The RighteouS' Mammou. I r. of the fame fenfe in d1vers words, without Idleneffe. There is favor in rhefe repetitions not loofeneffi: · as it waswont fur this caufe to beeobfervedboth in Cou11 • eels a~d acclamation~ to Princes, howoft the fame word is reiterated, that by the freq~ence rhe.y ~ight judgeofthe vehemence ofaffeaion. It were eafie to infrance innnny of thiS kmde,as efpwally Exod.o 5,3 5· P[a/.89.3 o.'joh" I.oo.and fo many more as that their mention could nor be void of that fuperlluity whichwe difclam,. Thisheape of word§ therefore fhews the vehement intention ofhi•defireofgood workes and the important neceffityoftheir perfOrmance; and the manner ofthis expreffi~n infOrces no Jeff~; Charge the rich, thalt~eydoe good, .•"dbeerich in doing good. Hearken then, yee nch men ofthe world; 1t IS notleft arbttraryroyou, that youmaydoegoodifyouwill, but it is layd upon you as yourchargeand duty: You muO: doe good works, and woe bee to you ifyou doenot. This is not acounfell, buta precept•; Alrhon~h I might fay ofGod, .as we ufe. to !'Y ofPrinces, his will;, his command : The fame neceffity that there IS oftruO:mg 10 God, the fame is in Doi1.1g good ro men. Let mee fling this frone into the brazen foreheads ofour adverfaries, which in their fhameletfechallenges ofout Religion dare reil theworld we are all for faith, nothing furworkes, and that we hold workes to falvation, as a Parenthefls to aclaufe, thatit may be perfitwithout them: Heavenand Earth !ball wimeffe the "mjuflice ofthis c:Iiumniation, and your confciences !ball beour corn· purgators this day, whio;hfhall teO:ifie to you, both now, and onyour death·beds, that we have taught you, there is no leffe neceffity of good worlres, then ifyou C !hould be faved by them; and that though you cannot be faved by rhem,as the meritOrious caufes ofyourglory, yet that you cannot be faved without them, as the neceff.ry effects ofthat grace which brings glory. It is an hard femcnce offomeCafuifrs (concerning their fellows) that but a few richmen•Confeffors fholl befaved'; I imagine, for that they dawbe up their confci· eoceswith unrempcred morrer, and footh them Ufl in their fins. Letthisbe the care of them whom it concerneth: 1\orus-,'WedeftrCitobeefaithfulltoGodandyou; and tell you roundly what you mulhrufr to: Doegood therefOre, yee rich, ifever yee looke to receive good; ifever yee looke tobe rich in heaven, be rich ingood workes opon emh : It is a fhamer!Obear~ofa richman rhilt dye.,and makes hisWill ofthoufands,and bequeathetnorhing tO pious& charitableufes: God and the poor D are no parr ofhis heire ; We donor hover overyour expiring foules on yonrdeathbedsasRavensoveracarbffe; wee doe norbeggeforoCovem, nor fright you with Purgatory, nor chaffer with you, for that invifible treafure ofrhe Church, whereof there is but one Key·keeperat R.ome; but we tell you, that the mak'ing of friends with this Mammon ofunrighreoofneffe, is the way to eternall habitations. 'fbey fay of Cp114, that hewaswont to fay he laid llp rreafures for himfelfe, whi\eshemadehisfriendsrich: but we lay to you, that you lay up treafures lor yourfelves in heaven, whilesyou make the poore your freinds upon earth: We tell you there rnuO:beaDAie, ere therecanbeaD<bitNr; that be whichgives ro the poore lends upon ufe to the Lord ; which paies large increafe fur ail he borrowes, and how fhall hegive you the Interefi or glory, where bee bath nor received the Principallofbcneficence? How can tharmanever looke robeGodsheire, in the E KingdomeofHe•ven, thatgivesallaway tO his earthly heires, and lends nothing to theGodofHeaven? As that witty Grecianfaid ofexrreametall men, that they wereCypreffe-rrees '""" ,' '•4"""• &c. faire and rall,but fruitleffe: Comay I fay ofa flrait·handed rich man; And thefe Cypreffes are not for the Garden of paradife · nonefballeverbeplanted there but the fruitful!: Andiftbe firfiParadifehadany trees in it onely for pleafiue, I am fore the fecond, which is the midfr ofthe new Jemfalem, fhall have no tree that bear"' not twelve fruits, yea whofe very leaves are not beneficiall. Doe good therefore, 0 ye rich,and fhew your wealth w be,not in having, bur in doing good. And ifGod have put thisholy refolution intoanyof your hearts, take thiswith you alfo, from him; Doe not talke, and purpofe, and project, but execute; Doe nor fo, doegood , that wemay thank your death·bed for it, and not you: Late beneficence is better then none, but fo much as early M mm bene- ,
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