Righteous Mammon. A fucceffe futable: And now lately, hi> Sacred Majefiie in his lafi yeeresjourney ( as if rhe Sunne did our ofcompaffion goe beyoud his Tropick Line, to give hear unto rhe NortherneClimate ) hath fo ordered it, rhar their meanes !hall bee anfwerable ro their labours; fo as bothPafiors andPeople profefle rhemfelves muruall}· bleffed in each orher. and blefleGod and their King for rhisblefledneffe. As for the l~arning and fufficiency of rhofo Teachers (whetherPrelars or Presbyters)our cares, were fur fomeofrhem fufficient wirne~es;a~d we are nor worthy ofour eares if our tongues doe notthankefully procla1me tt to the world. As for this Sourherneparr, when I conlider rheface ofour Church in an univerfaliry, me rhinkes I fee the firmament in acleare nighr, befpangled with goodly fiarrcs of all magnirudes, rhar yeeld a plea~ng diverfitie of light un~o the earth; Bur _wirhall through rbe incomparable mulmudeof Cures, and the mcompetenr ptovtfion of B Come we cannot but fee fame of ourpeople ( efpeciall in the utmofi tkim) like to rh~(e rhar live under the SourhernePole, where the frarres are thinner fer; and Come fiarrcsrhere ore in our Hemifphere, hke rhofe linlefparkles in the Galaxy, or Milkie circle,wherein yee can fcarce difcern any light: The defire ofourheartsmull be,rhar every Congregerion, every foule might havea Timothy ro deliver the charge ofGod powerfully unto ir, even with Saint Pa•/Jcharge ofnote : Thot everyone which bath a charge, were ( l'damJr) able ro give the charge; and every hearer (:0.,/il""h) ready 10 rake it : Wherein I cannot but thankfully congratulate the happineffeof this famous,City , which ifin other riches it equalizethe belt, I am fure in this it e.ceeds all. Thereis nor aCity under the cope ofheaven fo wealthy C in the fpiriruall provifion; yea, there are whole Countries in Chriflendome, that have not fo many learnedPreachers, as are within thefewalsand liberties. Heare rhis yeeCitizens, and be nor proud, burrbankfull; Others may exceede you in rhe gloryof outward firuCI:ure, in the largeneffe o! extent, in the uniforme proportion offireets, or ornamenrs ofTemples, bur your pulpitsdoe furpaffe theirs; and ifpreaching can lift upCities unto heaven,yeare not upon earth;Happy is it foryou,ifyee bewell fed and raugh~and woebeunroyou,ifyou doe not thinkyour felves happy. Chargerhem,burwhom? Thuich. Manrhatcame naked ourofthewombe of rhe earth, was even then fo rich, that all thingswere his; li!eaven was his roofe or Canopie, earth hi• floore, the leahis pond, theSunne and Moone his Torches, all creatureshis vaffals; And ifhe loft the fulneffe ofthis Lordfhip, by beinga Oave to D finne,yet we have frill Domi11iu111Gr•tijic11m,asGtrfon rearm• it: every fon of Ah"- Rom 4-3' · ham is heire of the ,world. But to make up the true reputation ofwealth (for rhu5. wemaybe ash1vingall things, and poffdling nothing) another right is required befide5 fpiricuall, which is acivill and humane right ; wherein I doubt nor bur our learned Wick.,lef,and the famous Archbifhop of Armach,ond themore famous Ch.ancellor of PariJ (three renowned Divinesof Engl411d, France, and lrelawd) have~had muchwrong, whiles rhey are accufed ro reach, that men in thefe earthly things hove no tenure but grace,no titlebur Charity: which quefiionleffe rhey''inrended injiro interiori, in theConfilloryofGod, nor in the Common Pleasofmen; in theCourts, nor ofLaw, but ofConfcience, in which only itmay fall our, rhctthe Civill owner maybe a fpiriruallufurper, and the fpiriruall ownermaybeea civill beggar. God E frames his language roours, and fpeaking accordin~ to that ]mGevtium, whereon the divifions.ofrhefe earthly poffeffions aregrounded,he cals Come rich,orhers poor. Thofe hererikeswhich called rhemfelves Apollolique (as Come-body dorh nowat Rome)before rlie rime ofEpiph•niiH and A•g•Jiine,which taught rheunlawfulneffe ?fall earthly properties, feconded in A•JiivJ rime, byour countryman PelagiiH, and m?ur rimesby forneofthe illuminate Elders of M•u•fter, are not worth confutarion; or tfthey were, our Apol\le bath done it ro our hands, in this •me word, Rich; for there can bee neitherrich norpoore In acommunirie; Neither dorh he fay, chargt 11ttn 1~41 thef he not rich, but, charge the rich that tht:J he 11ot high-miwded. -wuh rhefe let us couple our ignorant Voraries,rhar place holineffe in want; with whom, their very croffes cannot deliver their coine from finne; which, tomake good the rule, that it is better rogive then to receive, give all they have away at Lll 3 once, Titu!Nm Ch~i. t•til'DtJ'*,'fS#- todt f uf/itia 6- j Jirt,
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