Spirituatl thingsbetter than tempo• raU. Rev.z. .. -------------:------·· rlileadoption of (onnes, you ih~ll receive the high prke ofyour ,calling.,-&c. r·hefeare the. things-that f aut every where magnifies, ·as rhe condition that exceeds, and goes beyond the conditions of ou·r forefathers times: Now this great myfl:erieis revealed, now rhefe great ·ri– ches are opened,,thatbefore ·werd}id. Whence yeuma){gather thus much; ihat.graceandfpi– rituall things, fpirituall priviledges, things be 11 • longing to the.Kingdome of God, and o'fiE-, · ·s v s\ C ti· R·. r, s T, ex~eed muchalloutward·and .tep;lpgra'Hhappindfe: ·"'hy-are they .otherwifc · c~Uedbetterpromifes 1 'fire-re are many other .-places ·I know, to thew the vanitie of outward things, and to preferre fpiritua'll things_before them ;but let this be added to the refl:; this ,Covenant is efl:ahli1hed on better promifcs; la bour then to worke y0ur hearts fully to that perfwafiori, namely,to thinke withyour felves, .it ,is better to be:ridiin Grace, ~bett-er to have theprivileage·s.otJ((us chrif/;t'ben.i:o be rich in this· world, .R~v.z. :J know thy povertie, IJJtt thou art_ t;ich. y ·ou mufhhinkewithyour fdves 0 this is rha.greatriches; and therefore t~e ~ Apo; . ·Rle ex-hofits rich-Jn:fh, that they change. thefe otherdches they enjoy, 'to -fpi~icuall riches• .No~ aman will never beexhorte~ tochange, ·except it :be,,for the better~ Char~e thofe thAt _An ridJ,itfthis world, that tkey be rich i'n~good wgrt/ees: ·let'them fo uferheir riches, fodifpence them, fo manage them, that they, may--turne to other:riches.When a man is rich inknow- - ledge - -·- "---
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