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The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A…
The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandments gathered from the mouth of a faithful pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholar in Cambridge.The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandements gathered from the mouth of a faithfull pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholler in Cambridge.
London: printed by John Harison for Thomas Man, 1603London: printed by Iohn Harison for Thomas Man, 1603
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God is the physician, & true repentance, and prayer for help, ⟨p. 68⟩is the right medicine, and if one use these means, they shall find help, the hurt is cured. Thus much for wastefulness, the next is niggardliness.
God is the phisition, & true repentance, and prayer for helpe, ⟨p. 68⟩is the right medicine, and if one vse these meanes, they shall find helpe, the hurt is cured. Thus much for wastfulnesse, the next is niggardlinesse.
A base covetous, needy, and evil eye, when one cannot find in his heart to take his part of the things God hath bestowed upon him, but will serve and pinch himself, and rob himself of the use of that which he hath in his own keeping, this is as bad as if he should do the same to an other; all is one to bring poverty upon an other by wronging him, and to bring a needless need upon himself by wronging himself. It is a most miserable and base thing for one to restrain himself of his lawful liberty in meat, drink, apparel, and honest recreation, where God hath not abridged him. This sin the wise man sets forth, Eccles. 2. 26. Where he speaks of two sorts of people, the one which God loves, and to those he gives not only riches and abundance of all things, but also the right and joyful use of the same, that they shall be able with comfort to use that which God hath given them. But there is an other kind of people whom God hates, and how shall they speed thus? They shall have pain to gather and heap up wealth which must be bestowed upon those that be holy and good in Gods sight. God hath certain enemies in the world, upon whom he purposeth to be avenged in this life, and how will he plague them? This shall be their curse, he will appoint them to be slaves and drudges, and lay up wealth great store, but they shall want a liberal and a good use, they shall toil and moil, and tumble and toss, and cark and care, and struggle and strive for earth, a great deal more then Gods children can do for heaven, and when they have been at all this labour, and spent themselves thus, they shall see no good day nor have one hour of comfort, an other must enjoy all.