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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

as Religious dowrie and vpon condition that they liue vertuously and liberally amongst their Brethren they wil none for the one they wil deale but not for the other but hee that hath the one must haue the other also and whosoeuer will straine himselfe for the best part shall bee sure to haue his share in the other as hee that married Ruth with her meane portion lost nothing thereby because shee was a vertuous woman and what was wanting in goods shee had it supplyed in goodnesse so he that hath godlinesse can be no looser for Godlinesse is profitable vnto all things saith the Apostle and hath the promises of this life and of the life to come Godlinesse will make thy selfe and thy seed thy ground and thy cattell thy wealth and thy credit to bee blessed It is like the Tree that bearet● fruit euery month beareth twelue manner of fruits and the leaues thereof are good to heale the nations withall And as for them that thinke that godlinesse is not fit for all things for all times and for all places but count it a dead world when vnchast daunces ribald songs and other scurrilitie are restrained at feasts and marriages and other merry meetings nor can relish any mirth or ioy that is seasoned with words of grace it seemeth they are better acquainted with the sacrifices of the Indians than with the sacrifices of Christians But let them speake that haue made tryal Haue any done as Malachie willeth them that is brought their Tithes and offrings liberally and freely vnto Gods house for the maintenance of the Lords seruants and seruice and hath not the Lord according to his promise opened the windowes of heauen and powred out a blessing vpon them Haue any suffred hunger and thirst for righteousnes sake which hunger onely is sa●ra fames holy hunger indeed and not bene filled with good things Hath any faithfull person decayed in his outward man and hath not his inward man beene renued daily Haue any seene Christ in some part of his glory and not beene rauished with a desire to dwell there still Nay more hath any followed him in this r●generation as he saith himselfe that doth not now and shall at● th● last day sit on seats to iudge the nations of the world Hath any with the poore Widdow of Sa●●pta● shew●d kindnesse and beene at cost with the Lords Prophets and not found it againe with increase Haue any for the loue of Christs gospell left all and followed him in time of persecution and not bene prouided for sufficiently Hath any with the woman of Samaria left scoffing at Christs words and hath not her hart beene so enflamed with the Truth that shee hath runne in to call forth her neighbours to take part of her happinesse Haue any with Paul and Silas beene imprisoned for preaching of Christ Iesus and haue they not found that in prison which hath made them to sing Psalmes for ioy Hath any gone to the Lords warres at his owne cost or planted the Lords vineyard and not drinke of the wine Hath any laboured in the Lords husbandry and gone away without his reward Haue any at any time beleeued God and ben deceiued Hath any trusted God with his estate that hath not beene compassed about with the mercies of the Lord Hath any loued the Lord and not bene loued againe Hath any craued day and not beene borne withall repented and not beene forgiuen In a word did euer any imploy his talent to the Lords aduantage and not more to his owne aduantage for haue they not besides the receipt of commendations for their faithfulnesse beene put in possession of their maisters ioy And on the contrary hath any neglected the gifts of God bestowed vpon him and hath it not bene to his owne losse as hee that hid his Talent in the ground Hath any Esau sould his birth-right and not lost the blessing Hath any Iudas sould his Master and betrayed the truth not been the first that repented the bargaine by that time that he and the gallowes or the Diuell or both haue reckoned together Haue any with Demas forsaken gods seruants to follow this present world and not with Hymeneu● and Alexander made shipwrack of faith a good conscience Beleeue mee good brethren it will stand vs in hand to looke lesse to our earthly Treasure and more after the heauenly least in the end wee loose both To conclude therefore this point seeing as the Christians heauenly Treasure which is both Christ himselfe and all the riches of his Gospell bee so excellent rare and precious that nothing may bee compared therewith and seeing the treasures of this his kingdome of Grace though they bee inestimable and vnspeakable are but a tast and earnest of those treasures which bee reserued for the Saints in his kingdome of glory And lastly seeing as they which seeke after the heauenly Treasure shall also haue earthly blessings to accompanie the same as farre forth as God shall see good for his children let euery Christian hart bee hereby moued and perswaded to lay vp from henceforth Treasure in heauen rather than on earth sith euery man desireth the best things As the Christians heauenly Treasure is so bee preferred before all things for the Excellencie thereof so also is it here commended vnto vs by our blessed Sauiour for the Perpetuitie and the Securitie of the same For their Perpetuitie hee saith that neither Moth can eate it nor Rust consume it And for their security the safe keeping he tels thee that they are where no Theefe can dig through and steale them meaning that no enimie whether terrestiall or infernall whether man or Diuell can possibly deceiue thee or depriue thee of them Now as touching the Perpetuitie of the Christians heauenly Treasure it is such and of so long continuance that euen in that respect it is to bee preferred beefore all earthly and transitorie Commodities for all earthly commodities and treasures they are ey●ther vsed or not vsed if they bee put to any vse or employment they consume and weare if they be put to no vse but lye by then they are corrupted which corruption also abateth not a little both of their substance and glory But as for the Heauenly Treasures of Gods grace and spirit they are neyther consumed nor corrupted There is more vse of them then of any earthly thing whatsoeuer yet are they not neyther can they bee subiect to any consumption Nay they are no whit the worse but much the better for the vsing Tell me is there not a daylie yse of Prayer of Preaching of Faith of Charitie of Repentance of Patience of Hope of Humilitie c. And are they not through continuall vse encreased strengthened and made easie like the fiue tallents which being put forth to aduantage gained fiue more And as Milo that Tullie speakes of by vsing his strength day by day in carrying of a Calfe did so