261 lfeart-Treafure• .. ..-., rllns to thaeocdu1; a11d ·ilial at Iaft be cw.1... · ~~~h~1 u~. .lowedup there\¥ith, where ~here u fulntJ{e af ~- ~· ·. ( .jot a;acl ple~tfnres far evermore .: And Iet ·this ex~ }·· cite ~ll ,perfons to hoard up a rreafurc iri their ·hearts and inHeaven, ·wbich.neither moth n(}r • 'Mat! .6no. rN.ft cAn.corrHpt , nor Thiefe brett~ - rhrough ttnd 1' :r. · : ~ . Heal it~ Alas; pour creatures , ·if ,you get a- , treafurc in the world, , what will youdo for a treafure vthen.youmufl be gone hence? your .earthly rreafures wilL not pur:cbafe ~ecerna_l .bappineffe ~ you cannot alwayes live here~ therefore lay up in flore for your feives a :good foundd-tirm againfi the time tfJ come, thptt you mA-j lay hfJld of .eternal life, I Tim. 6. i19• ··Make ·J· • ·ifriends of the mammon of U113r;ghttlujnefs,that · :when the[e fail, ]OUma] he received into e'fJtrl~eft•. ~ ing Httbi~t~tions, _Luke .. 16. 9•: -Like -that ·;P!O• .vident K1ng ·,of. the Spartans, who ob!erv1ng the people: to d~thrpne .~-their · Kings : at the yearesend,. and tbr11ft them irito a forreign ..Jfie to live iQ mifery,~ did not ruffle it out in · ~ that prodigality wherein his Predeceffors li– :ved for oqeyear, .but fent a :grearefiate be– fore hip1Jt1to ~that Coun~rey ~here he was to be ban1fhe~, - that he ~. (Dtghc hvecomfonably ·when he .was degraded : ju~ thus: 1 muft the . ·wife and gracious Cbrifiian do ;·provide in 'the el.'ljoyment of all thlings·for a d~y of dar~· 11e£le jn the~ want ·of ::tU _.things: as Time 'is · the' (eminary of Eternity, fo the:foul is·t:o lay . ~l' herefor an ete~nal fiate ~.ereafter; ·.•Bldfed Is that foul that 1s foundwuh thefe treaftires .in bishea.r:r, a Crown ·ofRighreoufnefs is laid 'up.for thofe ill whofe hearts is found thework ' ;· ~ · ~ · ·,~ of \,: 1 .! .• 'i i "; .J tJ ; ' • • ;. J. · • 'lo C.._;.. ..,. f l • t I
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