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10. Another effect of this Acquaintance with God, is▪ It will make a man rich. As soon as any one is acquainted with God, he is set in a thriving way. Man at the first had his estate in his own hands, and he kept up his Trade for a little time, and but for a little time; for though his stock was great, yet meeting with the Serpent that great Cheater, he was miserably overreached, and so sadly impaired in his Spiritual Estate, that he broke presently; and had not Jesus Christ stepped in and bailed him, and been his surety, he would soon have had all his Creditors upon his back, and have been laid up in that dismal prison, till he should have paid the utmost farthing; but through the kindness of Christ the grand Creditor had patience & offers to make up the business, & to compound upon better terms then the sinner could possibly expect. Christ undertakes to heal the infinite breach, to bring God and Man acquainted, & to set him up again, in case he will but accept of the gracious terms of agreement; and thus undone man that was before in a beggarly condition, upon his return to God, is set in a better way then ever; God his Friend now takes such order for him, that he shall be sure never to break again; he will be his Cash-keeper, he will have the oversight of all, he will teach him such an art, that he shall be sure to get by every thing that he trades in, he shall gain by his losses, grow rich by his poverty, and drive the best trade it may be, when he is forced to shut his Shop doors, I mean in a time of a violent persecution. Whatsoever losses or crosses ⟨p. 232⟩come, he is sure he shall never be undone as long as his Friend hath so great a bank; he hath a key, and he can go to an infinite Treasury, when he pleaseth, and fetch out supplies for any exigencies or occasions; and when all those that made such a great show in the World, and that were taken for Merchants, that were exceeding well to pass, shall be proclaimed Bankrupts, and be found not worth a Farthing, and be carried to prison for debt; then he hath money in his purse, coin that will go currant in any Country. In the mean time, though he be thought to be worth nothing, to drive but a pitiful poor trade, yet when he comes to dye, and when an exact inventory is taken of all that he is worth, he is found worth thousands:

10. Another effect of this Acquaintance with God, is▪ It will make a man rich. As soon as any one is acquainted with God, he is set in a thriving way. Man at the first had his estate in his own hands, and he kept up his Trade for a little time, and but for a little time; for though his stock was great, yet meeting with the Serpent that great Cheater, he was miserably overreached, and so sadly impaired in his Spiritual Estate, that he broke presently; and had not Jesus Christ stept in and bayled him, and been his surety, he would soon have had all his Creditors upon his back, and have been laid up in that dismal prison, till he should have paid the utmost farthing; but through the kindness of Christ the grand Creditor had patience & offers to make up the business, & to compound upon better tearms then the sinner could possibly expect. Christ undertakes to heal the infinite breach, to bring God and Man acquainted, & to set him up again, in case he will but accept of the gracious terms of agreement; and thus undon man that was before in a beggarly condition, upon his return to God, is set in a better way then ever; God his Friend now takes such order for him, that he shall be sure never to break again; he will be his Cash-keeper, he will have the oversight of all, he will teach him such an art, that he shall be sure to get by every thing that he trades in, he shall gain by his losses, grow rich by his poverty, and drive the best trade it may be, when he is forced to shut his Shop doors, I mean in a time of a violent persecution. Whatsoever losses or crosses