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A70241	The vanity of man at his best estate, and the vanity of Dives, his desire when at his worst viz. to have a preacher sent from the dead to his fathers house / discoursed of in two sermons, the first before the University of Oxon, the other at Ayno in Northamptonshire, at the anniversary for the foundation of the free-school there, by T.H., B.D., sometime rector of Souldern in Oxfordshire.	Hodges, Thomas, d. 1688.	1676 (1676)	Wing H2325; ESTC R38792	37,311	52

Leviticus chap. 9.9.14 Stella upon Luke Chap. 11 v. 29. and Erasmus upon the first Epistle to the Corinthians the 13 Chap. and 13 verse 4. If the power of Miracles should be continued in the Church most probably it would be exerted for the conversion of infidels and consequently the gift of languages should be given to them now a days who are sent to preach to the Indians or other heathens but we have no sufficient or credible witnesse or testimony that those preachers of late times or for many years have had or ever have been endued with the gift of languages Again doth Abraham in heaven direct to Moses and the prophets as above-said 2 Vse of Confutat Coufut 1. Of the doctrin of the Papists then this may serve to confute the Doctrine and practice of the Church of Rome their Doctrine in exalting the testimony of the present Church above the Authority of the holy Scriptures the judge and touch-stone of the Church Our Saviour said to the Jews you have one that accuseth you even Moses in whom ye trust John 5.45 't is observable that Abraham takes no notice of any infallible judge or interpreter of Moses and the Prophets In this the Papists out-wit the scribes and Pharisees when they disputed with Christ yea they out-do and go beyond the devil himself that old subtil serpent when he tempted our Saviour for when our Saviour quoted Scripture neither the pharisees nor the devil ever thought of replying I but who must interpret the Scripture who must be judge it belongs not to thee to reade them much lesse to interpret Scripture this belongs to the Jewish Church who is the only supream judge of Scriptures and of controversies Again hence we may see Confut. 2. Of the practise of the Papists that the Papists erre in withholding the Scriptures from the Laity what an unreasonable and unrighteous thing is it that Gods children must not be permitted to reade their fathers will without the licence of man first had and obtained for their so doing Abraham saith they have Moses and the Prophets let them bear them 3. Hence then we may be exhorted greatly to prize and value the Scriptures the Bible as the book of books 3 Vse Of Exhortat Exhort 1. as a cabinet of most rich and precious jewels as a fountain of water of life as a fiery pillar to lead us through this wildernesse to Canaan 2. And let us blesse and praise God for his word Exhor 2. how highly did David esteem the holy Scriptures how doth he magnifie them and yet he had but a third part of what we have now and if Moses applauded the Jews happinesse when he had finished his Pentateuch if he accounted the law as the inheritance of the congregation of Israel and as 't is in the Psalm he hath not dealt so with any Nation neither hath the heathen the knowledge of his law how should we prize and praise and blesse God for the law and Gospel the whole Canon of the Old and New Testament and let 's know this that our best way of praising God for the Scriptures will be to reade study meditate on them but above all to conform our hearts lips lives to the rules and precepts contained in them doubtlesse obedience to the law is the best way to honour both the law-giver and the law To draw towards a conclusion From the text and context the parable of Dives and Lazarus we may learn many useful and profitable lessons such as these 1. That rich men must give an account how they have laid out their riches rich men are stewards and it is requisite in stewards that they be found faithful they must not lay out their Lords money upon themselves their own backs and bellyes and let the poor such as Lazarus their fellow-creatures and fellow-servants and their own brethren to starve at their gates manus pauperis the saurus Christi And rich men must cast into Christs treasury of their abundance 2. That rich men must be careful not only not to hurt the poor but to relieve them they must not be Dives's to do good to themselves only but like the good Samaritan do good unto them that are in necessity and in extremities Dives is blamed and condemned not for taking away from the poor by oppression or injustice but for not communicating to poor Lazarus in his necessity in his extremity 3. That men may sin in the misuse of lawful things of outward comforts and enjoyments purple fine lynnen delicate fare Musick were all lawful to be used but Dives did not use them lawfully In licitis perimus omnes we must not use our lawful enjoyments unseasonably nor excessively nor make every day a Feast-day We must not forget the afflictions of Joseph in the prison nor themiseries and necessities of Lazarus at our Gates 4. That good men may have evil things in this life and evil men good things Dives had his good things here and Lazarus his evil things I know this is a bard saying who can bear it This is it that hath troubled heathen philosophers Jewish Rabbies and the Doctors of the Christian Church yea that it was malis bene and bonis male hath been a trouble to some of the best men in the Scriptures to Job to Jeremy to David to Habakkuk but let 's not judge of Gods works till he hath finished them wait but a while and thou shalt see a Dives in hell and a Lazarus in Abrahams bosome and then God will be cleared and justified and all the world will become silent before God 5. That some men are more kinde to their dogs then to the poor some there are who take the childrens bread and give it to the dogs but grudge to give the dogs portion to the children to such I should commend the Example of Amideus Duke of Savoy sometimes chosen Pope but too good a man for so bad an office who shewed a hall full of poor people fed by him daily when it was expected he should have shewed his hounds and said these are the hounds wherewith I hunt after the Kingdom of Heaven 6. That Lazarus received more kindnesse from Dives his dogs then from himself Humaniores saith one fuerunt canes hominibus The dogs were more hospitable then the master or his servants and yet saith one Canis est latrare peregrinos mordere abigere Hospites 't is the property of dogs to bark at to bite strangers and to drive them away not to sawn on guests that are strangers 7. That like master like servants no man gave unto him the master would not give him a bit from his table and the servants would none of them give him a crumb that fell from the table 8. That even Dives in hell seems to have more Charity and kindness to his brethren especially to their souls then many men on earth and in the bosome of the Church he would have used means to save