Tbe Excelle11cy of Heavmly 1reaforcs. 559 when he is affured of th: Truth of. ~is Graces: He fhould not count any Man in the ·World better tha!) htmfeif; th1s Is to Honour Grace. · Vft 2 . And Secondly, Let rhr World hmce learn al(o to beware hon) they d.e[pifo the me.weft of God's Childrm. Men are ap~ to efteem of others according to their vifible Eftate in the things of this World; and if here they be low and poor, they trample upon. them as vile and inconfidcrable; but let fuch know, that every one of thefc fiighted and difpifed ones is a g:reat and rich Perfon; they are rich towards God, they are God's Jewels and reculiar Treafure, and God alfo is their Treafure and Portion for evermore. It Is Wealth, I confcfs, that makes all the t10ife and buftle in the World, and challenges all Honour as due to it fclf alone'; Says Solomon, The rich M:m hath many Friends. Well~ let RefpeCt go h.Y W cal.th, we are cont<::nt to t'O and ftand bv this Tryal. Solomon tells us, the Heart of the Wicked is little worth~ it is of no Price or Value, and !hall his Eftate be of worth and value, when his Heart is not? The poorcft Chriftian may vye Eftates with all the World: Let the World drop down Millions of Gold and Silver, boundlefs Revenues, and Crowns and Scepters, a Poor contemptible Chrilhan comes and lays down one God againft all tbefe, and beggars them; and fhall this great and mighty Cbriltian be contemned and O.ighted? You do not kno~v him now, but hereafter you 011ll fee him fitting on a Throne cloathed with Robes of Glory and awful Majelty, daunting ~he Grandees of the World, who rhall then !tand fhivering before him, wh1le he boldly fets his Hand to the Sentence of t heir Damnat inn, and fends them to Hell with a fhont : How will they with Horrour then cry out, Is this that poor and defpicable Creature that we mocked .'and defpifed? Behold, now he is exalted, and we are thrown down to Heil. Certainly you will have other cfteem and opinions of Men at the ]aft and great Day, than now you l~ave; thofe that arc honou rable now, will be defpicable ; and thofe that are defp1cable now, will be t ruly honourable, if they belong to Chrift. Vfe 3• Thirdly, This might alfo Jcrve to difohare thunder in the face; of r.ll thofc who arc fo [m· from laying up 'Tredfurc- in Heawn, tbat they lay up 'Treajitre in Hell. Such T reafures :tS thefe are, the Apofile fpeaks of in Rom. 2. S· VVho after the ht~rdnefs and . impcnitency of their fl_earts Tr~af.ure up u~to themfclves Wrath againjf the Day of Wrath, and-revelation of the nghteotts Judgment of God. Such who fin as though the EpiMh of their Iniquities would never be full enough, and the heap of their Sins never great cnouuh; let thcfe know, that when they have done trcafuring up of Sin, then God will begin to empty the Treafures of his Wrath and Indignat ion upon them: E~ very Sin they commit, God fets down fo much Wrath upon their ~cores, and he will be fure to pay them all at the laft Day to the full. Vfe 4· Laftly, Which is the Ufe I principally intend, and that is for E.">:amination, and I can but enter upon it now : Let us now put it to the enquiry, Wh.at is it rh,!t we make our 'lreafitre? V..' hat is it that that we account our Good things? Our Sav iour I told you, hereby diftinguifhes between Wicked Men and the Chil~ dren of God'; the one lays up his Trcafure in Hcavm, the other on Earth; and there~ fore the Query is, \:Vhat is thy Treafure ?. It is of great weight and moment. Now becaufc ufually a Man's 'Treafure is kept hid and fccret, therefore we muft the more inquilitively enter into the fearch of it, and before the ranfack be throughly made, few Men, 1 fear, will be found rich and fubftantial Men ; but more ef~ pecially thofe that gl itter moft in the World will be found to be but poor and def• picahle Creatures. · (,Therefore take that Charaflcr that our Saviour gives in the Text, J.Vhcre your Where our Trca[urc is, there will your Hearts be alfo. Put it now to the Qj1eftion, Where are your Hearrs Hearts? Truly, Man's Heart is not in his own keeping, no, but it will go along with his ~r,, there freafure, and where that i5 ~hU rvill be ~lfo: An~ therefore fays the lJrophet, fpeakR T,~~/urc. mg of them that made Worldly thmgs. t?eir Treafure.; Their Hearts, fays he, run after their Covetoufnrfs. Worldly PoUeflLons were their Trcafure, and their Hearts did run after them in covetous Dcfires of them. The Worldling feals up his Heart in the fame Bag with his Treafure, and a Child of God fends his Heart to Heaven before him, where it lyes as a precious depoftrum among all the rcft of his Treafurc, and when he comes to Heaven) there he finds his Heart among all thofe precious things that he Jball enjoy. That which thy Heart is moft bufied about, and mort take n up with, that is t hy Treafure : D ive down now into the bot.. tom
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