668 In thi1 world· The Rigbteou! Mammon, RichinthiaPoriJ, not ofit. AsS. JohN difringuilbethofbeing in theChurch and A beingofit, fodothS. P~•/oftheworld; Thofe are the richufrheworld, w 0 hich are worldlings in heart, as wdl as10 eftare; Thofe are rich in the world whofe eflare is below, whofe heartS are above: The rich ofrhe world are in it, but ;herich inthe world are not ofit: Marvell nor there lbould bee fo much difference in little particles; The timewas when this very difference of <• and ;, ,fer the world together by the eares in the controverGe of E•tych<~, and Dio{cor111; and here, you fee there is no JefTediftance between them, then betwi<t heaven and earth : 1Jf Tlm;thJ or S. P~Hieilher thould have charged the rich •fthe world, he had charmed adeafe Adder; yea perh~ps even wit~ this charge (.like • rutly or ill wrought Peece) rbey had recoyled 10 hts face Wtth thofe At"'"'""', Wh•t,.IUthis babblerf•JI Tbt Prophet iu foole, theJPiritwallm•• ism•d, as they fay in the Prophet: There isno good tobe doneonaworldly heart, it is both hard and cold; Let the Smithftrike abarrenew·come outofthe fire ( thoughitbeeiron) itbowes; lethimflrlkeon his anvile never fo long, there is no impreffion, but rather a rebound ofthe ftroke. TheMaker ofall hearts tds us, that the unregenerate man bath Cor l•pitleHm, an heartoffrone: and to whu purpofe doe we with our venerable Countryman preach to an heapeof!tones? Will yee have the reafon why wee preach our feiv"es hoarfe and dead, andprevaile not? Theworld is in mens eares, rhe world is in their beans; and they arenotlntheworld, but ofit; and there can be nothing in them that are ofthe world, but that which is enmity toGod,and that which repaieswith enmitie; fo asrhere is no way forthembnrperi!hing with the world : Iris for thofe onely whofe beamare not in their bags, to receive thecharge from God for their wealth, c and to returne glory tohim by it: To thtfe (whereof! hope here aremany before me) mufl Timcthiu charge, and my fpeech bedired:ed: Lecthefe heare their condition firfr, and then their duty : Theircondition, The) dre rich, but Ifl this ,..,Id; Fordifrinll:ion, forlirnication; onei~plies the etlate of their rich!", the other thettme. ., .. Their efrace, as lea me~~~'"'', thJiuhey arebuc worldly riches. The very word importsthat there are other;riche~; ' notoftheworld; as A•ftl• difringui!hes of P••per in llflimo,andfitccu/o; pooreinminde, and in purfe; fo may weofthe rich: There is a fpirituall wealrh, aswell asa fecular; ·and fo crueandpretious is the fpirituall, that the fecular wealth isbur Qarke beggery to it : This outward wealth is in acresofearth, in the bowels ohhe earth, the fruits of the earth, lleafts of the D earth;and all ofit is valued by peecesofearth, and one mourhfullofearth makesan end ofall. Who knows not that earth isrhe bafefr peeceoftheworld, and yer earth isat the end ofall theferiches, and all of them end in the earth? Seewhat itis that the world dote~ and dreams of; (fur thefe earthlyhopes, asrhe divine Philofopher faid, are but dreamesofthewaking) even Nth•ch•d•n.:r.•rs imago, acompofition ofmetals, and the foot ofall is clay. Earthly men tread upon cheirfelicity, and yet have not the wit rocontemne it, and to feeka better, which is the fpiriruall wealth; the cabinetwhereofis the foule, and;the rreafure in it, God himfelfe. 0 h•ppy refolution ofthat bleffed Father, Onmismihi copla, qu<t D<tH r/t<IH fiO» eft, <g<ftdl <jl: All wealth bcGdes myGod, is penury·Amhiaflt terrena, faith another: Let theGentiles fceke afterearthly things, which have not right to heavenly; let them deftre the E prcfenr, which beleeve not the future; The Chri!lianswealth ishis Saviour : and how can he complaineofmeafure, that bath the author ofall? Whac lbouid I need to faymoreoftheChrifrian heart? He is ric/Ji,God: and therefore well rnayheGng thatcontenteddittyofthePfalmifr, F'Wflu ctcidmmt mihiim pr.eclarls: MJ lo~ 11 f•lt~e;" 11 gocJgrc11•d, """I'"'" 4r,oodly herltdgt. Oh that itcouldbe our ambtnon thac N ~:r.ian:r.m reporlltofhis PhilagriiH, l•t•m co•ttmfltre, to fcorne this b~fe and (pardon anhomly word) dirty god ofthe world, and to afpire unto the true nc~es I Andwhen Satanthalloffer rogrtazeus in the fifr, to remit but a littleofrh< ngor of a good confcience,we could cafr it in his face with S. Pttm indignation, 'I h) gold •ndth}ftlvtr perij/mith thte! . Thceflaceofwealthis nocmoredefcribed by this,.orld, then the nrne ; for (·••••) -
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