The reformation of covetousness Written upon the 6. chapter of Matthew, from the 19.…The reformation of couetousnesse Written vpon the 6. chapter of Mathew, from the 19.…

Rich men use at every years end to cast up their accounts,⟨p. 19⟩ to see how their store and treasure increaseth, and it is not amiss. But it were better if they would take a time for this account, and see how this increaseth.

Rich men vse at euery yeares end to cast vp theyr accounts,⟨p. 19⟩ to see how their store and treasure encreaseth, and it is not amisse. But it were better if they would take a time for this account, and see how this encreaseth.

The rich man in the Gospel had gold enough, silver & corn great store, even by his own confession, and yet he was but a fool, & that a miserable fool, because he sought not this. Say that a man could get all the world into his hands, (though it be not possible,) I pray you what would it profit him, if he loose his soul for his labour? What madness is it then to heap up treasure in earth, and not to regard the true treasure in heaven?

The rich man in the Gospell had gold inough, siluer & corn great store, euen by his owne confession, and yet he was but a foole, & that a miserable foole, because he sought not this. Say that a man could get all the world into his hands, (though it be not possible,) I pray you what would it profit him, if hee loose his soule for his labour? What madnesse is it then to heape vp treasure in earth, and not to regard the true treasure in heauen?

But lay up treasures in heaven, &c.