Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

That all Worldly things are mutable and vnconflant. 631 Exalt her,and fheefhall exalt thee,/heefhall brine theeto honour, f thou imbrace her,fhefhallgiue a comely ornament to thy head, Pro.4.8.9 yea /beej1,allgiue thee is crown ofglory. And this honour (hall bemofl conflantandpermanent, laflingas long as life, yea after death, for the memorial! of the tuft (hall be bleffed.; bitt Pro.In.7. the name of the wicked fhall rot. Ilea this honour of grace fhall be but a flcp to aduance vs to the honour of heauenly glory, r.Per. the which (hall continue not for a few yeeres oncly, but for S .r°. vier and euer, as being eternal' and euerlafting ; for fo the Apoftletdlleth vs, that the qodofgrace bath called vs to hie... ternll glory, by !el .c Chrifl. The like rnutabdity and vnconflancie is in riches. For 4.Se11.5. though our riches corrupt nor, nor wee die, yet there is no olthe mutabi- certainty in their poffeflion, they ire fo flitting and mutable. lily and vatox- For who Deth not that theydoe often change their maflers; frocal he who ere while wantcd,abounding, and he who not long'id'tt' fince abounded, being now brought to want and penurie? Cooke but to houles, lands, and coine, and confider how oftenthey haue new owners, this day being in the poffeflìon ofone, and to morrow of another, and not many moneths after, both being Dripped of them,they are deuolued vnto a third In which refpe &Zopharconipareth riches to the wa- ters ofriuers,which make no long flay in any place,and paffe from land ro land, and field toficld, till at !aft they are fv al- lowedvpofthefea .lherncrea / e(faithhe)of his haxle11,4lll1.bao.r.8. goe away, and sr [hallow array in she dar ofgods lbratb. For fo riches runne from one to another, till in the end they lofe -their name, being cortupted, and ( as it were) fwallowedin the gift ofdellru &ion. In the fame regard one of the anti- Origen. in tins likeneththem to alluring harlots,which make loue to Mar.s.te.Ho- tnany, but keepe faith with none. And to the fame purpofe mi1.4 another faith;that there is nothing more talle and trecherous then riches; and that like a fugitiue and vngratefull feruant, they haue no honefly orfidelitie; for though thou bind them with innumerable bonds,they will goe away,and drawtheir chaîne after them. And for this caufc oftentimes, they arc ChryAnc o h. kept and fafl locked vp vnder the cutlodie of prong bolts, Homiielioc n.4 and faitbarred doores,hauing befides many !imams as Iai- Sf4 lors