upM ~he Epifl/e of JAM Is. VEI\S.tO. will work fome miracles ofGrace: Your pof{ejfrons will not be your ·ruine, till your corruptions mi~le with them ; under the Law the poiJr.and ric_h were. to pay t.hejame ranfom,_ Ex~d: 30. t 5. mtima~ing, they may havetnterefrm the fatnf Chnfi: Tt3"' Au- "' sm;atur ftines obfervation, That poor L~tz..arm wasfaved in the bofom of'pauper Ia'\ams rich .¥'1/rr.aham. Riches in·themfelves are Gods bleffings that come .f<b.cd 1 zn.fl~-ud. A~ . h' ;(; •r· .r. 'd .D r: f fh' h C. h. h ra 1J!Ut IVi'" w•t m·a Prr;m1 1 e: · JS:J.at , II:Ja :n~.2.. o 1m.t at 1e.aret t e t is , 1\uguft. L<J,rd, .That wealtharul riches {hall be tn hu hon[e'; that lS, when m Pfa1. 51 • Cod feeth ~ood : fm::all temporal Promifes mufi be underi1ood with·an exceptipn; They .do ·not intimate what always foal! be, but that what elver u,isby Way ofa hlcjfi·ng;The fruit ofa-promi[e, not of chance,.or aioofer providence : Yea, riches with a ble.ffing are fo far from be'inganhi1uierance to Grace) that they are an ornament to it: So Prov. 14. 2.4. The crown of the wi(e ~$ their riches, but the fovli]bnefs of fools isJolly: A rich wife man is more confpicuous, am .efiate may ttdorn virtue , but , it cannot difguife fo!IJ ·; Awife ttnan,Ithat is rich, .hath an advantage to difcover himfelf, which others have not , hut a fool is a fool frill, as art ~pe is an Ape, though tyed With agolden chl'tin: And to this fence ' I fuppofe Solomo~ fpeakech, when he faith, Ecc!ef. 7. 11. wi[dom with ·an .inheritance is gorJd; that is,. more eminent and ufeful: * Danttt'l hor1is And thus yo1:1 fee riches are as men ufe them, Bleffings promifcu· ne putentt:r' ouf1y difpenced; .~to thegood, lefr the¥ lbould be thought a!toge- ;::a'tmatbs-ne the.r evil~ to the bad, leD: they fhonld be thought onely good. 1\u~~ Hr una. • 2. That. a rich mans humility is his glory: Your excellency Obfervat, 2 • doth pot l1e in the pomp andJPlendor of1our conditifm, but in the meek,.nefs ofyour hearts; Humility is not onely a clothing, Put un hwmblenejs of minde, Col. 3· I 2. but anor-nament, I Pet. 5·5· Be deck..! a with humiiity, ~JIK.op.{3(J<fetS"'f., it cometh from a word that figni!~ eth a k.._not, that maketh decency when things are firfy tyed : Men think, th~t Humility is a debafement, and Meeknefs a derogation from their honour and repute : Ah, but you· fee God count~h it an ornament; •tis not a difguife, but a deck.Jng, none fo baje as theproud in the eyes of ·God and men: Before God, you tnufi not value your'felf by your eflatc and outward pomp, but yourgraces; an high minde and a low conditionare all one to the Lord, onely povertJ ha,th the advantage, becaufe 'cis u[uallygraciom ·: If any·1nay glory, they may ,glory that have moO: argumen~s of Gods love ; .nowea lowly minde is a far better teftimony of tt · then
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