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A61776	The certainty of heavenly and the uncertainty of earthly treasures together with a discovery where the treasure and heart is placed / as it was delivered in severall sermons by that eminently faithfull servant of Christ, Mr. William Strong ...	Strong, William, d. 1654.	1654 (1654)	Wing S5998	58,281	207

Devills were subject to them Now he doth not forbid their joy but hee doth augment their joy Rejoyce rather that your names are written in the book of life so when he faith Matth. 20.18 Feare not him that can kill the body he forbids you not altogether to fear but see if your feare be plac'd on the right object that is himselfe more then them so when men are apt to glory in some excellency they have obtained saith the Holy Ghost Jer. 9.23 Let not the wife man glory in his wisdom neither let the mighty man glory in his might let not the rich man glory in his riches but let him that glorieth glory in this that he understandeth and knoweth me that I am the Lord. Set a right object for your glorying in so here hee doth not forbid you to labour for riches but to be rich towards God he doth not forbid you to bee adorned but let it bee with beauties of holinesse 2. It 's observed that there are diverse waies of treasuring 3. Sort of treasure there are three forts of treasures that are laid up three severall waies 1. 1 Treasures on Earth There are treasures on Earth some place their hapinesse on the things below our Saviour faith lock not to the things that are seen but have an eye to the things that are not seen It was well observed by one that that whieh a man loves and aimes at as his end that 's his treasure A man that hath no end beyond this life hath no treasure beyond this life let me be rich let me be honourable and brave in this world that 's all he looks at He looks not up to the treasure above this man placeth his affections on the Earth and makes that his portion 2. There are Treasures in Hell 3. Treasures in Hell some lay up their treasures in Hell Rom. 2.5 they treasure up to themselves wrath against the day of wrath There are two treasures one of sin and the other of wrath and the one sits for the other as the man adds to the one so God adds to the other for you must know as sinne ripens so doth judgement as sin encreaseth so doth wrath Ezek. 7.10 The Rod hath blossomed as Pride hath budded It 's spoken of Gods bringing of wrath upon Nebuchadnezzar now mind the gradation the Rod first blossoms then it buds judgement first ripens and then ruins you read in scripture of an Ephah of wickednesse that is that which notes the full measure of wickednesse and you read of a Talent which is judgement proportioned to the sin As you fill up the treasures of your sins so God fills up the treasures of his wrath you think you onely carry on your own treasure but God is carrying on his treasury of wrath also The 3. 2 Treasures in Heaven Sort are those that lay up treasure in Heaven that place their happinesse in the chief good in nothing but Heaven that have aimes beyond this life the things present are but for their way not for the end of their Journey Every man is as his chiefe good and as his utmost end is if thy end be Earthly thou art a man of the Earth if Heavenly thou art a man of Heaven It is said Psal 17.14 Men of the world that have their portion in this life They are called men of this world because their end and aime is not beyond this world But the Saints and Citizens of Heaven are so called because their end and aime is beyond this life and their chief good lies there 3. You are to observe the manner and nature of this command lay up treasures in Heaven his meaning is not that they should lay up nothing on Earth To lay up on Earth is a duty as to provide things necessary for the body but in especiall manner bee sure to lay up in Heaven have your hearts in Heaven though your bodies be on the Earth we ought to lay up something in summer against the time of Winter Parents ought to lay up for their Children Lay not up treasure on Earth that is to say as it is contrary to a treasure in Heaven but so as it may be helpfull to thy treasure in Heaven Again lay not up treasure on earth so as if there were an absolute necessity of it or as if a man could not live without it ●●ke 12.15 a mans life consisteth not in the abundance of the things that he possesseth Lastly lay not up treasure on Earth so as to neglect Heaven let not this be a means to take off your hearts from higher things if so your treasure will be your curse and God gives you a great estate in great Judgement Let us now come to set home this Exhortation seeing some lay up treasures in Earth some lay up treasures in Heaven do you be exhorted to lay up your treasures in Heaven Four things I will speak to in proscuting of it 1. What is meant by Heaven 2. What are the treasures of Heaven 3. What is it to lay up treasures in Heaven 4. Some arguments to enforce the Exhortation First what is meant by Heaven What is meant by Heaven There is a twofold Exposition of it and we may make an improvement of both of them 1. 1 God himself By Heaven some expound it of God himselfe as if hee should say lay up your treasures in God with God so that they take Heaven for God that is the God of Heaven the pleasures of Heaven Now this will help you to understand other Scriptures Mat. 21.25 The Baptism of John was it from Heaven that is from the God of Heaven Heaven is there put for God so Luke 15.18 Father I have sinned against Heaven that is against the God of Heaven the God that dwells in Heaven there 's your happinesse alone let your chief good be laid up in him let him who hath promised to be our portion and exceeding great reward be our treasure in Heaven yet you are to consider that the Scripture speakes of other treasures in Heaven Luke 12.33 Provide your selves a treasure in Heaven that faileth not that is of good works but they are onely as they aim at God God is himself the great reward and the rich treasure of Heaven this is the excellency of every gratious performance of duty 't is a treasure of heaven because it is recorded in heaven by God himselfe lay up therefore your treasures with God that he may be your eternall reward The 2. 2 The third Heaven Exposition of this place is this They take Heaven for the third Heaven the highest Heaven the habitation of Gods majestie and glory the place where the Saints shall be with God where the Angels have Communion with God Ier. 23.23 He is said to fill heaven and earth 't is called the place where his honour dwels there you have two things 1. The Vision of him 2. The Fruition of him so 't is said to

because he shall never be separated from the thing beloved his love shall continue for ever in heaven and he shall never be separated from it Then examine your selves that which you feare to be separated from is that which the love of your heart runs out unto 8. 8 Love is victorious Love is victorious Cant. 8.4 'T is strong as death there 's a kind of dominion in love looke over the love that men bear to the things of this life let them have but Riches and if Christ and the glory of heaven be tendered to them as the young man had in the Gospel and bid them sell all they will go away sorrowful why so the love of the world overcomes them On the other side offer a godly man all the comforts of this life whatsoever his heart could wish yet notwithstanding he doth not imbrace it why so his love to God out-bids them and overcomes them Love it is like Lime in that respect many waters cannot quench love Cant. 8.7 Nay the more you pou●e upon lime the hotter it burns It s not onely faith that overcomes the world but love overcomes the world for love is a victorious Grace as well as Faith If you be offered great things in this world greater things in another world doth overcome them therefore examine where your love is for where your love is ther 's your heart where your heart is there 's your Treasure where your Treasure is there 's your Heaven where your Heaven is there 's your God and where your God is there 's your happinesse There are onely three short uses I shall make and so shut up the point Use 1. 1. Use Shall be in generall in two things 1. To discover the fulnesse that is in every scripture sentence From hence see the fulnesse of Scripture every short sentence of it how full of matter is it the smallest things in Scripture there are great things depending on them therefore a Father cryes out in admiration of the fulnesse of the Scripture It s observed by Chrysostome he saith It s the greatest Blasphemy that can be to think that in the Booke of God there should be found one idle word hee that will judge you for idle words will not write one idle word There 's one place which Chrysostome himself insists upon its 1 Tim. 5.23 Drink no longer water but use a little wine for thy stomacks ake and he hath eight mighty truths out of that ordinary portion of Scripture 1. Godly men out of love to duty neglect the body 2. Godly men are very moderate in the use of the creatures left they should be brought under the power of them 3. Consider in his weakness hee did not cease from his charge he had infirmities and often infirmities but he did not neglect the affaires of the Gospel 4. Take a little wine That godly men may too far neglect their bodies even to offend therin 5. Every creature of God is good in it self yea those creatures of God that are most abused 6. Godly men may be subject to many bodily infirmities and that often 7. In the decay of nature the Creatures are to be used for its repair but according to the proportion of natures infirmities 8. There 's a moderation appointed in receiving the creature even when men take them for necessities sake for he that prescribes him the wine prescribes him the measure upon this accompt the Scripture becomes exceeding sweet to a man and 't is a great Argument of growth of grace in him and of profiting in spirituall knowledge when a man can take delight and sweetnesse in the word not onely in the substance but in every circumstance of it Do not study the substance of the word onely but the phrase of it they are not only words but such words as God himselfe hath chosen out phrased it to our minds and to our understandings 2. There are some sentences of scripture that we should especially treasure up Consider though all the Scripture be to be studied yet there are some sentences above all that a man should lay up in his heart such as these we are speaking on Where a mans Treasure is there will his heart be There are fix parts of Scripture that the Lord puts speciall marks upon which scriptures are sutable to especiall occasions and therefore wee should take especial notice of them 1. 1 Such as the Lord hath added anote of attention unto Those scriptures which the Lord hath added a note of attention and asseveration to those especially we should studie Io. 1.29 Behold the Lambe of God that takes away the sinnes of the world Where the Lord doth put special marks upon them there we should exercise a speciall study about them Isa 40.5 Behold the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it c. 2. 2 Such as are of ten repeated Such scriptures as the Lord hath often repeated such scriptures should bee diligently studied As Riches profit not in the day of wrath Pro. 11.4 Mark 8.36 And what shal it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul And if Riches increase set not your hearts upon them Psa 62.10 3. 3 Such as have bin most effectuall for your conversion Those scriptures that God hath made use of in a speciall manner to doe you or any other good these should bee mightily studied God requiers you should take notice of them in a speciall manner so did the Ancients Rom. 13.1 And Luther made use of Rom. 1.17 and Junius of Iob. 1.1 Those by which the Lord hath spoken Conviction and Consolation these he requires you should especially observe and diligently study 4. 4 Such are sutable to your condition Those scriptures that speak especially concerning thy condition the Lord requires a man should study that word that is sutable to his estate whether thou art in poverty or riches in health or sickness 5. 5 Such as speak to the controversies of the times Those Scriptures that speak to the present controversie of the Age that you live in that you may be established in the present truth and keep from falling into the present errors the Lord requires you to be much in the study of these Scriptures 6. 6 Such as are most comprehensive Those scriptures that are very comprehensive that carry in them the guidance of a mans life as in the Text Lay up for your selves treasures in heaven c. and that Heb. 13.5 Be convent with such things as you have for he hath said I will never leave thee nor forsake thee Heb. 12.14 And without holinesse no man shall see the Lord. Such comprehensive directions as these the Lord requires our hearts should be exercised in the study of them Use 2. Use 2. To difcover the necessity regeneration Is most proper in this point Is the heart inseparable from the