126 [afes Qj Conjcience. 3· Booke. aud hfocuerlalbog m the kingdom< of hea- l A Thefecond part of the Anfwer isthio: Ii ueo, and fuch like : thefc may wee defire, and God giue abundance, ,hen we neither d'elirc (eekctor. Some againe, are good onely in it,norfeekeit,wemaytaketr,holdeandv.feir, pare, whiCh though they bee good in them· as Gods llcwards. Abr~ham and ;Iof~ph of (ducs 1 yetare not alwaies good tovs. Ofthis Arimathca, 2rc; co.mmcnded for their riches, kwoe is abund•nce of riches, and llote of and yeuhey obrained them not by their own wea~th more then necelfary for nature &perfcekingand motling, afccr rhe manner of the !on. Fvrwh1ch caule,riches in abundance,ace world; bur walking in thejr calling•, God m '' thckmfe in rhe hand of a childe, likely to hts proudcnccble!fed aud muhiplyed their hu!C,1f "be llCitraken away; bccaufe rhcy are wealth. For further proofc of this anlwer, (inloUiemco)occal!ons offinne,vnlclfeGod conlider but one only place,Ad. 5·4· where in mercie preuent and hmder them. And for P~.ter faics to Ananias,wht'n it rem~i,t'd)apper~ our (clue:,, what knowwee, whether God will ~amtd_u n!.ll tmrothee? andwhenitwM (OidclwifJ keepe and prefcruevs from finne, when wee 1tnot mshJ power! Thefewords imporc thus feeke and labourlorabundance1 much; that if we haue polfellions and abunO bie(!. II. lllschepromifeofGod,thAE B dauce, wee may with good confcience ioioy riches and trta{um /ball be in thehoufe oftheiuf/, them as blellings ~ndgitis ofGod, .Pfal.tt2.J. Agamfl th~Sdodnnc itisallcadged: Firfi, The anf..ver is two·fo!Jc. F~rft, riches in rhat our Sauiour fa~e•, ltr$ahardrh••gforhim Script.,.refomettmes, do:: fignific only tlltngs that hathnchtsJto mter into the ft.jngdomcof god, fufficient and competent, and of them is that Matth.19.>3· Jdnf. Theplaceis to bevnder· placero be vnJcrUood. To this purpo[c Daf!ood ofthem that trull iu theirriches, asit is uidfaics, that .1 fmallthinz. rhat 1s, acompe~ cxpoundedMark.Io.z4. _ tent,and nleanc portion, though butvery lit· Secoqdiy, ltisobiectcd, wee muCl forfake de, is to tluiH{I miln {ntrer then. great riches to all,andbecome ChrHls difciples,bythecom· thewic~dandmighri•,Pfal.37. ll). Andwheremaundement ofChrill,LQk.14 >6, .dnf. A as D;uid in another place affirmcrh, tharno· man mull forfakQal,not fimply,buttn regard thit;g (hall hu wanting to them that feAre God, ot the daily difpolltioo and pt:cpara.tion of Pfalme 34·9· and againo,Th<; whrch f"k£ the his mmde; and loa man ough.t to forfake rhe L9rd, fhallwant nothing that is .(ood: rhe places things thatarc dearcCl vntohim, bccaufe hcc are to bee vndcrlloodwith exception of rhe mull haue his mind rcfolucd to forfake them. crolfe and correCtion, in thiS fort; that they C Againla manmull becontent topartwith aJJ, o,.IJ hauecompetencie, v.nlclfe the Lord mnot oncly in affection, buc adually when it •end to chal!ife and corre(! them by want. commeth to thts point, that eitherhee mull Secondly, ifby nchcs Dauidthcre meancth lolethem,orrenounce Chrtf!. abundanoe, the words muCl bee vndetl!ood Thirdly,itisallcadged, tharrichesarecal· with thiscondltlon;lfthey be fort heirgood. ledvnrightcous, Luk. 16. 9- M~k.<yefrimds For fo all promi[es of remporall things mull ofvnrighte.u• M•mmon' thcrefote 1t feemes bee l1mitcdwith exception, partly of Gods wemayqothauethem. .dnfMammoni~ealgloric, kmgJome, and wiJJ~:md partly of our. l:dM~'~ll}on of im'quirie, not becaufe it is fo good and faluation. in I! fclle, but bccaufe it is [o in the comObied. II I. We mull doe good ro the l!lo.n vfe,orrathcr abufe ofwicked men :and poore,to the Church,tothecommonwealth, that in fundry refpeds. Firll, becau[e it is and wee mull alfo leauefomcwha,tro pollericolllmoply (though npt alwaies) voiullly ty. lanfwer' wemaynordoeeUtllrhatgood gouen:.for,ir isaha;ctr!lingtobecome rich may come thereof. Agamc)euery man 1s ac· ~ithom int!lqic.e.Secoo:d)y.)tt ismadcordina: ceptcd of God,according to thar hehath,and rtly,among hntu)J men,an inUrument of.m~· not accordingw that he hath nor, if there be D ny eud~. T,hlfdly, eudl gotten goodurevn– a ready minde, :.Cor.S.u. And the endeof · lUlllypolfctfed,~ndno.maQ can betruly c.ara manscalling,is no: togatherriches for him· medrtch,rhatvmufily polfelferhrichc~ felfe,for his family,fcrrhe poore; burro feruc .- . ' God in feruing of man, and in fceking rhe I I. ~efiion, good of all men' andro this endo men mull apply their liuesand labours. Obied. IV. Wearccalledtoimitarerhe Ant,Pro.6.& IJ.whichgatbers in oncfcafon,· for herrdec(e in another. An[. ThcAn<ga– thersinfommer, on~Jy things neceiTary; J11e dorh not by rhe inilioct of nacurc,.feeke fu· perflu1ry,andmore then i&neceifary. This dotlrine fcrucsto directand informe almo!l all the world, to beare downe rhe wic– ked pratlife oftheVfurer,and ro teach euery one of vs rQ moderate our care in things pcr– uining rod11sJ1fe. Eow aman may with good conjcience,pojfejfeanbje'R.j~ ches? . . : .. ~ ... "·;, TheAnCwerto this Q;;:nion, IproP.Ou~d in fourc Rules. • .·. .. • · I. Rule. Theywhic.h haue riches ar'e to confider, that God i&no~ouelythe (ouerRigne Lord, but the Lord oftlkir ricl.u, and rhat they themfelucsarebutth< f/""ardsi>f.God,to lmploy ,
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