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This is the fruit, which the good ground must send forth for all the feeds of grace sown in it. Neither doth this instruction bound it self with our spiritual; but extend also to our temporal gifts. Hast thou riches? when God scattered those blessings upon thee, in the seed-time of his bounty, he intended thou shouldst return him a good crop at the harvest. Be thankful then, in doing that with them for which God gave them. Custos es tuarum, non dominus, facultatum. Thou art a deputed Steward, not an independent Lord of thy wealth. God meant them to promove, and help forward thy journey to heaven; let them not retard thy course, or put thee quite out of the way. Thou art a thankful ground, if ⟨p. 38⟩thou suffer thy riches to bring forth those fruits, which the hand of God looks to gather from them. […] merciful; be charitable; be helpful. Stips pauperum, the saurus divitum. The rich mans treasure is the poor mans stock. The distressed soul asks but his own. Christ may say to thee in the Beggars person; Pay (not give) me a penny thou owest me. Da mihi ex eo quod tibi dedi: de meo quaero, ¹non de tuo: da & read: Give me of that which I gave thee: I demand some of my own, not of thine: it is more properly a restoring then a gift. Petimusque damusque vicissim. Thou askest the Lord, and he giveth thee: but on this condition, that thou give him some of it back again. Thou art more truly the beggar: and God but a demander of a just and easy retribution. This is not all.

This is the fruite, which the good ground must send forth for all the feeds of grace sowne in it. Neither doth this instruction bound it selfe with our spirituall; but extend also to our temporall gifts. Hast thou riches? when God scattered those blessings vpon thee, in the seed-time of his bountie, he intended thou shouldst returne him a good croppe at the haruest. Be thankfull then, in doing that with them for which God gaue them. Custos es tuarum, non dominus, facultatum. Thou art a deputed Steward, not an independant Lord of thy wealth. God ment them to promoue, and helpe forward thy iourney to heauen; let them not retard thy course, or put thee quite out of the way. Thou art a thankfull ground, if ⟨p. 38⟩thou suffer thy riches to bring forth those fruites, which the hand of God lookes to gather from them. mercifull; be charitable; be helpfull. Stips pauperum, the saurus diuitum. The rich mans treasure is the poore mans stocke. The distressed soule asks but his owne. Christ may say to thee in the Beggars person; Pay (not giue) me a penny thou owest me. Da mihi ex eo quod tibi dedi: de meo quaero,