Heart-7reafort~ [a plainallufion to anhoufe-keepers old fl:ore;. whichmakes a daily ftanding di1b~ -and 11e,w. .(upply from cne market upon fpecial occafi– ons, Old and New Tell:ament-dainties : ] ' This Scripture dearlyholds forth, that hehadi laidup what he now 1a~es out. Jofeph laiesu·l.) abundanceofCorn in the feven yearsof plen• tf.,. el(e there could not have been (upply in time offcarcicy, Gen. 41·47~48,49. · Thisonly .for a hint in general, for mor~ dear explication and confirmation of this . Truth. I fuall endeavour codifcover, ' ' 1. What laying up a Treafure is~ 2. What this Trea(ure in the Texc is.· 3· What this laying out implies•. 4· Why laying up is thus necdfary. · CH.AP. II. t -~ f - ·· .,. ' I ADijc9ver1of theN<atNre of aTre~fure ingeneral• .. . ~ .. . ATreafure impoNsthe lay.ing up ofthing~ for nece£Iary ufe in afcer-times,aod holds forth thefe feven particulars, all \Vhich fuit w~cv the laying up of fpiritual provifion in ·general. · . _ · 1. Layingup a Treafurc., implies careful:. . !lefs, anxious thoughts, follicirous endeavour1 1ts eafie to fcatter, but it requires Come indu– firy to gather,yea ·ris eafier to gather by filch– ing and cheating, that1 by trading or work-· ' 'ing ; ~n~ tbings eafily got byevil means, a~e as qu1ckly loft by ftrange waies~ Prov. x~;. 1,1. :J .· , _ · , ._ l3 -1- . · Wealth t:.t \ -... ' ,.
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