Cut..i.i5.. t__1Coma'mentarie.ipeñtke . sot i sobictie. dutiesofcharitie,oriulìice: who (hapdnati then- garmtucsicookt¢inge4; their owne cloach, but cut into Come other Marts t -fo. farru frtsaslmttirtg helpful! roothers,as others cannot haue their due from thon :,, They Offend againfl the third rule. t. That exccedctheir order and i degrec,as when a feruant is attired like her Millreffe, an infetiour like a. 2 fuperiour, a carter likea courtier , ands fcholl:cr likeafouldier.. a. that diflinguifh noroftimes ofmourning-and reioycing :whetas alLgarmdnts fit not all feefons;feckcloth was ordinary in the rinses offailingand hu- Luk.16.4. miliation :and itisnotedriotousintherichman,thathewentinpurplee- aerie day. trifles Sot v. r_d il, .Ea;tn, Thirdly, in riches men faile againfl the firfl rule apish. a. When the heart is carried co feeke abundance , for-chat is an apparent fruit of ditl'c- deuce andvnbeleefe,whenmen are drowned and buried with adropfic, and defire to become the heires of theworld,feeking their hcaucn vpon earth: and (as if the life flood in abundance)neither knowe co moderate their care within the day,nor tovie it as the Manna,the tait whereofwas a for one day oncly. 2. When like thornes they-choake heavenly deliires, and the feeking of Godskingdoine in any of the meanes apppointed:and thus they become the very fnares ofthe devil!: the former fufferethnot God himfelfe, this latter fuffrethnot hiskingdome tobecome our por- 3 tion.3.When men troll invncertaine richer,às in a lurehold,faying to the ,.Tim 6a7. wedge ofgold,rhouart my hope: this maketh it hard for a rich man,thac is, (as Marke expoundcth it)one that trufleth in riches,to be faued,andne- ceffarily muff thereforebe a great enemy to faith. t.Loue. tor ,1 v The-fecond ruleof loue is violated, t. when they are gotten, kept, or vied fraudulently, byhooke or crooke, as we fay ,deceit or iniuflice: thus are they called vnrighteoue mammon, in regard of the vnrighteous a man whogetteth ill, and keepeth or expendeth them worfe. a.. When Pral.6a.te. though well gotten , the heart isfet vpon them , fo as men may as bootie drawwater out of flints, then any thing from fuch hard and vnmercifuli men, toany charitable or godly vie: whereas rich men fhould be rich in good workes, and fo rich inGod, ready to diPtribute; for thus after a fort they fan6cifie theirriches, &bring forth fruits furthering their rec- konitrg: Luk. t 1.41. Glue aimes ofthatyeshatte,andall "hall be cleane vaco you:inwhich words Chriff teacheth the Pharifes, that their meate is not then cleane,when it is ferued vp incleane difhes,but when their conlci- ences are cleanfed and purified by faith , which will mauifell it felfe in fuch fruitsofloue and mercy ashe fpeaketh of. 3. sobdctie t The third rule offo6rierie is diuerfly infringed. As r. when men beare themfelues vpon their wealth, yea fo farre,as becaufe men eiieeme of them, and aduance and lone them becaufe they are rich, to thinke __ that
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