Manton - BS2785 M35 1651

upon the Epifllc of J A M E s. V!iRS.I. of outward {ulnefs. A long coat Will foon be dagled, and rurne_t , into a dtrty rt111, and a fhort \Vi!! not covtr nak£dllefs; the mean IS befl:. See eAgurs choyce, Trov. 30.9. when he faith, Give me not riches, headd(:th, le'ft I be full, andden_y thee; and/ay, Who u the f.-ora? There is 'no condition of life begetceth infokncy and con– tempt of God, fo much as a luxurious fulnefs. But you will fay, What would you have us do? throw away our efiates? I anfw<:r, No; but, 1. Prize them lefs; when you po!fefs them, let th('m nor poffefs you: Shall I value tmrighteom jl1ammonJ the portion of the men ofGods hand? No,ler me ghave the favor-tr ofGodf people. g Pfa.t o6 4J~ A m1n cannot know love and hatred by all that is before him : & 1 19 1 3l. h Riches are given to the good,lell they lhould be thought evil; to hDanturbonis, the bad,lefi we tbould think them the only and chiefefl: good. ~.Do u:: puttntur ma– t he more good ; Duties recovered out of the hand of difficulty are la:malu,ne ptt~ the.:more commendable: Maf<! you friends of the unrighteotu tentltr bana. Mammon, Lulz I 6.9. Tis ufually the matter of fin, do you make ir the matter ofduty: The more liabl.:: we are to fin in ,any efl:ate, rhe more commendable every way is the duty of ir. 3. Setk God t'he more earnefily for grace ; in a full ell.ate you need ~t much. 'Iis not fimply and ~bfolutely impoffible for a rich man to go to Heavm: i Toor .La~.arui rejleth there in th~ bo_(om ofrich /fbraham: God 'Dormitparip<•· · can loofen che heart from'the\vorld; fo as'riches {11:111 be no im-p::- Laza,us i'IZ.fl~ diment to hindlr you from Heaven. what ever diffi ::ultie.r \\?e are 1 1ft ~~rahami told of in the \\'ay to He~":m, thty{erve oi1/y to mak.§ m dejpa.ir of itv.'tu. Aug, our orn ftrcngth and ahlttres, Mac. I 9· 26. . · Vr~cf'p and howl] x.,.,J.v7tt.1~· oJ..o?..~(aP14~, •\>.'erp hvwlinz. The fit!l: word is proper to the farrow of marl, J or the reafonabfe creatures, . and fo it noteth che height of the calamity; it ·would ·be fuch as . wouLi make them howllik_e Wolvef ofthe tVtntng. How/inff is a . fign ofgreat .grief~ nature overburrhened, frrivnh to give it ve~t by loud complamts. •Some·obfet ve'an alluGon; they that had lived af– ter the manner ofbeafis, like Hounds and Wolves, are here bi'dde1~ , to howl like beafl:s; but this may be a £train ofwit. Th:1t er.quii'y is moll neceffary and folid, whether this be fJ~oken here by way of , counf'el or commination. Some think it fpol<en by way.ofcounrel, . as if he would have rhem pr.evenc their J udgmems bygodlyfor row. The Truth is,. Thu U·the Way to ·efcape Judgments, MJ~n ·"'e mourn Obflr-z.'at~::. fo~ them before they come : After great fbowr J · theayr is clear. :r1s be-tter Weep and /Jr;w/ in away ofduty, then ;in a way ofJudgV.u u 3 • mm&. :.:

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