WOW'StMtitaXt4MtVelki$NONStWVegVegSt eklagc?t ,0'gáPOa t..L060E&.. z33 THE FIFTEENTH SERMON, VPON THETHV R S EDAM AFTER THE SECOND SONDAY IN LENT. Lv c. 16. Homo quidam erat Diues, & induebatàsr Pur- pura & Byf. Therewas a certaine richmanwho was cloathed in Purple and fineLinnen. Mongfl thofe Parables which ourSauiour preacht, fome Thefcopeof were full of pittie andloue; others of feares and terrors : the Parable. fome for noble brefts; others for bafe and hard hearts: fome had let vp for their marke, the encouraging ofour hopes; others, the increafing of our feares : fome feruing forcomfort tothe Godly; and fome for example to the Wicked. That which wee are totreat of today , hath all thele comforts for thePoore which hueinhunger and inwant, pined and con- fumed with miferie: And threatnings for theRich,who fay vnto theirriches and their pleafures, ramwhollyyours. Therewas a certaine richman, &e. The firft thing that he was charged withal!, Riches maq is, That hewas rich : Not becaufe rich men aredamned becaufe theyarc rich; be poftcired, but becaufe he is damned whoplacethhis happinefre in them, and makes them but not der,. the onely aimeof his defires. Andhence it commeth to paffe, that defired ri- "d' ches vfuallyproouemore hurtfull thanthofe that arepoflefled : forthefeLome- times doenot occupie the heart; but thofe that are defiredand coueted byvs, doe wholly pofreffe it,and lead it which waythey lift. And thereforeDauidad- uifethvs notto fet our hearts vpon them. Hee thatlongeth and defirerh to bee rich, euen to imaginarie riches, refignethvp hisheart. Saint Paul did not con- demne rich men, but thofe that diddefireto bee rich. TheDeuill fets a thou - fandginnesand fnares aboutthole that haue fet theirdefires vpon riches. What greater fnarethan that pit-fall whichwas preparedas a punifhment for Tantalus, who Handingvp to the chinne inwater, could yet neuer come to quench his thif. None, f tiatns venter tiffs, His bellie was not fatisfied, faith lob ; The He- Job no. brew, Nan fouitpacem,he knew notpeace. He that (ayes, Peace, (ayes aquiet and peaceablepoffeflion of that which hepoffeffeth, andyet cannot enioy it. Hee V 3 that
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