and Chr.WiaHity. , j-~~~~ .A - As for ~heir ambitiou&infinuations; notQnly all their ownReligiot;s eoKiouOy c9j down., buc the wh<i>le ":orld fe'1'11~d nng1ol< Wbac Q.lrgofSrat~atl.ihnwirhDUJ their rowJng? Wh~t Kmgdoltll' ll!rher ftanQS:<ll' i;llls w5rliout th~U'JOterme<lltn!if.1 WhlC q<~)>le Famihe · complaine~ f!O< of rh~ltcproling and lfealrh ? .\nd all this · - wirh a (!erne face of ftP pierieand fkrne moui5l:a~<lon. Yn. what ot~cr is their grcl'i i Mafler, but rhe King-pf Phari{es-f, - ~ho,undet ~-pr~tenc~ llfitlmp!Oplerie,challenges j without !hametohave devoured'dll: Wqole6hrHoan world, the naturJIJ inheritance> offecular Princes, by the foilled nameof Ptten patrimony, and now in mofl infamouwnd !hamcl~ff.uunQir•on,!ulJS greah!iAnP<~OUrs to:hisftirrup, yea to his fooc- s."'· mtm-<.r floole. But wbat wander we fo f:ltre from /wrqllY.t nob~miftri< (foith St. Jemm ) I d, c'"f'- ,,,{ ad tptos Pharif.eorit vitia tranjitrll111, (W11 SI 111 't!JrtJJthedmen)I.Pwhom tbr: Pharifit vice.r ~~a.~'{/"'" 4re derived.) The great Doltorofdie ~~ntlle~long o~oe faid, All fu~ their orPJt and. ,::,;;;;,;;/;,_,_ .B noli!>< thingt ofGod; and i; the world mended wirh age? would God wedid not find, !•-•uP fl•pl,m, it afnre rule;chat(as it is in this liccleworld) che oldtr it growes, themore difeafed\ ~~;;JJr!IJ:1 ~j' themore covetous : we are all roomuch the true fonnes ofour great grand-mother, '" ,1..., I"' and b:lve each ofus an F. vu fwcec-tooth in our heads,we would be rnorerhan we are: {tttnU al''JIIan- & every man would be either("')or(')either theman,or !Ome-body. Ifa number o£ ~":;:J";p.,,,.,;, your ronfcience• were ripr, 0 yeetharwould be Chriflian Gentlemen, Lawyers,Ci-. v.,. J"P""" _ dzens, what doe we think would be found in yourmawes? Here.rhc devoured pa~: ;::. ;'f:/c"t;;_ i rrimonyofpooreOrphans; there the commonsofwholeTownfinps: here the im-_ •.od•P""'f"< propriate goods ofrheChurch; there pilesofufury: here bribesand un!awfull fees;! ''~'"'""'-'"' there the uw;md i_ndigefled g_?bbetsofSimony: yea, wouldGod_l ~night not fay,: ;;:~.~;;,;;.,, i ,but I mufl fay Jt, With feare, wuh forrow, evep ofour facred a•1d d1vme profet!ion, pumiu;,,.,q•J ' c tl]atwhichourSaviour of his twelve, Tt<arUf11!1~M,6J:fno~aU. Themultirudeofl ';)""''f'!,"d;, our unregarded Charges, and fooles dying ai'ld lhrved, for wantoffpi!ituall provi- "':,,T,h~'/,;,1,. fion, (while they give Ui bodily)would condemn my filence for roo poniall. In all "' '"hd•f• conditions ofmen (for particulars are fubjecr to_envy and exception) thedaui!h<ers' ~';"'};',~" t>fthe horfe-leach had never fuch a fruitfull generation: They cry flill, Give, Give: h; 'p[,.,; ::;; pot give 3lone,that is, the bread off~tjficiencie; but G{ffe, GhJc.:, that is,more thaoe- ka'"'!. ''JJ/ or[~ nough. But what is more than enougb?What isb_ut enough?What is norcoo licrle 7o~!:!~~~:·~~:: for the infariable gulfe of humane delires? Every frlan would ingroffethe whole H.y, -'ufi, world ro himfe lf~, ar.d wirhtbarambirious.Conq!)er~~r feares it will b~ ~oo liule: ~~;;::ff;;;~ ~nd how few *AgurJ are there, rha.C'prayagamfi roorquch? Fromhence n tsJth'lt yee ht fl,ifm h.' m to Courtiers grate nponpoore Tradeswithhard monopolies. Hence, yee Merchants -!:: t ~;'.'4 whj!c: load rhemwithdeepand unre1fonable prices, and make them pay deare furdayes. .fi"; •·;~ "~?~ Hence ye great tneo wring the poore fponges ofrhe Commonalrie inro your private &.:' ""fi- · p l'urfes, furrhe maintenance of pri<le andexceffe. Hence yee cormorant come- A~ o-~. · JDOngers hatch up a dearth in the rime ofplenty. God fends guine , but many ~~~::~ ..., times the Devil! fends garners. The earth ~ath been no niggard inyeelding : but ' '""' ' . ,. you have beene lavi!h in t ranfporting , and dole in concealing. Never ralke ~;:.~o 8 _ of our extreme frons: wee fee Gods hand 1 and ki(J'e_t~e rod; b11t ifyourheam, your charitie, were not more frozen than ever the earth was , meane Houfekeepers !hould not need to beg , nor the meaoelt ro flarve for want of hread. Hence laflly, our loud oppreffions ofall forts cry ·ro heaven , and are anfivered with threats , yea whh varitie ofvengeances. Take thiswith theeyet, 0 thou worldli~g, which hafl the greedy-worme under thy ton_gue with Efoiet do~ges, )md never hafl enough ; Thou !halt meet With two thmgs as Gnroriable as thy telfe ; the Grave and HeU: and thou, whomall theworld could nor fati,fie, thcrehe E ~worhingswhereof1h0t1 !halt haveenouz_h: ENoNoh moNii/ it; the Grav• enot_wh "re i»hell. -- "' . " " J" I loven<;~t to end with a judgement; and as itwere to letmySunne fer in aclou.:'. Wee are all Chriflians, we !hould know the World what it is, howvaine, how tflnfitory,howworrhlelfe. Weknowwhere thereareberter things, which weprof<lft pur felves m1de for,and afpiring to: Let us ufe theworld like it !elf and leave rhis imporrunarewooingoflr) ro lfeatbens and Infidels, rhat know no o~her H("aven,coo. fher God.Or if you like that counfdl better;Be covetoNs,BeambilioNt;Covel Jpiritual/
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