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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17320	The Christians heauenly treasure. By William Burton of Reading in Barkeshire	Burton, William, d. 1616.	1608 (1608)	STC 4168; ESTC S115749	64,773	170

vs to trash but not to Treasure to hell but not to heauen to the flesh but not to the spirit and so from God to the Diuell And being come now to the place and hauing found the Booke that will rcueale this Heauenly Treasure what must wee doe Search the Scriptures saith our Sauiour Christ to shew that there is some hidden Trasure in it more then is seene outwardly or more then they make shew of and so there is And therefore the Word is preferred before Gold albeit most men had rather haue Gold then the Word but Da●id could say that of Gods Word which he could not doe of Gold nor all the world besides and that was this Except thy word had beene my comfort in my Affliction I had perished And Salomon auoucheth that man to bee blessed that findeth wisedome and him happy that getteth Vnderstanding and doubteth not to yeeld this for his reason That the marchandise thereof is better then the Marchandise of Siluer and the gaine thereof is better then Golde It is more precious saith he then Pearles and all things that thou canst desire are not to be compared vnto her Length of dayes is in her right hand and in her left hand riches and glory Her pathes are the pathes of pleasure and all her wayes prosperitie Shee is a Tree of Life to them that lay hold on her and therefore blessed are they that receiue her But to see these are required very heauenly and spirituall eyes euen the eyes of a liuely ●aith for carnall sence cannot comprehend them and worldly wisedome cannot conceiue them yea many laugh at vs because we seeke for life in the death of Christ grace in his curse righteousnesse in his condemnation and comfort in his holy Gospell Verely say they so floweth cold water out of a burning Furnace and so springeth light out of darknesse and hereupon they conclude that none are more foolish then wee which hope for Life at a dead mans hand which aske forgiuenesse at a condemned person which fetch the grace of God out of one that was accursed and flye for refuge to the Crosse as to the onely author of euerlasting Saluation which are all the Treasures that the word of God doth offer vs and therewithall laughing at our simplicitie they think themselues very sharp-witted but alas they want the chiefest thing in true wisedome namely the feeling of Conscience and the ●eare of God-Let vs but enter deeply into our selues and so soone as wee acknowledge our owne wretchednesse the way for vs vnto Christ and for Christ vnto vs will bee by and by paued and made l●uell for as to the attaining of humane Sciences is requisite a fine and well furnished wit so to this Heauenly Philosophie is required a subdued minde for what tast can there bee where is lothing As many then as will not willinglie bee deceiued and perish let them learne to begin with this l●sson to know that they haue to doe with God to whom they must giue accompt let them set before their eyes that iudgement seat that makes euen the Angels to tremble let them hearken to their owne conscience bearing witnesse against them let them not harden their harts against the pricks of sinne and then they shall find nothing in the death of Christ to bee ashamed of And let not their astonishment bee a stumbling blocke to vs but rather let vs bee carryed from the humane nature of Christ to the glory of his Godhead which may turne all curious questions into admiration And let vs goe from the death of Christ to his glorious resurrection which may wipe away all slaunder of his Crosse Let vs passe from the weakenesse of the flesh to the power of the Spirit which may swallow vp all foolish thoughts And let vs still pray with holy Da●id that the Lord would open the eyes of our Vnderstanding that wee may see the wondrous things of his word for not euery one that readeth the booke of God doth come to the Treasure for it is like a Nut with a double shell both which must bee broken before the kernell can bee found or like a Chest with many locks and euery one must be opened before the Treasure can bee met withall To which end the Lord hath appointed Preaching and Preachers and endued them with the tongues of the learned and all to open the hidden Treasures of the Gospell of Christ. To which must bee ioyned a diligent eare a minde to meditate and a sober tongue to confer with thy Pastor and familie and an humble Spirit to bee enformed and reformed by the counsell of God These meanes are called digging and searching laborious exercises indeed to shew what paines and diligence must bee vsed in searching after the heauenly Treasure My Sonne saith Salomon if thou wilt receiue my words and hide my commaundement within thee and cause thine eares to hearken vnto Wisedome and incline thine heart vnto Vnderstanding if thou callest after Knowledge and cryest for Vnderstanding if thou seekest for her as for Siluer and searchest for her as for Treasures then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lord and finde the knowledge of God But if wee bee negligent backward and indifferent or luke-warme then will it fare with vs as with Laodicea wee shall thinke wee are rich and increased with goods and haue neede of nothing when indeed wee are wretched and miserable and poore and blind and naked And alas so it is with too too many and therefore when you come into their houses if the booke of God bee there you shall finde it couered ouer with much rubbill and drosse as Cards and Tables merry Tales with sorry or sorrowfull tailes profane and scurrilous discourses and paultry pamphlets and such like stuffe which domineere ouer the booke of God as the Iewes did ouer Christs in Pilates hall all which should bee swept out of doores or sacrificed in the fire and as for such humorists as do nothing but feede mens humours with idlenesse and ply them with the pleasures of sinne to the losse of their precious time which should bee spent in seeking of the heauenly Treasure say vnto them as Christ did vnto Peter when hee solicited him against the will of God vnto carnall courses Turne thee behind me Sathan thou art an offence vnto mee and sauourest not the things of God The next thing to bee considered is the time of gathering and laying vp this heauenly Treasure for there is a time for all things saith the holy Ghost All in time saith the World hereafter when old age comes or when sicknesse comes or at the houre of death It is not good to bee too forward in Religion or to meddle too soone with matters of God and Godlinesse for a yong man may prooue an old Diuell But heare what God saith thou foolish man Remember thy Creator in the dayes of thy youth

and euerlasting strife betweene them what securitie then can be looked for of any thing in this world As for man himselfe the Lord and gouernour of all things who onely by the rule of Reason should bee able to guide in Tranquilitie this swelling and troublesome sea with what continuall strife is hee tossed both externally with other things as also internally with himselfe As for the things that are outward whereby man is tossed and turmoilde they are innumerable and vnspeakable euen from one man to another and practised by one man against another Homo homini Lupus one man is become a Wolfe towards another What mischiefe is there that one man worketh not against another and all other harmes by what meanes soeuer they happen yet being compared with these doe seeme but light discommodities Who can number the disagreement of opinions the variety of sects the contentions of the learned and the warres of Kings and Nations Who then can bee assured of the Truth Who can assure his peace long if hee seeke no further for Peace and Truth then vnto this world But if thou or thy estate be called into question as whose is not somtime thou wilt repaire to s●kilfull Grammarians who can tell what Construction to make of euery things or to eloquent Rhetoricians that can tell how to perswade much or to wittie Logitians who can dispute thy cause well or to learned Lawyers who can plead thy cause effectually but then remember againe what contentions are amongst Grammaians not yet decided what conflicts among Rhetoricians what Quirks and quidities amongst Logitians what brabble and clamour amongst Lawyers who how well they agree the continuance of their Cliants causes doth euidently declare And if thou sayest thou wilt haue Law for thy mony then remember first that they will also haue thy mony for Law and by that time the Law hath tryed thy cause it may be halfe thy estate and wealth must bee sharde amongst the Lawyers and their Clarkes who hauing eaten the Oyster which made the strife will returne thee the shell for recompence Well then thou wilt say if thy wealth stand vpon so tickle a pinne thou wilt looke to thy Health and to that end thou wilt make much of the Phisition but then heare againe make thou as much of him as thou canst bee sure of one thing that hee will make as much of thee as hee can And as for the agreement of Phisitions about diseases their causes and their cures let their Patients bee iudge for that life which they haue pronounced to bee short by their contentions they haue made most short But if thy wealth Health be so vncertaine thou wilt then looke to thy Religion and be assured that that shall be right and sound thou doest well in so doing but then thou must take heed thou hang not thy Faith or Religion vpon men but vpon God and his word for else what deformitie and disagreement of opinions is there in the holy rites and religion of the Church where Gods heauenly direction in his Word is neglected and that not so much in the words of the learned as in the weapons of the armed and oftner tryed in the field then in the schooles But it may bee for more securitie of thy selfe and thy estate thou wilt looke to the common life and affaires of men and conforme thy selfe to the fashions of the most in house keeping in building in apparrell in recreation c. But then remember againe that if thou hast not light and Wisedome from Heauen thou maist soone slip into the broad way that leadeth to Hell And againe euen then thou wilt bee to seeke so many windings and turnings thou shalt meete withall for there are scarce two in a cittie that doe agree both many things else but especially the great diuersitie of their houses and Apparrell doth declare for who euer succeeded any man in an house were hee neuer so rich and good an Husband that hath not for all that changed many things in it so that looke what one man had a desire to build another hath a pleasure to pull downe witnesse hereof may bee the often changing of Windows damming vp of Doores and the skarres and new reparations that are done in old Wals. Nay more is not euery mans opinion Iudgement contrary to himselfe whilst according to the saying of the Poet He pulleth downe and buildeth vp and changeth that which was square into round By which it may appeare that almost no man can agree with another man nor yet with himselfe To these may bee added the contention that is oftentimes without an Aduersary as of Sriueners with Parchment with Inke with Pens with Paper before they can make them serue their turne and many the like What a coile haue Souldiers not with their enimies onely but with their owne Horses and Armour when as the horse waxeth obstinate and their Armour wayeth them downe What businesse haue they that speak and those that write at the mouth of another whilest the one through earnest intention speaketh many things vnperfect and the other through ignorance or vnskilfulnes or a flitting vnconstant wit misconstrueth those things that are perfect Againe what Conflicts haue Infants with fals Children with their Bookes and Young men with pleasures and vnruly affections Yong men are indeed to bee pittied for there are no kinde of men that would seeme to bee more merry and none indeed are more miserable and sorrowfull And againe in what danger are Women in Childe-bearing what wrastling haue men continually with Pouertie and Ambition What great carking caring for more then is needful for liuing And finally what euerlasting warre haue old men with old age and sicknesses and all other persons with death also and that which is more grieuous then death it selfe with the continuall feare of death But to omit this external strife which is one while with Aduersaries and another while without an Aduersarie how great is the internall Contention not onely against another but euen against our selfe euery one enduring a continuall war euen in the secret closet of his minde With how diuerse and contrary Affections doth the mind striue against it selfe with how variable and vncertaine motion of minde is euery man drawne sometime one way sometime another hee is neuer whole nor neuer one man but alwayes dissenting and deuided in himselfe Now hee willeth by and by hee will not that which hee would before now hee liketh by and by hee misliketh now hee loueth by and by hee hateth now hee flattereth presently he threatneth now he iesteth and presently is in good earnest here hee beginneth there hee leaueth off now hee admireth by and by hee disdaineth one while hee goeth forward and straight way he turneth back again and such like then the which there can bee nothing imagined more vncertaine and with which the life