The Righteour Mammon. \ 673 1 A YeamanyaoneislikethePine-rree, which (they fay) lhisf>arkebepulledotf, --- lallslong,elfe it rots: fodorh many a man live thelongerfor his lotfes : itrherefore life and wealth firive wheth<r is more uncerraine,wealth will fure carie .t away. Job wasyefierday the richell m•n in the Eafi ; today he isfo needy, that he i• gone into aproverbe, Aspoor< ,;r Joi: Btli.{ilritH the great and famous Commander 1 to whom R•meowed her life twice at leafi, cametoD#Ie ob1lHm Belifario 1 one halfe-penny toBtlifirtH. What doe I inllance ? Thisis apoint whereinmanyofyou Citizens that aremy Auditor! this day, might rather read a lell:ure unto me ; \ou col!'d reil me howmany you have knowne, reputed in your phrafe, good men, which all on the fudden have !hut up the !hop-windowes, and broken fur,rhoufands: You could reckon up to me aCatalogueofthem, whom either cafualiry offire, orinundation B ofwaters,or robbery ofrheeves, or negligence offervants, or ~lteti!hip for friends, or overGghrofreckonings, or trull!Dgotcullomers, or unfa~~hfulnetfeofFall:ors, or inexpell:ed falls of morkets , or Piracy by Sea , or un£1ulfulnclfe of a Pilot, or violence of rempefis have brought to an hafiy poverty ; and could tell me that it is in the power of one gale ofwfnde ro' make many of you either rich Merchants or beggers. Oh mifecable uncertainty of this earthly pelfe , that llands upon fo many hazards , yea that falls under them ! who would trull it? whocandoteupon it? wharmadnetfeisitinrhofemm, which (asMt11otfayes) like nnto hunters , that kill anhorCc: of price , in the purfuir ofan Hare worth nothin~ - endanger , yea callaw"¥ theirfoules upon this worthletfe and ficklerra(b? Glaffes'are pleafing vetfds, yet becaufeoftheir brittlenetfe, who efleemes rhemprct rious. All sa/omoss fiate was notcomparable tooneTulip: his royall Crownewas notlike theCrowne Imperial! ofour Gardens ; and yetbecaufe rbefe are but Bowerswhofe defiiny is fading and burning, we regard them thereafter: Nowifeman bellowes much coil in paintingmud-wals. What mcanewe(my beloved) tofpend our lives and hearts upon thefe peri!hing treafures? It was a wifemeditationof N4Zianuntohis .tjleriiH; thatgoodiHono pwrpofe, ifitcontinuenot 5 yea, there is no pleafant thinginrhe world, faith he, that bath fo much joy in the welcome, as it bath forrow in the farewell : Looke therefore bpon thefe heape;, 0 ye wifc-hearted Citizens, with careletfeeyes, as thofe things whoCc:paning is certaine, whofellay is uncerraine; and faJ with that wonby Father; By all my wealth, and glory, and grearneffe, this alone have I gained, that I had fome thing towhich I D might prefermySaviour. And know, that as . dr•hauJ\vhiles he was in his owne Councrey (iris c,rilsnore) bad neY<r God appearingtohim, faveonlyrobid himgoe forth : but aft<r, when he was goneforth, had frequent vilioosof Lis Maker : Sowhile! inour affetlions we remain here below inourCofers,wecannot have thecomfortable affurancesofthe prefence ofGod ; butifwecan abandon the love and rrull of thefe earthly things, in the confcience ofour obedience,nowGod !boil appeare rous, and fpeake peace to ourfoules, and never !hall we find cauli:ro r.penr ns of the change. Let me therefore conclude this point with that divine chargeofourSaviour, L•J~ot •P forJOHr Jelves treaf•res en earth, 7Phert 11l•thandr•JI doecorr•pt, amltlmvts bre•k thorflll' ••dJleale, bHt laJ up fur JOHr {tlvu rre•f•m in E heaven. Thus muchof theNegativepart of ourcharge : wherein we have dwelt fo long, that we may fcarce fojoume in theother : Truft not, bnr Truft: The heartofman is fOconCcious ofhis owne weakneffe, that it will nor goewithout aprop: and better ~~. (" •fl) "' aweake !ray then none at all: Likeas in matter ofpolicy, the very fiate ofTyranny is preferred to the want ofaKing ; the fame breath tmerefore rhat wirhdrawes one refuge from us, fubfritutes abetter; 2nd in llead ofRiches,which is the falfe god of theworld, commends to us the true and livingGodofheavenand earth : Even as fame goodCarpenter raifes up the lluds, and in lleadofarotten groundfeU, la yesa found; Thefametmll then mull wegive to God, which we may not gil'f to riches, The objell: one!y is changed, the afr is norchanged. Him mufr we efteeme above all things, to himmull we lookeup in all. on him mull we depend for all, both prorell:ion and provifion; fromhis goodneffe and mercy mullwe acknm•ledge all, 1cd Mmm in
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