.6. according to S t M A TT H E VV. 2 2 3 enough, but a black fire,, without the kalt glitnpfe of light er comfort. Where moth andrail doth corrupt, and where thieves, &c..] A powerful' difiwauve from earthly-.mindcdncf%, by the uncertain- ty of riches, ever fuLjeel to a double danger or wade. a. of va- nity in themfelvcs. 2. Ofviolence from others; ruff or robbery may undo us. As the faireft flowers or fruit- trees breed a worm oftentimes, that eats cut the heart of them. M the Ivy killeth theOak that beareth it ; fo, of the matter of' an earthly treafure grows mothor ruff that rots ir. Al outward thingsare ofa peri- filing nature, they perilhin the ufe, they melt away betwixt our fingers. S. Gregory upon thofe words in lob, ingreditur iaz Job33,.xa theraros nivú ? who loath entered into the treafres of the /now? fheweth, that earthly treafures are trcafures of fuow. We fee little children what painsthey take to rake and fcrape 'how toge- ther to make a fow-ball ; which after a while diffolves and - comes to nothing : Right fo, the treafures of this world , the hoards that wicked men have heaped, when God entreth into them, come to nothing. He that trufleth to hú riches .(hall fedi, Frog. i t, z8. as he (hall that ftandethon anhillock dice, or heap of (now. David, when got upon his m ountain , thought him- fclfcockfure, and began to crow, that he (hould never be mo- ved. But God (to confutehim) had no fooner hid his face, but Pfal.3o.6,7; be mete troubled. What's theairwithout light ? The e/fgyptianr had no j _,y of it : no more can a Chriflian haveof wealth without Gods favour. Betides, what hold is there of thofe earthly thing.?' more then there is of a flick of birds? I cannot fay they are mine, b:caufe they fit in my yard. Riches have wings, faith Solomon, great Ea?les wings to flee from us, faith a Fatter ; but to follow after es, Ne pafferinea gaidem, not fo much as final( fparrows Prov.a3,, wings. Whereupon Jdemon rightly argues, Wilt thou fet thine eyes upon t;at which is noi ? that hash no reali fabfiftcnce, that is, nothing, and of nomore price, then meer opinion f is upon it? The worldcals wealth f bffance, but God gives chat name to wit eo;n only. Heaven is laid tohave a foundation, earth to he hang- ed upon nothing. So, things are laid to be inheaven, as in a man- Job. lion, but on earth, on the in=face only, as ready ro be (haken off:. "489- 'srnr Hence the world is called afea ofgigfe, frail and fickle, minolad. 7"''')415. V, xs. L. I 1 withfireoftemp:aiions and tribulations. Thevery firmament (that 2.per,30 cs" bath it's naive from its firmnelië ), fall melt with fervent heat, and
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