268 Baptifine. Couetoufnes,Djreof riches. theLordsinfeitutionof Circumcifion the eight day; for ifthis necefliciehad beenin Cir. cumcifron, whichthey affirme tobe inBaptifine, all that dyed before theeightdaywere condemned. TheLordsmeaning was inappomtingthis conuenienttime,toprouide that thechild might haue more frengeh to beamthe wound : and this regardof time is fic to be obferuedalto with vs,that this holy worke might be doneon the Sabboth day in the con. gregation,becaufe it is a pubtike aélion by diuineinftitution. Godfathers in Godfathers andGodmothersookeinwhatthingsttbeScripturegiucthgnerailrules,the saprfine. Church mayvfe the particulars, foall be done decently and to edification :the lawgiueth this general inftrubhionto a man inauthoricie,todefend the good,and to offend thecoil: bemay to this end takefome godlyman tohimfor an affiliant. Thelaw commandingge- nerally todiftributeto the Poore,a man is not able tohelpe allparticularly, thereforehet endeuoureththe relieuingof fore fppeciall perfons. The lawe çommandinggenerally to helpe one another with godly inftrubtions, and nogreater need to any,then to a father,in helping himfor the educationof children, furelychi's dutieof loueto beean affiltant in aptifrnemaynot bedenied. Agaisse,toprofell our lèluesenemies to ArrianiGne, we vie, Gloriebeto theFather,and to theSon,&ç.all one withthat fo oftenin the Pfalmes, Praifc ye theLord: So maywein likemannerto auoidAnabaptifine, haue witneffes to teftifie to theChurch that we areChriftianly baptized. And as weare toreuounceall friuolouscere_ monies, fo tokeepethepeaceof theChurch, wemaynotrefufefuch ordersas tend to edi- fication, to loueand comelineffe in the Church. eatecbifrng. 6 Itis good toteach childrenwhile they beyoung,that whereas theyhauebeenebapti- zed, and bleffed inthe nameof theTrinitie, they Mouldhe taught forthwithsome quefti- ons concerning theircreation,redemption andfan `lîificaciòn. CHAP. 9. Of Coueteufneffeandtbedefireof richer. Caueroufnes. ,, v Here aremany which can beecontent tomake Peekvow , ifthey haue meate, i drinke,and clothing,theywil (erneGod:but theygovpwards fill in their world- like accounts, and downeward in heauenly things:theywill hone thoufandesof fheepe,els theybe but poore:theywil haueNabeothrvineyardwithRehab, &dwel alone, els they beficke. Thouhaft let vpthe heauenshigh, faiththe Prophet , els furely richnun besefmishe woud haue allthe vieofthem : So nothingcan latisfie mansdefrewhichisinfinite; but Irow /atirfied. God who is iufinit. And ifhe haveal the riches iii the world,hewil defiremore.A very vn- simile. , natural delireisthis(as the drapieiodcfiring drinke) when the. defire proceeds from ful- nes,for a man fhould delirethat which bee wanteth. The mind ofaman is not filled with simile. corporal chings,no morethen a cheft can be filled withwifdom orfpiritualthings.Butpre. Nate, PP fu ofethatrichescouldfilaman:ifwehadalwealch,alriclres,allapparel;weputnotour gibhes. es. wealth iri our minds,our clothes do vs no good, burwhen they arevponvs. ThepoTeffing of riches'doth not fo fully poffeffe.dieheart,butthat it can defsre a thoufandthings inore. ZRiches are in gueltíonwhetherthey begood or no.When theScripture fpeakesofri- ches, they,ioyne alwaes fomewhat to themto take away ourheartsfromthem,as the de- ceitfuloesofriches,theuncertainty of riches,therichesof this world,and therforelike the world-,nowhere,and nowgone they Issue either their own end,or our end.Theymakeno man good, but they aremen likeapenie purfe,which is worthas muchas themoney that is in it:but the money taken out, it is nothingworth:even fo isthe man chat146 1)4good aim), rich in his riches. Whentheyare taken from isisn,ise is worth nothus'g,hebaths nogood miman. faÚgoadnése God bath themnot, and yet he wantethno good thing. It is thecommoncomplaint, that the worft men doemoft abound with them. Dauid wasfaineto.goeto Nebel forthenr. Efeu hadfouehundred men,when Pee6laydowne athis feet witha few. Sometìmesin- rheuatureof deed they doegood, but that is not fufficient to ground a Maxime;they aregood, for riches. that which is good, doth alwayesgood. They haue a mixte nature retaining fouie vieas a bleßing
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