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571 0 f the miferres whichaccompanywor /dly thin . in their way, they will retaine their natural! pinkie and per_ feelion, being vied in their kind; but if we imprifon and hord them vp, they will corrupt and become vnprofitable, yea in truth noyfoine, hurtfùil and pernicious : thus cloathes laid vp become moth - eaten, corne relented oucr -long, be- commeth muffle and vnfauourie ; meare kept pail due time putrifieth and Rincketh, and come it felfebeing hoorded vp and not vied, loleth it beautie and brightues, and is fretted with tuft and canker; and that which iswort+ of alt, there moth-eaten garments, corrupted riches, and cankered gold and filuer, (hall be a witneffe againfe thofe who thus abufe them, eate their Ae(h as fire, and for their falfe and wrong- full imprifonment, (hall cafe them into the prifon of vtter Iames 1.T. z. ; darknes, as our Sauiour Chril and his holy ApoRle haue Mauh.xr. ;o plainly taught vs. ..Seti.I4. if therefore we truly lone riches, or our (clues, let vs not That riches are byhording them vp increafe our owne cares and feares, and mofifurely pee- hinder them of their right vie and end; but let vs fo difpofe ferued when of them,as they may be moil laic, and we mof lecure; they they aregiuen referued in their naturals erfeetion and we benefited by to the pore. heir fruition.Now this we (hall do tfwe enioypart of them to ourowne comfort, and communicate the ouerplus to the good ofothers,feeding the hungrie,clothing the naked,and rclieuing thofe who any way Rand in need. For welofe there earthly riches in keeping thein,and keepethem inbeflowing them;ifwe giue them we (hall euer inioythem; Wive referue them,we (hall finely lofe them ; Peeing we cannot long con- tinue with them;for either they (hall be taken from vs, or we from them, carrying nothing withvsoutofthe world, but returning naked as we carne into it.So that if we would haue thereperifhing things permanent voto vs,we muf give them that we may alwaies haue them; and leaue them for a time, that we may enioy them for euer. For as the Wife man faith, Ecclef.x r.r.x. ifwe cafe oar bread t'pan the foce of'thewaters,aftermanydaie.e Prou.t9.r 7. we fhall find it ; ifwegiue 'unto the podre, we lend vita the Lard; Matth.19.2, T. and he will recompence and repay vs that which we banegiaew.So s.Tim,ó.r9. our Sauiour telleth vs, that uwe glue to the poore we'fhall haueheauenly treafures. And theApoRie teacheth vs, that thofe