r+ 22I Chhìp.Ó. aec6kding to S° 1 A. T T H L VV. there expounds nou s 'himfelf ) and here plainly intimates, when he 81tu;C ßtá 1peal eth of laying up trealures providing thereby for hereafter 71 F+sävfhv y +!' for to morrow ( fo the word.fignif,tth) and thinking themteives vat: (imply the fafer, and the happier for their outward abundance, as the rich fool did, The rich MOM Wealth ie hie flrong City, faith Prov to.r ç. Solomon, his wedge his confidence, his gold, his god, therefore Ephef. ç. ç. S. Panlcalleth him an Idolater, S.}ames an e/fd«lterer, becaufe he J3t11.+4. robs God ofhis flower, his tad ; and goeth a whoring after ly- ing vanities : he foweth the winde, and reapeth the Vehirlwi be treafureth up Wealth , but withal' 9rath, Jam.5 3 by counting all fiíh that comineth tonet, hecatcheth at length, the devil and all. Hence it is that S. yams bids fuck ( and not with- Atifiorcler hoe out caufe) Weepandhowlfor the mifaries that fballcome upon them:. judicat,tv'di ç,, He looks upon them as deplored perlons, and fuch asthe Philvfo- t 4 Ethic.,, ,. plier could call and count incurableand defperate. For the heart that is firft turned into earth and mud,- will afterwards freeze and congeal.into Reel and adamant,?hePharifees that were covetous de- Lu:ettó.t;. rided Chrifi, and perifhed irrecoverably. And reprobates are Paid by S. Peter tohave their hearts exereifed with cevetotre pratlices, z Per 2.14. which they contlantly follow, as the Artificer his trade, being Tvafm; /rtça bound apprentices to thedevil, 2.Cor.2.Ir. Left Satan "horrid let ,n,LriyWUSV. an advantage againfltat, or over-reach us, as covetous wretches do Metaplt,abave.; filly novices. Thcfc as they have ferved an ill Maher, fo they *ú tu;a fannut_ fhall receive the reward ofunrighteoufnef fe, andperifh in their corru- ftsL71,1uaiuos prions, 2 Pet.2.I 2,i 3. Their háppinefíe bath been laid up in the db devoran earth, nearer hell then heaven; nearer thedevil then God, whom they have forfaken, therefore' (hall they be written in the earth, Jer.z7.13. that is,.in hell,as it (lands oppofed tohaving their names written in P,11; r heaven. 7 holethat are earthly minded have damnationfor their end. Cod toteflifiehis difpleefure, knock! his fi/is at them, Ezek.22.23; aS Balac did at Balaam. And left they should reply, Tulh; thefe ärc but bigwords, deviled on purocfe to aft i aht filly peoph we (l all dowell enough with the Lord ; he addeth, verf, 14: Can thineheart endure, or can thine hands he firo» in the,daies that ! /hall dealt#ith thee ? I the Lardhave Token it, and avid- doe it. Oh that cur greedy muck-moles (. that lie riotingand poring in'the earth; as ifthey meant to dig thernfeives thorow ii, a nearer way to hell) would confider thisbefore the cold grave holds their bodies, aid hot Tophet nrn their fouls i the one is as lure as the other, if timely cent fe ben ttaken,.0fec,einrn negaam, faith. S,_Bernard;. °Mott.;
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