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Two sermons preached by Brune Ryves.
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Ryves, Bruno, 1596-1677.
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Epigrammatist Fis fieri dives Pontice nil cupias He is abundantly rich that desires nothing Secondly Learn to compare things Temporal with things Spiritual and see how the scales will turne Vilescunt temporalia cum considerantur aeterna saith S. Gregory the Glo-worm may seem a glorious light till the Sun that eye of the world be disclosed and Temporal riches may seem a great blessing until they be weighed with the Eternal in the ballance of the Sanctuary Raise thy meditations therefore to the heavenly Jerusalem walk about her wals mark all her bul warks tell all her towers and in comparison of that City that is above thou wilt say of all Earthly possessions as Hyram did of the Cities which Solomon gave him they pleased him not and he called them the land of Cabul unto this day that is the dirty land 1 Kings 9. 13. What were the pleasures and riches of Egypt the pomp and glory of Pharaohs Court in the eyes of Moses after he had once seen his God what was the world and the vanities thereof in S. Peters thoughts after he had a glimpse of the glory of heaven a ray of the happinesse thereof in the Transfiguration of Christ As some great Peer therefore that hath been used to stately shews courtly magnificence doth not vouchsafe so much as to cast an eye or a glance towards the mean and worthlesse Gewgaws of a Pedlars pack which yet silly children and fools behold with wonder and greedinesse their eyes dwelling long upon them So the soul that by divine contemplation hath its conversation in heaven scorns to suffer its self to be transported with the trash and toyes of this vain and transitory world I have read of a Spiritual person who saw heaven but in a dream dream but 't was such a dream as made deep impressions in him the glory and happinesse of it being presented with vigorous and pertinacious phantasms not easily disbanding So that when he awaked he knew not his own Cell he remembred not him that slept in the same Dorter with him nor could he tell how night and day were distinguished nor could he discern oyl from mine but passionately cried out for his vision again Redde mihi campos meos floridos Colnmnam auream Comitem Hieronymum assistentes Angelos Give me 〈◊〉 fields again my most delicious fields Give me my Pillar of a glorious Light my Companion S. Jerom and my assistant Angels And this lasted until he was told of his duty when the fear of a sin disincharmed him and caused him to take care lest he lost the substance out of a transported greedinesse to possesse the shadow the same operation at least in some proportion which that vision had on him may meditation have on thee Labour therefore to get a piercing eye in meditation to see the Invisible God send out thy soul in a devout extasie contemplate the glory and beauty of heaven weigh the happinesse of the Saints and Angels and of the Spirits of just men made perfect Think upon those ravishing unspeakable Consolations that like a torrent of joy shall swallowup those that are redeemed from the earth And these meditations must needs kindle and inflame thy affections inseparably to be united to God and work in thee an holy impatience of delay and a staying here a loathing of the things of this world and a wearisomenesse of the prolongation of thy pilgrimage here in this world being wholly bent upon that which is to come saying with the Psalmist My soul is â—â—â—inst for God even for the living God when shall 〈◊〉 to appear before the presâ—â—ce of God Psalm 4â— 2. Thirdly 〈◊〉 all this inordinate 〈◊〉 proceeds from distrust and diffidence of Gods protection and providence providing for our selves because we do not believe that God will provide for us have faith in God knowing that he hath said I will never leave thee nor for sake thee Heb. 13. 5. Certainly our great cares come from our little faith great faith would lessen our cares for Faith doth not only purifie but satisfie the heart So that whereas before Covetousness did make Gold thy God now quite contrary this affiance shall make God thy Gold for as Job speaks if thou return to the Almighty thou shalt then lay up gold as dust and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brook Eritque Omnipotens Lectissimum aurum tuum as Junius reads that place And the Almighty shall be thy choice gold and silver and strength unto thee Job 22. 23 24 c. So undervaluing the world the wealth glory and pomp of it thou wilt prefer God in all thy desires saying with the Psalmist The Lord himself is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup Thou shalt maintain my lot The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground yea I have a goodly heritage Psal 16. 6 7. Lastly To all these considerations and means to prevent or cast out this Love of Money which is the Root of all Evil joyn fervent prayer to God that he would make these means and thy endeavours effectual unto thee Pray with the Prophet David in the place but now alleadged Incline my heart O Lord unto thy Testimonies and not unto Covetousnesse and he that knowing the plague of his own heart shall thus pray against it Then hear thou in heaven O Lord thy dwelling place and do according to all that thy servant calleth unto thee for even for Jesus Christ his sake to whom with thee O Father and the Holy Ghost be ascribed all honour and praise dominion and power now and for ever AMEN FINIS