The Righteous Mammon. C••••) when itisabfolmelyfpoken, be, as the Philofophe: ('do.:,) when iris re- b; ,, !trainedWith a (• .V•) it is fcarce a time, and :rrbe mofl, IS rurned )~fHy fecHll(m, a , fofNtnr/4 as Ifld•re· Like 35 the fame word mthe Hebrew,that ligmhes etern1 ry ar other ti~es fignifiesbm fifty yeares, rhe compaifeof•.Jnbilee; So as(',;, •'"') is bm ' the fpaceofhumane life, which how fhort lOCV~r, IS t~e utmofl extent ofthe ufe ofworldly riches. Wealth is like unto words,by tmpofiuon,not narurall; for commodities are as they are commonly valued; we know, braceletsofglatre,and copper chaines, and littlebds, and Inch like trifles, are good merchmdile fame-where, though conte!Optible with us; and.thofe things w?ich the Indians.regard nor, Enrope holds precious. What are comeswhere thelf nfe and valnanon ceafes ? The Patars and Soufes and Deniers, and Quarr-d'efcns, that are currant beyond the water,'fervcbut fol counters ro us: Thus it iswith all our wealtb. Confidtr, I befeech you that all our Crownes,andSoveraynes, and peecesand halfe-peeces, and Duckm, ;nd doubleDuckau, are currantbut w thebrimof rho grav~, there they ceafe; and we jufrly laugh at the fell! of~hofe EaClerne Pagans, wh1ch put coyne intothedead mans hand for hiS prov11ion m another world : What thouId we doe therefOre ifwewillbeprovidcnr Tr2vellers, butmakeoverourmoneyhere, ro receive it in the world rocome; It is our Saviours counfell, Makeyo11 lri••ndt ot·ih<u1zrighteoNJ Mammon, that tbty tJ14J receive7011 ifJIO everlaftmg ha/Jitati- "'"· nd as a Father faies fweetly, IfJe<Willheewif• Merch<~ll, thrifiJ a11dhapp1 ufuren, p11rt with that rv/Jich JOH ~4•11ot kteP!, tbat J_Pn may gai!Je thAt.JOHC4mzot loft: Which that ye may doe, bothm preparanon.ofrnmd, and (when need is) in a charie>ble abdicari on, hearken to the Dunes wh:ch God!ayesupon you. The removeall ofevillmalt make roome fur good : Firfr therefOre our Apofrle would have our hearts clearedofevill difpofitions, then fetled in good: The evill difpofi· tions that doe commonly attend wealth,are PrideandMifconfidence: Againfr thefe our .Apo(llc bendethhischarge, That theJ 6ee noth.JNIIilldtd; thAt thq trllft 11Vti1J llllCtrtai~~e richer. For the firCl; It is frrange tofee how thisearthly drotre, .whi:h i!Ofit felfe heavy, Tb«t rbr1 bt and therefore naturally fincksdownward, thould raife up the heart ofman; and yet ""bit mhuhd. it commonlycaries a man up, even to adouble pitch ofpride, oneabove others, the etherabove himfelfe: Above others in contempr,above himfelfe in over-weening: The poore and proud is theWifemans monCler,but theproud and rich are no news: Iris again(\ all reafon , that metals thouIdmakedifl"rence of rea!Onablemen , CbriClians; for as that wifeLawgiver (aid, Afttem41l can heva/Hed at"" price:Yet sato...unnoted in his time,Therich rHier thepuure 1 not the wife: and Siracidu in his, The rich{peakft pruuat,,andw,atfil/bw ir this I and Saint Jamu in his,The man ~>ith the gold ring looks to fit highefr. And not to caf{ back our eyes, doe yee not fee it thus in our times? Jfamanbeburworthafoor-cloth, how bighelookes on rhe inferiour patfengers? and if he havepurchafed a:nrtle more land, orritle then his neighbours,you !hall fee ir in hisgarbe; ifhe command,it is imperiou!ly,with firrah, and fellow; Ifhefalure, it is overly, with a furly and filenr nod; ifbefpeake, it is oracles; ifhe walke, it is with agrace; ifhe contrail, it is in the killing accent 1 if heenrertaine, it iswith infolence; and what!Oever he dath, he is not as hewas, not (as the Phari(eefaies) like other men. He looks upon vulgarmen, as ifthey were madero ferve him, and fhould rhinke themfelves happy robe commanded: and if he becrotred alittle, he fwels like the fea in a Clorme : let it bee by his equall, hee cares more fur an affront, then for death,or hell ; Letit be by his inferior,(although in a jnCl caufe) thatmanfball be fure to becrutht to death for his prefumption: And alas, when all is done, alrer thefe hie termes, all this is but aman,and (God lmowes) afunlifbone too, whom a little earthly trathcan affefr fa deeply. Neither doth this pride raife amanmore 2beve others, then above himfelfe: And what wontfer is it ifhewill not know his poore neighbours, which bath forgotten ? A'. Saul wos changed to another man prelently upon his anointing, la arc men up~n thetr advancement; and according to our ordinary Proverb, Theirgood and theirblood rifesrogether; Now it may not bee taken asit harh beene ; Other
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