Heywood - Houston-Packer Collection BV4510.A2 H49 1667

Eleart~1'ret(IWI; .-~jJ. · w0:uld ~ke hiq1 ho~ily proud to topfides; what be is, the honour 6od h~thput upon him, and treafures laid U\) i!l hi~-,- -'as aMa~ ' i$/alittle W<?tld,fo aChn{han 1-s jl .C,o~mon~. weahh, aChurch, .;tnda Heavao (~s tt were) ,within J{Im£elf : he bathamonopolie of the; be(t .commodities, a r!ch maga~in of preciQqS things tor the qeli~bt of God, profit of Me~., anacotnfort of bts own foul : though· wicked Mendo a~countthem not worthy to live in theWorld, '(as though this Ear1 thwere too good for them ) yet Cod· faith ot d;t" 1 Saints, of whom theWorldWMnot worthy1 they are too good tobreath in thjs.dirtyAir, and that be tranflated to Heaven : here ~I , .. might far exc,eed bounds, for a .cloie ta~e Cfn'i.f8dlllli b~_ave L•thtr•s. Character o~a ~a~nt , /he ,1s, en pliu& . , fauh he, a Chllde of ~od, anHearof Mea- 7)e~, h~trt_i· ven,, the brother of Chrift, the C011lpanion rtgai, fr~: of Angels, the Lord of the ~ World, and r.·tr .cJJr:ifle1; t,>artaker of the divine na~rc : B~ ~heared ;:::,::.11 "! therefore oh thou trembhog Chr-ilhan, be· DomitJN$ provoked oh thou carelefs {Qul t() look after mMndi,p~;·.l ' a large treafure, who woul4.. ~t be of this ,;,epsdi'fli~ number, me thinks it Olould extite:all rati- 3 • naturlfi' ~nal and intelligent ~reatures tp an holy ~o-· i;t· 1'•'';· Yetoufnefs and ambttlOn to · ~be filled WJth ---· I • ~ thefe treafures., and to be cloatbed,· with all, thi~ glory. . ~ , . · ·, , • ~· The·~rea(~red {oul .is .fit for i.O, condi~ · . · · tton: nothing can comeamtfs to the .Chrifri~· · .· ·. an .thus fqrnifiled, he is prepared for ,;all dif.. r .. ~ penfati~ns : nothing ea,, mak~ him mifer:.· ··· -.ble ; ~Let fillll and Si/M have thc.ir treafure , . . Wkh; \ . ; :

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