall mountaines,whichare 11111 òfgold and filuer, but barren and vufruitfull; for fo barren he is in good works, , that