770 d 'Treatife of[allings. hcc muft feeke for plenry, that he may haue A pent10frtw•rd. Thus God in m«<y opened whcrwith to do this good.I anfwcr,we muft hJS eyes, and made him fee the happy d\are do good indced,butyerwithin the compaffe of the kingdome of heaucn,and thcrby eauof our eflates and callings • and according to led him to leane and forfakc the honour and our ~bility;for God acccpt~th eucry man acwealth ofEgypr. cord1n\ro char he hach, and not according Secondly,vite mufl indea.\lOt to hauc: in our to chac · e haeh not. ' hearrs,afenfe& feeling of thewonr ofChrill, , Lal\ly,it is alleadged, that there be exalt!- & to fee our damnable dlatc in our fc:Iues & plcs ofrighteous men; as A/Jr4h~tm; f~tcD~' how r·eatly we !\and io need ofthe bloolof and S11.!omon , char aboundad with riches. I Chril\ eo wan, away our fins. Behold a nota2nfwcr, they got not their rjches by (eeking blc rncancs tomake any ma{thou1h he were aboundl!JC<: they weremadcrich by Gods couc:coufnclfe it fclfc:) eo turn his Jean from .fending,not by their own fc:eking.So may a· the pclfe ofthis wot!d,and to fcek wholly afny m:m accept ahundace, when ic is rhc: plea· . ter fplntUal & hcaucnly rhiogs.For the confurc ofGod to bd\ow it vpon rhem, while fid_erarion ofour own mi[ery in our felucs,& they walke in rheircallings,t\nd itca not be B a hucly fenfe ofthe ncede we haueofChrill, ·llic:wc:d, that either A~r•b•m, l11co/J or Sa/,.. wd make vs hunger after him and his righte- ,,,.., wanring riches, fought for eh em: but oufnti,aboue 2l things in the world.We find commonly the coaerous manlayes F,lot! how by cxperiCce,that many arc inducdwith good to gerrhus much for himfelfe, & t JUs much gifrsofknowled~ofioy in the word ofGod, ror his children' fo many hundreds, and fa ofzc:alc, &c. w o ncucrrhcldfc: in their calmany thoufands: wheras/acob asked of God, Jings be ouercome with rhisfoule lio of eo· bur food and raymenr. Thcdorc: whatfoeua uerou!nes: & the rea{ on is,bccaufe they \>Vere i.!i faid to the conrrary, the rrurh is, rhat no n~u~r thoroughly touched with any ten re or man can with goo,d cO/Cicnce feck for things feeling of the need thty had ofChril\, their more rhen nccctfary.And thisoncrhing mull: hearts are dead in fin & corrupcion,:tnd they be as a corde vnro vs, to reflraine our afFetti~ ' neuer knew rhevilenes oftheir own natures, ons from the world : thai God hath giuen a and in what exrreamc mifery they are our of commandcment, that we mull fccke onelr Chrii\,And ifrheymighr be brough:roa fee. forrhings,thatmay be in ChrHlian wifdome ling oftheir vnworchines, &made tohunger dleemed necelforie. •. C after him, they would thenbegin ro fay with Now let vs proceed to feareh ho'wwem'!)' S.Paul, I •ft""'' •llthi11g .udun,t in "gml•f Phll.l.l curne our affel'tions from the world ro better Chrif/; And with D•uid, As the H•rt brsitth rhings.The way is this.As rhe cholerick per. -fur theriNm •fwmr~,fo thirfllth"'! !••'• •!- P!al.it~l fans lhac defire to rellraine their hallinetfe, ttrtbee,O Lo•·d.This is the counfcll ofChrill, rnuft turn ic againfi rhcrnfelues for their own Firft foek! tlukingdo~m •fGod& hid righttouf. finnes: Euen tO the worldling that defires eo '11t/fo,M411b.,6.33,We muft in our [dues be as rurne hi'> gripplc mind from earrhly things, rhe wounded man chat lay in the way, due mull fer his minde on the kingdome oflJeaChriJl IefUs rhe true Samaritahe may come uen.And for eh~ doing o'frhis,rwo things arc byvs tofuppieourwounds,and eo powre his etpecially required:firtt,we m!Jil: endeauor eo owne precious blood into our !OulcJ. For as haue the eyes ot our mind~s enlightened by M•ry faid,God fiats tht h•ngr] >rithgood things, Gods fpirit,th>t we may fee how happythe •- bt~t the rich be {t~tdt tD'Jf!J ~iU)'IiiiJ,And thuslhtd r.uk.t. s; !\ate is that God bath prepared in his ownc we be able byGods gracC'W curn oun_tfeCti6!( : Kingdome for rhcm rhac loue him. Thus D fer on the world,to hcau cly things.Thuul!o l'••lprayedforrhe Ephefians, Eph. 1. 18. we fee how to walk in ou~ cal!it~gs wirhgood Th<~. the qes •f their ..nderfl•nai•g might be inconfcicnce)&ro auoid the fin of couecoufnes. !ightned, th4l they might k,o, wh11t the IJt,pt W41 Now 1come ro che JCcond fin ofiniuJlkc, ofthetr calli11g, ~tnd wh4t tbe riches of hUglorioHJ wherby 11,1en <Jbu!C their calling~,ro the hurt inJurit11tJClU;, the S11int1. The bcall'rhar goe~ and hinderance of othrrsJcitber publihly or in a bare cOmon, if once it kt eye on a better priuarly. Exlinplc ofrhiswc h~ue in Zttc'h~. Luk,19.8 paltuf',wil without furrher delay,ouer hedg, m the Publican, who enri<hrd himfrlfe by and dirch 2nd all,till it come inro che faid pa· cauJllatioo. Now this fin fprcadcs ir f.:lfl! as tlurc.Now that which is in n:uure,(hold much largly through all degrees and llmsofmen, more bein them chat arc p'arrakc:rs of the as t'he forma fin ne of. couctoufnelfe: as will grace of Chrill, Therxorc although like appeuc, ifwe do but r.ake a view of fuch moales we hauc our hca · alwaics rocing vn· as be the principall railings. And 6rft,to beder the earrh : yer ifwe do by grace buccal\ gin whh Emperors and.P~inc.es, by whom is our cy<a ro the joyes of hea.uc.w~ canQot but pn[!ifcd the grcatefi mJUfbcc that can be, turneour hcarrs from rhe lcueof this prcfent as they arc in. the grcacd! c21lings: for many world. A notable example of ehis we haue in of them cont~nc not them!Clucs with their MojeJ, who when hcmighr haue bin heire own dominiOs, but encroach either by fraud toPhlfragudaughter,rcfufcdhonor,tjlumil•g or by violtnce on their ncigh_bor-kingdorr.s 1 I· Hcb.1r. th~ rcltd:...e1jChrJjl gre~J.ter richu1hen the tre;t. and for the cncrcafing ofehen dhtes, fpare ''· /Mm •f Eg]pt:h«••ft ht b•dre()t&l to tht rt<l111· ootto llJ<d riurrs ot'blood, As at this day, the
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