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The rich mans charge delivered in a sermon at the Spittle upon Monday in…The rich mans charge delivered in a sermon at the Spittle vpon Monday in…
The rich mans charge delivered in a sermon at the Spittle upon Monday in Easter week, 12 April 1658, before the lord major, &c., by Edw. Reynolds.The rich mans charge delivered in a sermon at the Spittle vpon Monday in Easter week, 12 April 1658, before the lord major, &c., by Edw. Reynolds.
London: printed by Tho. Newcomb for George Thomason, 1658
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. Rich men are at best but Stewards; For the Earth is the Lords, we are but Tenants, Depositaries, Treasurers unto him. Now a Steward or Princes Treasurer is the self same man, no change of State, no ebb or flux of greatness, when he hath the custody of Thousands or of Tens: And surely God gives us our riches to honour him, and not our selves withal.
2. Rich men are at best but Stewards; For the Earth is the Lords, we are but Tenants, Depositaries, Treasurers unto him. Now a Steward or Princes Treasurer is the self same man, no change of State, no ebb or flux of greatness, when he hath the custody of Thousands or of Tens: And surely God gives us our riches to honor him, and not our selves withal.
3. Rich men walk amongst more snares and temptations; for riches are the materials which provoke, excite, foment lust, call forth sinful pleasures, worldly love, self-confidence, contempt of the Word, endanger our Apostasy in times of persecution, and our security in times of peace. And this is certain, That a full Estate, is ⟨p. 20⟩like a full Diet; as this requires more strength of nature, so that more wisdom and grace to order and to digest it. Therefore a rich man ought to look downward the oftener, to take care of his feet, and the higher the wind is to hoist up the fewer Sails, because there are Rocks and Shelves round about him.
3. Rich men walk amongst more snares and temptations; for riches are the materials which provoke, excite, foment lust, call forth sinful pleasures, worldly love, self-confidence, contempt of the Word, endanger our Apostacy in times of persecution, and our security in times of peace. And this is certain, That a full Estate, is ⟨p. 20⟩like a full Diet; as this requires more strength of nature, so that more wisdom and grace to order and to digest it. Therefore a rich man ought to look downward the oftner, to take care of his feet, and the higher the winde is to hoise up the fewer Sails, because there are Rocks and Shelves round about him.