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and no wonder when he hath such a Partner, that will be sure to see that his business shall be managed to the best advantage, and that he shall never be out of purse; upon this account, the man can't choose but thrive; he will have something to show for his gains, when others have nothing, When the rich ones of the world shall be begging a drop of water, he is at the fountain. If we should take a surview of that mans estate, that is acquainted with God, you must lift up your eyes to those everlasting Hills, you must look East, West, North and South; all this is his, things present, and things to come; mount up to the top of Carmel, your sight is too short, you see not the hundredth part of his inheritance, all this is nothing, he hath a brave estate in another Country; he is rich in Bills and Bonds, when he comes to age, he will have no man know what falls to him; and whence hath he all this wealth, hath he not got every penny of it since he was acquainted ⟨p. 233⟩with God? But I shall be but brief upon this Head, because I have handled, what might have fallen in here before; but the world laughs when I speak at this rate, and think that I am much mistaken; the godly man rich! that's strange! what, rich with scarce clothes to their backs; rich, and fare so hardly; rich, and possess nothing! this is strange wealth. I grant it, it is so, for their estate is in invisibles; it is not he that possesseth much, but he that wants little, is rich: Will you call nothing riches, but Gold and Silver, and Houses and Lands? is Virtue, Grace, Holiness no riches? And will you call these little because he hath not so much trouble and vexation with his estate as some have? is Heaven, Glory, the everlasting enjoyment of God nothing? Is the possessing that which is more worth then a thousand worlds, no riches; If to have all things that are good for them; If to have more then their hearts can conceive; If to be filled with all Spiritual plenty, be counted poverty; let me be thus poor, rather then enjoy the Revenue of all the Princes, and great Ones of the World? And what do you think of this, you that are worth never a penny? Are you desirous to have a great Estate? you that go backward, and get nothing, would be set in such away, as that you may be sure never to break? Why then, get acquainted with God, and you can't but grow rich.

and no wonder when he hath such a Partner, that will be sure to see that his business shall be managed to the best advantage, and that he shall never be out of purse; upon this account, the man can't choose but thrive; he will have something to show for his gains, when others have nothing, When the rich ones of the world shall be begging a drop of water, he is at the fountain. If we should take a surview of that mans estate, that is acquainted with God, you must lift up your eyes to those everlasting Hills, you must look East, West, North and South; all this is his, things present, and things to come; mount up to the top of Carmel, your sight is too short, you see not the hundredth part of his inheritance, all this is nothing, he hath a brave estate in another Country; he is rich in Bills and Bonds, when he comes to age, he will have no man know what falls to him; and whence hath he all this wealth, hath he not got every penny of it since he was acquainted