NEvv c 0 VENA N T. comes a M·~n to ddire them fo much from heflce arifeth thislufi: oftheEyes :·Now,whert chrift teacheth a·~ Man th<lt there is ·no fitch thing in riches, that he isbut deceived, when he teacheth him to ·looke on them as P~eul did, :he thinkes they are but drojfe ·and dtmg, but emptie·withering Flowers, .ldme.r 1. <.As the lam; I~ Flf)wtrS',fo doth the rich' <..Mimfode·in -111/his· wayes. Riches are no better ; he teacheth a Man that they are nothing: Why wilt thou fit' th)i heartupon.thttt which is nothing?Proverb.z3· ~:~~r~~J: .Allthe men in the world are not able to teach rea~htok~tow this till Chrifl. Ie'us-h•uh taughtitto·a man but thevani•i~ of ' . 'Jh" J • h . • r., ' • earthly thmgs when he hat taug tIt htm, I 1ay,the lufi: IS butChrift. ·diffolved, there is an end ofit, he doth no more feeke wealth in that manner as he did,he fets no more that price upon it as he did,he thinkes . how he may doe good-with it, howhe may make good ufe of it, how he may redeeme time no}Vfrom world!y things to better things: . for now he needes them not, as Pttul~ What ·doe you tell me ofmoney tt·1heede it not, but to further your reckoning ;I rejoyoeth~t I may – further yQur.reckoningagainfl: .theday ofludge– mem. . And fo for pride·oflift, that is; honour; and ~.Pddcofli{o . dignitie, and efi:eeme, and place of preferment, and applaufe ofmen, _all things·ofthat nature; Whatis the reaf6n that this lufl: rules . .and captivates-a Man r It is becaufe he-rhinkes-. , that there is an excdlencie in thefe thi~gs,but " when ·Cfhrift . bath·taught ··him, ~Jwhen , he· ,, , bath
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