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620 7hat worldly things are momentany and corruptible. beralitie,mercie,and righteoulitesfhall remainefor euer; ac- cording to that, he bath diFtributed andgiuen to the poore, his Pfalm.t r z.; .9. righteaufnes remaineth for ester, his horne (hall be exalted with s.Cor.9.9. glorie.And therefore the cure(+ way to keepe our treafures for euer, is to bellow them vpon the poore, and vpon charitable and Chri(lian vies,; for whilcft we thuslay them out, we e- ternally keepe them, and in thus parting with them, we for euer referue them : whereas if we lock them vp we lofe them, if wekeepe them in our owne cuflodie ,'though it be vnder locke and key, bolt and barre, we fhail furely be fpoiled of them, if not by theeues, yet at leafs by death ; if we give not a peny to the poore, we (hall not find a peny of all ourrich treafures which we had in earth, in the worid to come : and Luker6.zi.z4. they who with the rich glutton will not giue the crummes of theirtables, to the reliefe ofrhofe who are in penurie and miferie, crying out for hunger,and begging their almes;fhal with him crie out in hell torments,for a drop ofcoldwater to coole their tongues,and (hall not receiue it. Let vs learne of husbandmen to raft away our corne that wemay keepe ir, and fow liberally,that we may reape a plentiful) haruefl : yea let vs learne ofrich :infers in the generali, to chufe the furefa and Cafe(' place for the keeping of ourtreafure,though not in the particular, to make their choice of the earth, where there Dtnttrxfecola- is no treafurie vnto which we may fecurely commitit; but let res fi de(untnon vs lay it vp in heauen, and delire to haue it referued in Gods per mala opera own cuflody, where it Thal not only remaine fafe for our vie, quxrattor so but be increafed vnto vs a thoufandfold,and ofmomentanie mundo; fi as- moveables become an euerlaftingand moil glorious inheri- temadfunr, per tance.And this counfell anancient Father giueth vs; If (faith bona opera (er- uenturin crag, he) worldly riches be rvantiná, let vs not by millworks feekt hem Augu4.adl3o on earth; if they doabound,letvsbygoodwork.esrefine them its nifac.epiß.zoç. heauen, For (as-he faith in another place) if we coueroufly ATt rmssnon eft hord them vp, and will not part with them to good and cha- verasamator ritable vfes,we may befaid indeed to loue our riches, but it is thefaurifui,ma- fondly and foolifhly, killing and def }roying them with o- litenende per uermuch kindnes, while(} we hug them too hard in our bo- dit, mudtùm di. forces; but not truely and wifely, for by euill keeping, we tigendui.Scrtir.makethemto erifhinourhands and fond them Auguft.Serm. P Y g we Z0. Tom.' o.