Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

O f the mi cries which accompanyworldly things. 573 thole who herichingoad snorkes, and readietodifbribute and communicat,da lay vp in fare for themfetties a good foundation againft the time to come,and obtain eternal! ltfé,If therfore we fo loue our riches ás that we would eternally poffefíe them, let vs not hoord them vp iu.the earth, where we are lure to kaue them, carrying nothing with vs but the cankerofour coine, which Chad beare wi.tneffe againfl vs at the day of iudgement;but let vs fend them before vs vnto heauen, deli - uering them to the poore who are Gods facttors and recei- tiers; and fo hauing conueyed and made ouer our goods (as it were) by bils ofexchange,we Chad find the Lord a lure and all- fufficienr pay- mafier,who will glue vs more then double vfance, and ycr pay vs at the uirfl fight. If we would haue our corne_continue Tweet and good fora great (pace, let vs know that there are for this purpofe no garners côparable to poore mens Ilomackes,which will preferuc our graine for our vfe vnto fife eternal!: if we would haue our clothes preferued from:mothes,and to lalt long, the backs of thcnaked are our fafel} wardrops :- ifwmould keepe our gold and Gluer from rufling and cankering,let vs commit it to the cuflodie of the poore,and they will not only keep it bright,but become our porters to carie It beforc vs vntoheauen;whereaswhatfóeuer they beare: not for vs we Ihall Purely leave behind vs, In a word,ifwe would be rich truly and eternally,let vs as our Sa- .uiourChrift counfelleth vs, not lay vp our treafures vpon the earth; where the moth and cankerearrupt, and*here theewesdig through andfiesta, bat let vs lay vp ear treafures in , heaven, Matth.6.r .ae whereasthey Thal be fecurely fate from all thefe dangers:And as elfewhere:he exhorteth vs, let vsfell that we haue, andgiue Luke t add almes,and fa make vs bags *hick wax not old,lay vp a treafure in heaven which can newer fuile,where no thiefe commet h, normoth corrupteth. And ifwe looke to find rich treafures when we come ro our heauenly country,we muff nut giue itpinching- .ly & tvith a (paring hand, but fend it before vs ingreat plen- tie; if we will there be rich in glorie,we mull be heere rich in good workes, imirating ourbountifull God, who giueth vs r,Tim óety it abundantly all things to cnioy,as the Apoflle fpeaketh ;if we willfindthere rifruitful' haruefit of ioy and happires,our feed time