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That worldly things are aromentanie and corruptible. 619 i oyed them ten thoufand times the age ofa man, therefhall not the lean moment ofour time be fpenr, but at the end of fo many yeeres, our ioyes (hall be fo far flout ending, as they were in their fid+beginning.When therefore the world cal - leth and allurethvs, to feat our affe5ionsvpon thefe mouea- ble and momentanie vanities, let vs flop our cares again(+ his bewitching inticements,and hearken vnto the call offauing wifdome and true godlines, promifing vs long.lafling trea- fures, and an heauenly inheritance which (hall neuer haue end. Riches (faith the) and honor are with me, euen durable ri- Prou.8.18. at; ches and ri bteoufnes: my fruit is better thengold, men thenfine gold, and my reuenewes better thenfine fitter ; I caufe to walk; in the way of righteoufnefe, and in the middeFt of the pathos of iudgement, that I may caufe them that loue me to inherit fub- fiance, and I Ìbillfall their treafurel. Or ifour hearts be fo fixed to our earthly riches, that we §.Sea.9. will not heare ofleauing them, let vs learne at leaf+ to loue The bell ,ayto them wifely,and fo as we may euerinioy our loue;the which prefers, riches we cannot doby keeping them in earth,where they are fub- from to fpg. - ieó+to corruptibilitie,as our Sauiour teacheth vs; but by lay. ing them vp in heauen, where neither the moth nor canker cor- Matth.6. rg,n® rupteth, andwheretheeues neitherdig thorow ,norffeale. Let vs vie them as comfortable helpes in our iorney to our owne commie, and as meanes to allure vnto vs the fruition ofour heauenly ioyes;and as ourSauiour exhorteth vs, Let vs make Luke t6.g. vsfriends with the riches of inipttie, that when we Jhallwant,we and t x.33. may6e recelued into eaerlaThng habitations: and ifwe would for eucrpoffeffe neuer decaying riches, let vs, as our Sauiour counfelleth vs,fell that roe harm, andgiuealmes, make vs bags which wax not old,a treafure that can neuer faslein heaue where xo theefe commeth, nor moth corrupteth. For kcepe them long we cannot,feeing they are vnconflant and nil flying,and we- mortali and daily dying; but the ben way for euer to enjoy them, is to feud them before vs by the Lords faaors, the poorc members of Iefus Chrif+, into our heauenly countrie, where theyfhall for euer be referued. for vs. For howfoeuer our goods are momentanic, our good deeds (hallbe euerla- fling, though our riches be corruptible, yet our Chriflian li- beralitie,