Matth.6. '!1.19,20. Sermoninthe~our;,;.__ · 163 ; ----------------------------------------~--~----~---·,1 i Fiftp:mof Chri!hScr• fpccial caufc of the continual tcnuing ofGods iudgcmcms among vs is, becaufe we humble not our (d ues by praicr & fafiing vndcr Gods mighcic hand. It were thcrdore to be wifhcd; A l thingsfiorcdvp ; asfiluc.r, gold, pearls, &c. ~ --- , f/pon earrh: hnc ChrWl :1imcs not fo much :u: i 1 i11 rcg:trd of the manifold iufi occafioas, that publikc faGs were more often command~.:d by vublikc :~.mhoritic ) 3nd priua;;c fafis more con-· I !(ionably vfed in cucric familic. And thus much of the fourth p•tt ofChtifls . 1 Sermon, containing a reformation of abufc.s the 1 1 ' lacc; /sat the kibnd o 1 f.tdrcafurcs 1 ; 1 for hc:t- ; , ~- uen y trca1Ures may cc :11 ';p V\ 11 c v:e arc h.cn: on earth: and rhCrcforc he forbids boar-= ! cling ofearthly rrcafllrcs. Fo1;or-tr{elue.r : t h:~t . · j is, rcfj)cCl:ing your priuate gainc and bendit)all ll ' refpect to the good of the Church and <Ot\1· mon wraith laid afidc.So then the words bcarc 1 ~ • ~};is fcnfc; Tak,g bccdc that JOlt g.uher not r·ichn -; c.t; J: fQ.,f!.Cibt:Y',to hnard vp here be!owJ'orpmrow;?r: p~·i·· ! 1 H..ttevfo a'td /tmcflt a/o11e, mP.b.fng them)'O!fr!rea;. j i [ure.r in whJcbyorepmyo:tr rr:::ft ,u;d pla"tf:JOU.Yiq) j1 tmdddigf:~t. _ . j. . / 1 I in Almes,Praicr,& FaHing:out ofall which V\'C mufl lcarnc this one thing which ChrHl princi– pally intends; to wit, in allho!Jdmie.s to avoidc hypocrijie, mdcauo~tri1:g to doe !hemwilh thatJim– pliciti~ and Jinceritie if' heart, where"; we tru– f.J dejirctob.me Godtmdnotm:<nthefoer ,wdttp– prootl:r ofrlum, And fofri:IJI our works be not 1oncly good in thcmfdues , but in vs, :1nd :lC- . But yet tha~ .""ec:1~1a~ no~ m.i!h~e .the mt'a:-. 1 L~~~~~!t:~;::1 1 1 B nmg ot Ollr SaUJour Chnlt ,_I \·vlil ddbnCHy fc~ I l\ c;'!!tJ:, !' downc what things Chnil torbiddeth not,pcr~ / ,I 1 ccptablc vnto God: othcrvvifc, if we doe them in o!lentatfon,or for other fin iller retpcCl:s,the hypocriGe ofour harts ddilcs our good '-'''orks, andfom<lkcs: themvnacccptablc vntoGod,and j vnprofitablc to our [clues, I v.19. Ltry flat 'V! treafures !for yourfelues 11pon the earth , where the moth andcank,p cor– rupt, and where theeues digge through and~ea!e. 20. 'But lay-""JJptret!furesfor our fe!ueJ in heauen , where c neither the moth nor canfr.tr corrupteth, and rvhere theeues neither dig through nor flea/e. raining to the gathering or keeping of world1 -, ly goods;and then .,.vhat it is'' hich he dorh di~ I rc:Clly forb:d. There be three th;ngs rcli)~Cbn§' I the world, ·which Chrifi forbiddcth not: v[::... 1. Diligent f.16our i::a m'fn.r vocatiO?J, whe1:cby he prollidcs things necdfltll for himfclfc, and thofc that depend vpon him; for clfe Le fl1.ould be contraric to himfClfc, i;;iop:ing man to care IJiJ brct-ldivthcfwcatc~fhh·face, Gen. 3· I 9, & c'ornman~i~1y .~hat lu that willnot ~~~o~:r fi:)(m/t:-f t.ote!lte, .:.. fh~ff. J.)O. 11.The {rh-lftonandpof ... 1 foj]irm pf goo{i.~ and ~'·iche.r ; .for they arc the goQd hldlings of[;od, l?ccing,\\·ell vied., ?J~d : haue been poffeffed ofGods chilclren,as Abra-_ ' h1m~ . loli.,,Stll~mo.n1 &c. Ill . The gathering i and laying vp ofrrcafi1res is not limply forbid.. ! den, for the word of God alloweth hereof jn lame refpcCt ,' •· Cor. 1~· r 4· Thef.rher muj} !dJ vp for rbr: chi!d·an : anJ rhe D ifcip!e.r vnder· {l-anding ofthe gencrall faminc,by the prophc. a Afru.:S, I :,?,JO. 1 1 b (J~n~~i->1 r A&. 7 .1o• •••. lie of Agabmwhich fbduld be in al the w0rld, ~ garheredp~·ouijion ttforehtmd for the hrethrcn.)n ludM: and b lojfphs prottident wifodome is corn– mended by the holy Ghofl, fot hoarding. W the come in Egypt againlt the time of dcan l}._, for rhc comt~tou good :and the c: temple of,GPd c t.J,ing.7·5· had /,is tru:Jnrie by Gods appointment , fat Jb c • ., . J. vpholding and rcpairc thereof; fo that~Chr.i{l ~ · -..' · doth not limply forbid all gathering & laying '', ,; Here bcginncth the fihh part of this excel– lent Sermon, and it continucth to the endc of this chapter;wherein our Sauiour Chrifi imcn· dcth.torefor?'fJC his hearers ofco~toufor:.r, and to worke in their hc:1ns a moderate care and de– fire of wordly things. Now the order of this difcourfc is this; Firll,.hc laics dovvnc the fub" Hancc of his perfwafton, :md then enforceth & amplifieth the f.1rnc. T he ground & fubHancc vp of trc:lfurc or wealth. · ) . ... D What is it then, whith Chrifl here fotbids? .An f. Sundric praClifes of coucroufi1cffc~whcrof the fir[i is, ~.,·ceJ7iuefoekjng_ofwurldf:J we41!b, when men kcepe no meafurc nor moderation therein; although God gauc [t;fiici<;nt,yer thGy l'r:tdifcso( couctonfnc~ hc:rcforbid· den, 1 ofChrifl.s pcrfwafion conCifls in :1 doublecom1 ~l'l::lndcment: the firCl fhcwcs what VYCC mufl _ nor doe in refpeCt: oftreafiucs,v. rg . the fccond whatwe mufi doe, vcr.2o. both which bt: cn– forceth by their feueral reaiOs, in the fame ver– fcs::ls alfo with a reaf6 cOmon ro thC: both,v.2J. For the firfi commandcmcm , La; not vp rreaforu, &c. The meaning. The word here rr.anflatcd /({fcvp,is more fignificam in th~c ori– gmal, then our cn~::.lill1 cloth cxprdl'C;for it im– ports t\\'0 things: Firtl, ro gP.thcr t0'1cther: fc– condly, to !Joardor hcapG:'t-'Pin./forc things g:'l– thcrcd, ag:\1n!l the time to come : fo Rom.z.;. Thor~ hc.1pejl vp -:mtq tbJ fc!fc, drc. Trea[urc.r , j .:h:-tt IS, worldly wealth i~1 abound:mcc,prctious I r a1e not content, their ddirc is fo vnf:Itiablc. And that we may fee the dagcr of this pr.aCti{~ 1 • Ho-.v nrrc: :~. l \\ iJI here !hewehow farrc forth a man n 1 ;w rni m:w fc:<k fccke for, and lay ''P worldly wealth: for. th~ ~:;:~~b:ldly hcrtcr vndcrflanding ·whereof, this di!Hntlion ofworldly goods muH bee laid <lowne for· a ground~ Tht·y arc cirhcr ncccjfarie, abounda11t, orfopcrjlttom. ]\7ece/fo1·iegood.~ arc oft\'\'P forts; either nccd fal"y to mans n;uurc,without which no m~n c:~nliuc , nor family fl:and ; as mcatc; drinke, ap-parel! , lodging, &'c. or nccdfnrie to a mans r~~ue and condhi01~ of life , withou.c --~~---·---~~\vhi4<h 1 ~\:O~~~r:C! of !;00d~: l.::-lcccCfaric.•
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