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A80829	The vanity and mischief of making earthly, together with the necessity and benefit of making heavenly treasures our chiefe treasure opened in a sermon at Mary Spittle, before the Right Honorable the Lord Major and court of aldermen, of the city of London, and divers worthy citizens at their solemn anniversarie meeting, on Tuesday in Easter Week, being the 17 of Aprill 1655. / By John Crodacott, preacher of Gods word at Saviours Southwark, and Sepulchres London.	Crodacott, John.	1655 (1655)	Wing C6964; Thomason E844_11; ESTC R210367	30,576	56

would eat up too much of the time alotted for this exercise therefore I wave the enumeration and explanation of them Be pleased to observe with me that our blessed Saviour well knowing that every man desires and endeavours to have some treasure or other propounds a double Rule to be carefully observed by all Christians in their treasuring 1 The first is negative shewing what we should not make choice of for our treasure not worldly wealth not any earthly thing whatsoever in the 19 verse Lay not up for your selves treasures upon earth 2 The second is affirmative shewing what we may and ought to make choice of for our treasure in the 20 verse But lay up for your selves treasures in heaven 1 The former of these rules or precepts call it which you will which you may see is prohibitive or dehortatory is 1 Propounded 2 Pressed 1 Consider it as propounded so there are four terms considerable 1 An Act To lay up 2 The Obj●●● Treasures 3 The Place Upon earth 4 The End For your selves 2 Consider it as pressed by or backed with an argument drawn from the instability and uncertainty of earthly treasures which are obnoxious or subject unto a double danger 1 Of vanity in themselves the moth or rust may and will in time corrupt them 2 Of violence from others though moth and rust do not yet robbery may undoe us Theeves may steal away our earthly treasures 2 The latter of these rules or precepts which you may see is injunctive or hortatory is likewise 1 Propounded 2 Pressed Consider it as propounded and so there are four terms likewise considerable 1 An Act To lay up 2 The Object Treasures 3 The place In heaven 4 The end For your selves 2 Consider it as pressed by or backed with an argument drawn from the stability and certainty of heavenly Treasures 1 They are incorruptible in their own nature neither moth nor rust can corrupt them 2 They are out of the reach of fraud and violence Theeves cannot steal them away from us Lay up for your selves c. In the handling of this Text I shall endeavour to be serviceable to your souls By 1 An explication of the severall terms 2 The confirmation of the Propo●●●ions deducible or emergent 3 The application of them unto your and mine own soul I begin with the first namely the explication of the severall terms and first 1 Of the Act Lay not up the Greeke word is very significant 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 treasure not up it imports two things 1 To gather together 2 To hoard or heap up in store things gathered for tomorrow for hereafter against the time to come which is the literall notation of the word a laying up for tomorrow for hereafter 2 The object and place I shall joyn them together treasures upon earth our Saviour herein aimes not so much at the place as at the kindes of treasures for heavenly treasures may and ought to be laid up by us whilst we are on this side heaven as is evident from the 20 verse Lay up for your selves treasures in heaven 'T is the laying up of earthly treasures that our Saviour condemns But what are those earthly treasures which we may not treasure up as our chief treasure for that 's chiefly intended Answ There a●● three sorts of earthly things as one well observes which humane providence is wont to store or treasure up 1 Garments or Clothes which were wont to be a great treasure in this Nation especially in this City but the itch and vanity of changing fashions hath much impaired this treasure in our dayes 2 Com and Fruits of the earth thus we read 2 Cron. 32.28 that Hezekiah had store-houses which were a kinde of treasuries for the increase of corn and wine and oil 3 Gold and Silver Jewels and the like thus we read 2 Chron. 32.27 that Hezekiah had treasuries for silver and for gold and for precious stones and for all manner of pleasant Jewels Now these three sorts of earthly treasures our Saviour tells us are subject to such great uncertainties as render them unfit and unworthy to be stored or treasured up as our chief treasure for 1 Garments or Clothes are subject to moths Isa 51.8 the moth shall eat them up like a garment which is a proverbial speech and James 5.2 the Apostle tells us they are more then subject to mothes The moth actually eats them your garments are moth-eaten 2 Corn and fruits of the earth are subject to rust not that which Iron is subject unto but that which spoils corn and fruits of the earth which is in some Countreys called smut in other Countreys rust 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 transfertur ad vestes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vero ad cibos Theoph. for which notation of the word as most proper and pertinent in this place some Criticks do contend 3 Gold and silver Jewels and the like are subject to fraud and violence from others thus we read that all Hezekiahs treasures were carried away as a spoil to Babylon which was threatened in the dayes of Hezekiah by the Prophet Isaiah for his pride of heart and vain-glory in shewing all his treasures to the Ambassadours of the King of Babylon 2 Kings 20.13 compared with the the 17th verse and accordingly accomplished in the daies of Jehoiakim 2 King 24.13 He that is the King of Babylon carried out thence all the treasures of the House of the Lord and the treasure of the Kings house c. You see what is meant by treasures upon earth 4 The end which is the fourth term For your selves self is a poor centre yet is it the centre of most mens studies and actions 'T was the Apostle Pauls complaint Phil. 2.21 That all that is the greater part seek their own It s an empty vine that brings forth fruit to it self Hos 10.1 Yet with many such empty vines is the earth cumbred though no man be born for himself nor enriched with terrene riches for himself yet carnal men are all for themselves now they live to themselves and ere long they will also die to themselves This hoarding or treasuring up earthly treasures for our selves without any regard had unto either the incumbent or imminent the present or future necessities of the Common-wealth or the Church or the Poor our blessed Lord here prohibits Lay not up for your selves treasures upon earth Thus you have the explication of the terms of the 19th verse from whence I might raise several Corollaries or Doctrinal Conclusions which naturally arise out of this Scripture but I shall mention but one unto you under which some others deducible shall in my subsequent Discourse be touched upon and hinted at the Observation is this Observ That Christians ought not to treasure up worldly wealth or any earthly thing whatsoever as their chief treasure To prevent mistake I shall premise two things before I fall directly upon the point 1 That all treasuring up of earthly

THE VANITY AND MISCHIEF OF Making Earthly Together with the NECESSITY AND BENEFIT OF Making Heavenly TREASURES Our chiefe Treasure Opened in a SERMON at Mary Spittle Before the Right Honorable the Lord Major and Court of Aldermen of the City of London and divers worthy Citizens at their solemn Anniversarie meeting on Tuesday in Easter Week being the 17 Aprill 1655. By John Crodacott Preacher of Gods Word a● Saviours Southwark and Sepulchres London 1 Tim. 6.17 18 19. Charge them that are rich in this World that they be not high minded nor trust in uncertain riches but in the living God who giveth us richly all things to enjoy That they do good that they be rich in good works ready to distribute willing to communicate Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come that they may lay hold on eternall life Printed for A. Kemb at Margarets Hill in Southwark 1655. Tuesday April 23th 1655. PACK Major ORdered That Mr. Crodacott be desired from this Court to Print his Sermon at the Spittle on Tuesday in Easter-week last SADLER To the Right HONOURABLE Christopher Pack LORD MAJOR AND The Right Worshipful the Aldermen of the City of London WHen first I received your Summons to this work I might have apologized for my self with Elihu I am young and ye are very old wherefore I was afraid Job 32.6 7 and durst not shew you mine opinion I said dayes should speak and multitude of years should teach wisdome But out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hath the Lord ordained strength c. and his strength is usually perfected in the creatures weaknesse 2 Cor. 12.9 He can make a few barley loaves yield toothsome and wholesome nourishment unto many thousands He can make the words of Naamans faithful servants greater in operation then the words of a great and good Prophet Indeed many in our dayes look upon Preaching and Preachers as Naaman did upon the waters of Jordan with Syrian eyes Preaching is foolishnesse in the worlds estimation and Preachers are bablers Saint Paul that great Apostle was so reputed and censured the despicablenesse of the carthen vessel does too often through Satans subtiltie and innate corruption prejudice hearers against the heavenlinesse of the Treasure I cannot accuse any of you 1 Thess 2.13 surely what the Apostle saith of the Thessalonians I may say of you in a judgement of charity I hope also of verity When ye received the Word of God which ye heard ye received it not as the word of man but as it is in truth the Word of God But where 's the fruit of your so receiving the Word of God The Word of God so received by them wrought effectually in them hath it wrought also effectually in you Haply your faith may be as 't were in travail and readie to bring forth some works of mercie and charity Now if the midwifery of this Sermon in the Review may expedite the birth I have what I levelled at and shall blesse God for your summons though as much unexpected as undeserved to the Pulpit and Presse Believe it Sirs 't were better for you to have the stone in the bladder or kidneys then to have such a stone in your hearts or bowels and such a cramp in your hands as does utterly indispose you for the doing of good with your goods I could name you some eminent Saints Mr. Nicholas Bifield Vide Dr. Go●ge his Epistle to the Reader before Mr. Bifields Commentary upon the second Chapter of the first Epistle of St. Peter And Mr. Jeremiah Whitaker who lately died in the Lord and now resteth from his labours c. that for some years lived and at length died labouring under those bodilie distempers but not any that lived and died labouring under this soul-disease He that refused to give a crum of bread on earth was denied a drop of water in hell Unmerciful men shall finde no mercie There 's fulnesse of bread but ô that I could say There 's fulnesse of good works in this famous City The former though a good blessing of God in it self was one of Sodoms O that it were not one of Londons Vices The latter was one of the Macedonians O that it might be one of Londons Vertues to cool your affections unto earthlie treasures and enkindle them unto heavenly and unto works of charity which even to a Proverb is grown cold is the faithful endeavour and aim of this Sermon I know not any man willingly though manie deservedly when he is dead would have those two words for his Epitaph infoeliciter foelix unhappie in being so happie 't were better have these two foeliciter infoelix happie in being unhappie O then let the zeal of your faith sparkle forth in works of charity All men have not the honourable capacitie of being Almoners of the King of Heaven and Earth as you have who can better spare two talents then some can two mites The Lord grant that as he hath been unto you so you may be merciful and bountiful unto others That as you are rich in worldly goods so you may be rich in faith and good works and in Gods set time be personally and fully possessed of the heavenlie Kingdome which he hath prepared for and promised to them that love him So praieth The meanest and unworthiest of the Lords Servants and Yours in the Lords Work John Crodacott The vaniy and mischiefe of making earthly Treasures Together with The necessity and benefit of making heavenly Treasures Our chiefe Treasure Opened in a SERMON at Mary Spittle Before the Right Honourable the Lord Major and Court of Aldermen on Tuesday in Easter Week being the 17. of Aprill 1655. Matthew 6.19 20. 19. Lay not up for your selves treasures upon earth where moth and rust doth corrupt and where theeves break through and steale 20. But lay up for your selves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt and where theeves do not break through and steale I Shall not trouble or detain you with any further preamble then what will make for the argument of the Text. In this Chapter which containeth a part of that excellent Sermon which our blessed Lord and Saviour preached to his Disciples and others in the Mount two things are by him decryed and condemned 1 Hypocrisie Ostentation and an affectation of vain glory from the beginning of the Chapter to the nineteenth Verse 2 Covetousnesse inordinate affections unto and carking cares for the things of this life from the nineteenth verse to the end of the Chapter 1 The former namely all Hypocrisie and affectation of vain glory is decryed and condemned First In giving of Alms from the 1 to the 5 Verse Secondly In Prayer from the 5 to the 16 Verse Thirdly In Fasting from the 16 to the 19 Verse 2 The latter namely Covetousnesse is decryed and condemned by sundry forcible disswasive arguments All which should I distinctly enumerate and explain 't

that when he was advanced to high preferment he professed that no Scripture was ever so terrible in his ears as that Luke 6.24 Woe unto you that are rich for you have received your consolation this Scripture sounded in his ears as Jerome said that Scripture did in his surgite mortui venite ad judicium arise ye dead and come to judgement But beloved this treasure which a Christian should make his choise treasure will stand him instead for ever This is the treasure 〈◊〉 the heavens that faileth not Luke 12.33 Where no theef approacheth neither moth corrupteth This treasure will be ever sweet and precious yea then best when time shall be no more this is the true treasure and indeed the onely treasure which maketh all the possessours of it solidly and eternally happy Thus ye have the reasons why Christians ought to make Christ their chief treasure Give me leave now to improve it by way of Use and Application By way of 1 Trial or Examination Vse you have heard what a choice precious treasure Christ is now let your Consciences answer me as in the presence of the Lord have you made choice of Christ for your chief treasure It may be you will say How shall we know whether we have done so yea or not I answer you may know it 1 By your distinct and deep apprehensions of your personal want and of the real worth of this treasure 2 By your high appretiations of this treasure above all earthly treasures soever By the Bias and tendencie of your affections towards this treasure 4 By the laboriousnesse of your endeavours to get this treasure 1 By your distinct and deep apprehensions of your personal want and of the real worth of this treasure By your distinct apprehensions I say 1 Of your personal want of this treasure hath the Lord throughly convinced you that without a title to this treasure you are undone for ever And doth this make you cry out with Rachel in another case Give me children saith she or else I die so doth thy soul unfeignedly and feelingly say Lord give me Christ the true treasure or else I shall die and be damned eternally Oh! how many here before the Lord never yet saw their need and want of this treasure who yet pretend that Christ is their treasure 2 Of the real worth and excellency of this treasure hath the Lord convinced thee that this treasure doth not onely make a man richer but it makes a man better earthly treasures do make a man richer but they seldome or never make a man better nay they many times make a man worse but this treasure the Lord hath let thee see will make thee better it will enlighten thy mind it will purifie thy heart it will purge thy conscience 't will every way beautifie thy precious foul what say your soules to this 2 By your high appretiations of this treasure above all earthly treasures whatsoever clear apprehensions of the surpassing worth transcendent excellency of this treasure will beget high appretiations of it we see it in Paul Phil 3.8 I count all things saith he but dung 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 dogs meat that I may win Christ and get home to him 'T was a brave speech of Luther Melch. R. D. in vita Luth. when great gifts were proffered him if he would warp and tune his fiddle to the Popes Base valdè protestatus sum me nolle sic satiari I deeply protested saith he that God should not put me off with such poor things resolved he was not to be satisfied with any thing on this side treasures in heaven Earthly treasures were but gay nothings in his eye compared with this choice treasure It is reported that he should professe that he was never so much as tempted by Satan to this sin of dry drunkennesse covetousnesse Indeed the Pope attempted to win him unto his faction by money but the answer which his Agents returned was Germana haec bestia non curat aurum that the German beast cared not for gold And as he was famous for his contempt of the world so was he likewise for his prizing of Christ and the Gospel Malim praesente Christo esse in inferno quàm absente eo in coelo I had rather saith he be in hell with Christ then in heaven without him what say your consciences to this have ye high appretiations of this treasure above all earthly treasures 3 By the Byas and tendency of your affections towards this treasure high appretiations of this treasure will beget strong affections unto it and after it Cant. 3.6 The Church is compared to pillars of smoak ascending though she be black as smoak in regard of infirmities yet hath she a principle within her that carries her upwards And how the Byas of the affections of Gods people in the Prophet Isaiahs time was set you may read Isa 26.8 9. The desire of our souls is to thy Name and to the remembrance of thee With my soul have I desired thee in the night yea with my spirit within me will I seek thee early Their desires were alwayes breathi●g out and flaming up towards this treasure Now can you say in the witnesse of your consciences that your affections the pulses of your souls do thus work and beat towards Christ does your hearts say with David Psal 73.25 Whom have I in heaven but thee and there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee 4 By the laboriousnesse of your endeavours to get this treasure look as clear apprehensions will beget high appretiations and high appretiations will beget strong affections so strong affections will beget strong endeavours No sooner were the bowels of the Church throughly affected and deeply moved for her beloved but she bestirred her self to finde him whom her soul loved Cant. 5.5 6 c. Although she meets not with any incouragements but many and great discouragements yet will she not be beaten off from seeking of him every where Thus in that Text even now quoted Isa 26.9 we read not onely that the affections of Gods people were carried towards him but also that their enquiries and endeavours were after him With my soul have I desired thee in the night and what followeth with my spirit within me will I seek thee early Beloved some velleities imperfect wishings wouldings you may have for this treasure and yet live and die treasurelesse Christlesse Now what say your souls to this are you willing to be at any pains at any cost so you may gain this treasure And so much by way of Trial or Examination 2 By way of Exhortation let me exhort you in the fear of the Lord to make Christ your chief treasure If you have this treasure you are not poor for you are heirs of the Kingdome which God hath promised unto them that love him James 2.5 If you have not a title to this treasure you are not rich the Laodiceans were a rich people yet are they