Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

no OM* which accoapaxy worlálly tbixdt. ß44f eamefi indeauours,are fitly by the Prophet compared to the weiuing of the fpiders web,in makingwheroffhe cófumcth her own intrails, & being finifhed,it is good for nothing but to catch flies ; fo couetous men weare out themfelues with cares and labours, for the obtaining of gold and filuer, and when they haue them, breake their ref+, and oftentimes their hearts in keeping them, hauing for all their paines, cares,and feares no returne of true profit; nor any more good by all their trauels, then their bags and chefs wherein they keepe their money,which are butworne out,and fometime broken open for the films fake which they keepe in cufl:odie. Final- ly, by their caresand fearer they make themfelues ofmaflers and owners, keepers and iaylors of their riches, or rather in truth fellow prifoners; for not the ums but the heart is bound with thefe golden chaines, and whilefl theylocke vp their gold in their iron bard cheAs, their mindes alto are impri- foned with it. 4S13 And thus haue : (hewed that thole who keepe their riches How ore may to with immoderate laue,doe together with them harbour ma- the éo b reed ny miferies .The which (hould (erne as an effeEluall perfuafi- from the former on to weave our hearts from the excefìîuc loue of thefc mi- miferirs. ferable vanities, and to make vs affcc with our hartieli de- fires the rich treafures of Gods fpirituall graces, and hcauen- ly ioyes, which bring comforts without cares, becaufe all our cares are call vpon God, who careth for vs ; and true Oct. f.7. happineffe without the mixture of any miferie. To make vs loath thofe vaine and worldly riches,which (as Zophar fpea- I.,b zo.aa. kcth) filling vs with abundance, fill vs all() with paine; and to be more in loue with thofe heauenlytreafures, which wee (hall fecurely enioy without any perturbation ofour refl. Or if our affea-ions cannot bee withdrawne from this earthly Luk.t6.9 mammon, let vs as our Sauiour Chriff exhorteth vs, labour to make friendsofit,which we may doe ifwevlè it friendly, and loue it truely, as it ought to bee loued, and weeto loue. Now riches are trueiy loued whenwe vfe them in their kind, and accordingto their owne nature, helping them forward to the attaining oftheir chiefe and bell end, for which they were created ; euen as we are Paid to loue bookes bell, when wee