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A44591	The poor mans misery, or, Poverty attendeth vain company with a speedy call to repentance from their ways. Wherein you may behold who they are that are reckoned in the ranck of vain persons, and also the great danger they live in, whilst they live in vanity, and follow the ways of sin and wickedness. Very necessary for all to read and consider of the danger thereof in this day, wherein so many take pleasure in sin, and wicked company. By Roger Hough a lover of sobriety.	Hough, Roger.	1670 (1670)	Wing H2913; ESTC R215374	9,893	27

they are these First Because vanity is thee ●o●ked with poverty look upon the outward frame of wickness and you will find poverty ever attending vanity Psalm 62.9 Surely men of low degree are vanity and men of high degree are as a lye to be laid in the ballance they are altogether lighter t●en vanity Now I do not say th●●●very poor man in the world is a vain person poverty is servant to vanity but vanity may not be a servant to poverty we read of poor Job but not of vain Job his poverty was not vanity nor poor Lazarus was not vain Lazarus vanity would be no servant to poverty neither to Job nor to Lazarus but yet for all this there is a poverty that attends vanity either Temporal or Spiritual if not Temporal yet for the most part Spiritual or Eternal Dives had not Temporal poverty but when he was in hell he had so much poverty as satisfied for his cruel covetousness for whereas before on earth he would not give one crumb in hell he must not have one drop surely then sirs here was poverty enough so much poverty as to make him eternally miserable Secondly Poverty attends vain persons because of the vain glory that is in them vain persons take glory in their vanity like unto the Church of Laodicea Rev. 3.19 That said she was rich and encreased in goods and did not know her poverty Now that she was retched and miserable and poor and blind and naked Thirdly Poverty attends vain persons because of that ignorance that is in vain company there is a palpable ignorance in vain persons Ephes 4.17 18. This I say therefore and testifie in the Lord that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk in the vanity of their mind Having their understanding darkened through the ignorance that is in them because of the blindness of their heart Surely 〈◊〉 where there is ignorance there is blindness and poverty Fourthly Poverty attends vain company because of their evil Councel vain persons are vain counsellours this you may sée plainly in Roboam King of Israel when he forsook the Councel of the A●cients that stood before Solomon his Father and took Councel at his Companions that we called young men that were brought up with him 1 King 12.8 then the judgement came upon him and all the Tribes were taken from him to be governed by Jeroboam save only the Tribe of Judah which he and his Posterity raigned over So you 〈◊〉 Beloved that there is reason why pove●●● ever attends vain company because ●●●verty is yo●ked to vanity poverty is séen 〈◊〉 the vain glory of vain persons there is a palpable ignorance in vain company and because of the evil of the bad councel that vain persons are apt to giue to those that attend them and company with them I might give several other reasons as grounds to confirm this truth why poverty attends vain company as the unprofitablenesse of vain company the discredit that you shall have by following of them the evil of their ways the losse of ●our precious time with several other grounds that for brevity sake I omit at this time But now by way of Inference my Beloved if poverty attend vain company In the first place this lets us sée the great unprofitablenesse that is in vain company as for the first r●nk of vain persons before spoken of expertence may teach you the proof hereof how many have we séen in England by wasting their precious time and sp●●in●g thereof become temporally poor by following after vain jesters and i●le s●oriors and by del●g●●ing in their lies 〈◊〉 ●éen given up to strong delusions to 〈…〉 before then will i●h●ace the 〈…〉 Thess 2.11 and have not only ●alled 〈◊〉 outward ●states but are by this ine●●ns brought into the state of e●ernal misery without spéedy repentance for which end they were giuen up to the strong delusions vers● 12. that they all might be damned who believe not the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousnesse Again how many persons have we sée by experience amongst us that have been possessed of good estates in this Nation I think I may say without fencible error that almost every Wila●e Town throughout England can exsperience it as many ●a●● wasted all their outward estate by following after vain drunkards and whoremongers and common gameing and gamest●●d and such like Company which companying with them hath brought them into the depth of pover●● so that then have thereby consumed their outward ●states and brought themselves to beggery and thrown themselves down under poverty temporally wanting necessaring for the outward man but it were well it this w●re the ●●rit 〈◊〉 this is lu●t the smallest l●sse 〈◊〉 ●●the by they are in w●●● of all things that should he ●e●●e● to the s●●● they want spiritual strength to stand they want spiritual power to pray they want spiritual relief for the soul for in such company they never hear of or see or fóel any good or comfort for the souls refreshing and is not this pover●p enough think you Nay that which is more this beget● your eternal milery both of body and soul at the day of judgment when we shall all appear before the judgement seat of the Almighty God there c●●●●ive our sentence of salvation or damnation if then you be put on the left hand with this sentence Go you cursed Mat. 25.41 Is not this poverty enough think you to be deprived of beaven and thrown into eternal misery ● nay you shall find many that have made profession of Christ many that have received the Ministry and teachings of Christ to the outward ears that have done duties and sought after Christ to fall short of heaven and surely this you may sée Mat. 7.22 23. Many will sa●● to me in that day have we not prophesied in thy name and in thy name have cast out divess and in thy name have done wonderful words Sirs you sée here are people making a great profession in duty they have pro●be sied in the Lords name Nay that which is more in his name have cast out divels these people a man would think should be in high labour with God they had done wonderful works too I pray you consider of it these were for from vain persons that could prophesie cast out devils and by wonderful works and yet sall short of heaven yea verily vers 23. and then will I prof●ss unto them I never knew you Depart from ye workers of iniquity Ah! poor souls that are running the haz●rd of your upon destruction Consider this if these men that have thus outwardly pro●est Christ by prophes●●g in his name casting out of Devils and doing wonderful works shall be shut out of heaven what will become of you that have done none of these things Again what do you think by as such as are despisers of Gods People Scoffers and Scorners of them that profess Religion and the ways of godliness Beloved all manner of wickednesse

is vanity and nothing wicked persons are vain persons they say as in Psalm 12.4 We have said with our tongues we will prevail our lips are our own who is Lord over us the Prophet David was hear complaining v. 2. Saith he they speak vanity every man to his neighbour with flattering l●ps and with a double heart do they speak well saith he verse 3. the Lord will cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaketh proud things Sirs you sée here the palpable wir●●ediness of vain persons therefore he perswaded so look so pant companions As for the●● Fansso●valst persons ●●cious mortal woudly many th●self righteous men you 〈◊〉 no good nor inward comfort by them Because they want that one thing u●●dful there is one thing lacking that is their following of Christ and pasting with the world the young man in the Gospel was Morra●●● righteous he had kept the commandemeni●● of the Law yet onething was lacking Go sell all that thou hast and follow me and thou shalt have crea●●e in heaven Beloved a man may be 〈◊〉 careful in obserding his duties and 〈◊〉 the commandments of God and pro●●●● have In●ge possessions of the world in his heart he may be ●●●ned to many super●it●o●● worldly ●●●onts be 〈◊〉 have his he gre●●● upon the treasures in the world or 〈◊〉 the Pleasures of the world many a 〈…〉 maken profession and yet the 〈◊〉 of the world draws away his heart of the Pleasures of the world draw 〈◊〉 off 〈◊〉 becomes ●ain we read 〈◊〉 Mar●●● 〈…〉 busie-avaine the world into 〈…〉 thing the 〈◊〉 when as Mary 〈…〉 word the aking in 〈…〉 of Mary there ●●one thing needful Mary had chosen the better part Thirdly The third rank is unsound professors of Christ these are as dangerous as the first nay mo●●da●●● is in false professors of Christ a man may as well never profess Christ at all as profess him in an e●●onias may the Papist those Pass mon●ers that profess Christ under a notion of Image worship mens ●raditions indentions of men cense●●● 〈◊〉 Darers of Popes and Cardi●olls and as they say the Auriquitie of the 〈◊〉 of Rome whom they firm to be the Mat ●er Church of the World and the Pope the head thereof declaring him to 〈◊〉 Peters Successor● and to fit in Peters their whose Declaration is false and their Religion pernicious and the Pope himself an Im●●●● the 〈◊〉 Antechrist of the Wor●● 〈…〉 of that danger of them but 〈…〉 fined to keep in 〈…〉 Sosinians 〈◊〉 will not alow the Desep of Christ prede thrée substances in the God heart whic● is false and 〈…〉 Script 〈◊〉 there is a substance of the Father●●● making man at the first 〈◊〉 his own 〈◊〉 that be not suff●●●● to prove the substance of a person Christ is called Heb. ●● the exprest Image of his Fa●hers person Secondly Christ his self come down from his Fathers hoso●e took upon him the similitude of man and dyed yi●lded his body to the smiters sursly here was the similitude of a person in C●●ist who had a humane body given unto him Thirdly the Holy Ghost He then affirm not to be a person if that perticle He be not sufficient to prove him a person in the Deity where Christ saith He shall tell you all things yet there is a bodily shape put upon him when Itsus was baptized by John in Jordan in the 3. of Luke it is said the Holy Ghost descended upon him like a Dove there was a bodily shape to prove this undenyable truth and then the Arminians that hold Frée will and general Redemption as if persons had power within themselves of themselves to stand or to fall at their own will and pleasure These-company beloved are very dangerous to comply with for the avoyding of which take this word of exhortation if it be so that poverty attende●● vain company then ●●ee vain company the company of vain persons that you may thus do First Consider the discredit that is attained by vain company it is a disgrace to be found complying with vain persons Pro. 28 7. Whoso keepeth the Law is a wise son but he that is a companion of riotous men snameth his Father Prov. 13.5 a wicked man is loathsom and cometh to shame Secondly Consider the great wast you come by by following vain persons whose society many times wasteth your outward substance Prov. 29.3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoyceth his Father but he that keepeth company with Harlots spendeth his substance the Prodigal in the Gospel wasted his substance after this manner Luk. 15.13 Thirdly Consider the advice that is given you by the holy Scriptures the Apostles followers of Christ exhort you to fly had company 1 Cor. 5.9 I wrote unto you in an Epistle not to company with fornicators ver 10. Yet not altogether with fornicators of this world nor with coverous not extortioners for then must you needs go out of the world but now have I writ unto you ver 11. not to keep company if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator or covetous or an idolater or a railer or a drunkard or an extortioner with such a one do not ea● Fourthly Consider that such companions are reserved for destruction shall be thrust out of heaven without repentance Rev. 21.8 The fearful and unbeleiving the a●ominable and murtherers and whore mongens forcerers idoliters all Ipers shall have their portion in the lake which burns with fire and brimstour now beloved if you ask what you may do to avoid the evil take these helps along with you 1. Eye your company watch ●v●● your selves while you enjoy the presen●● of your Companians and cry them vp the Word of God in their discourses for with the holy thou shalt be holy and with the prophane thou shalt learn prophaneness 2 Thes 3.14 If any man obey not our word by this Epist●e note that man and have no company with him that he may be ashamed 2. Get into the company of all those that fear God kéep his commandements Psalm 119.63 I am a Companion of all those that fear and keep thy precepts 3. Set your delight on such as fear God really let your soul delight in them Psa 16.2 3. O my soul thou hast said unto the Lord thou art my Lord my goodness extendeth not to thée but to the Saints that are in the earth to the excellent its whom is all my delight Dearly beloved in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ consider of these things you have heard what evil attends vain company the Lord of his infinite mercy and goodness in Jesus Christ the great Shepherd and Bishop of our sou●s set it home upon your hearts to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever Amen FINIS