Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

Ofthemiferiesmhichaccompany worldly things. 519 to find that trifling gaine which bringethwith it thegreatefl: loffa; in getting fluer to forfait the foule, and (as one faith) Mom*: tiat arr_ whiled tre gaine Tome gold to lofe our faith, and whitef} we "*Pert fides, decke our feines outwardly with thefe worldly ornatnents,to vtfsruvrfiia- ris, rutxr txf o. be fpoiled inwardly of all thofe fpirituall ornaments ofgrace lta,is.AugujlL. andverme :but this miteric accompanieth ill gotten goods; lerm.a.tom.te. for the couctous man by hi finfull gaining lofeth himfelfe, and tshilcll he deceiueth his neighbour of his fluer, the di- Auararasre- uell cofoncth him of his hluation. Which howfoener for pan turrnur, the prefent worldly men tall not, being over toyed bccaufél-anmgnamra- they haue feifed on their dclired prey ; yet if euer they come liquid rapiat, to remember tlhemfelnes, and to fecle the waight of thcir fin capitur.Augu&. lying heauievpon theirconkiences, they will account thefe Damnumappcl- euillgaines the greatefl loffe, and will take no more pkafure landum cam in them, then ludat in the fight of his thirtie peeces offluer, malalamals- when he law alto his f one in betraying his ntafter,which did but worke in him horrour ofconicience, and moued him in Mat.27.3. defpaireïo murtherhimfclfe. Or if God preuent them with his grace,theirwealth will comfort them no more then it did Z.tçhezu,and that was neither in refpe6,l of his getting or kee- ping it, but as it did finable him to make tetti otion, and in li_ berall fort to relieue the poorer Let vs therefore take heed that we doe not fall into thisfnfull dotage of worldiymen, who delire increafe of their wealth though it bec by euill meares, feeing riches thus gotten are not onely vaine and momentanie,but alto hurtfull and pernicious:for as the Wife nsanlatth, the gathering of treafures bya deceitful) tongue, is Pro. ar.6. vanitie rolled to and fro of them that fete death. And the Prophet leremietelleth vs, that as the Fartrichgat hereth the Ter.rj.xr. yang,whicb¡hebath not brought forth; fo-he thatgetteth riches, and not by right, fhallleaue them in the midde/f of his daies, and at hid end feall bea foole. So alto they are hurtfull and perni- cious, Peeing whileli they creature vp wealth, they treafure vp fnne ; and in treafuring vp fume, they alto treafure vp wrath, and hauing in heaping vp wealth,heaped vp fin, they alto prepare for themfelues an intolerable waight of con- demnation and defirudlion. And therefore let vs not let our hearts vpon this mammon ofiniquity,but vpon the rich trea- fures