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A67748	Englands unthankfulness striving with Gods goodness, for the victory as Abaslom [sic] strove with David, whether the father should be more kinde to the son; or the son more unkinde to the father. Or, enough (being wel weighed) to melt an heart of adamant. By R. Younge, florilegus. In reference to Leviticus 19.17 and Isaiah 58.1. In reading whereof, reflect upon your selves; hearken to conscience; and what concerns you, apply it to others, as David did Nathans parable, 2 Sam. 12.1, to 8. And Ahab the prophets, 1 King.20. 39, to 43. Want of application makes all means ineffectual; and therefore are we Christians in name only, because we think out selves Christians indeed, and already good enough.	Younge, Richard.	1643 (1643)	Wing Y152; ESTC R218135	77,968	74

the 〈◊〉 is knowne by the fruit whe●…es it be good or evill as our Saviour shewes Mat 7. 16 17 18 20 and ●…2 33. Yea Unbelievers may be knowne from Christians by their want 〈◊〉 fruit We more then suspect want of sap in the root of a Tree if we ●…de barrennesse in the Branches If either it have bad fruit or no fruit 〈◊〉 is but a dead saith And the true ●…od of grace is cease to doe evill 〈◊〉 to doe well E●…ay 1. 16. 17. For as grace enters into the heart sinne ●…oes out like aire out of a Vessell when wine is powred in Therefore ●…dmit thou wert a negative Christian and couldest not be charged with any ●…of this that I have proved against thee much the better when thou 〈◊〉 reprobate to every good worke The Fig-tree was cursed not for bearing ●…ll fruit but because it bare no good The evill servant was not bound ●…nd and foot and cast into prison for wasting his Masters goods but for not gaining with them And those Reprobates at the last day shall be 〈◊〉 depart into everlasting fire not for wronging or robbing of any bu●… not giving not comforting Wherefore as thou hast heard thy sinne commission laid open so now I will doclare unto thee thy sinnes of 〈◊〉 sion which also would be minded 2. Thou braggest and thankest God with that Parisee Luke 18. That thou art just and payest men their dues but art thou holy like●… and dost thou pay God his dues also Art thou effectually called and 〈◊〉 come a new creature by regeneration being begotten and borne a new of 〈◊〉 by the immortall seede of the Word and the Spirits powerfull working 〈◊〉 it Is thy heart circumcised or rather hath God taken away the stony 〈◊〉 out of thy flesh and given thee a new heart and put a new spirit into 〈◊〉 even his owne spirit whereby thou hast union and communion 〈◊〉 Christ and partakest of the divine nature Dost thou finde an appr●… change wrought in thy judgement affections and actions to what th●… were formerly Art thou changed and renewed in every part pow●… and faculty Is thy understanding enlightned thy minde renued thy 〈◊〉 changed thy affections sanctified c. Hath the Old-man changed w●… the New-man worldly wisedome with heavenly wisedome ca●… love for spirituall love servile feare for christian and siliall feare 〈◊〉 thoughts for holy thoughts vaine words for holy and wholsome word●… fleshly works for works of righteousnesse c. as if thou wert cast int●… new mold even hating what thou formerly lovedst and loving what th●… formerly hatedst For as without this new birth there is no being saved as 〈◊〉 Saviour himselfe affirmes Ioh. 3. 5. So he who thinks he is borne a ne●… and finds not a palpable change in his judgement affections and actio●… does but deceive himselfe 3. Art thou more knowing then the men of the world as havi●… the light of Gods spirit and the Eye of faith above them Art thou bro●… out of darkenesse into marvell●…us light Are thine eyes opened to 〈◊〉 the wonders of Gods Law is that Vaile or Curtaine which was forme●…drawne over thy heart 2 Cor. 3. 15. 16. taken aw●…y by 〈◊〉 and th●…turned from the power of Satan unto God Dost thou receive the Word wi●… all readinesse not as the word of men but as it is indeed the word of 〈◊〉 And hath it wrought in thee mightily hast thou found it by experien●… to be quick and powerfull sharpe c. as it followes Heb. 4 12. Even excelli●… all other Bookes as Wheate doth the Cha●…fe Hath the Law which is 〈◊〉 just good spirituall not onely convinced thee of sinne but so cleared 〈◊〉 sigh●… that thou canst now discerne sinne in every thought word and ac●… on of thine Dost thou see thy selfe out of measure sinfull as 〈◊〉 guilty of all manner of concupisence as having broken every one of th●… righteous precepts Exod. 20. more times and waies then thou hast hi●… on thy head Not being able of thy selfe to thinke a good thought 〈◊〉 that all the powers of thy soule and Members of thy body are wholly ●…nd originally corrupted Dost thou see thy sellse as guilty of Adams sinne 〈◊〉 being in his loynes as any Heire is lyable to his Fathers Debt And 〈◊〉 knowledge that thou broughtest a world of sinne into the world with ●…hee and deservedst to dye so soon as thou didst begin to live That thine ●…standing is darkned and dulled thy judgement blinded thy will 〈◊〉 thy memory disordered thy affections corrupted thy reason 〈◊〉 thy thoughts surprized thy desires intrapped and all the facul●…ies and sanctions of thy soule no better then poysoned That of thy 〈◊〉 thou 〈◊〉 not onely weake but even dead to what is good moving ●…o more then thou art moved That thy best workes are faulty all thy ●…nnes deadly thy nature corrupted originally That thou art swift to ●…ll evill but to all good immoveable 4 A●… thou ashamed of thy former conversation Dost thou bewaile ●…nd mourne bitterly for all thy sinnes actuall and originall of omission and commission secret as well as knowne lesser as well as greater evill thoughts vaine and unprofitable words as well as sinfull actions Yea as well for the evill which cleaves to thy best workes as for thy evil works grieve for thy unprofitableness under the meanes of grace being more sorry for offending so good a God then for that it doth or might bring thee shame or punishment in this life or in Hell Dost thou finde thy selfe in a lost condition confessing that thou hast deserved all the plagues of this life and that which is to come And groaning under the burden of sinne dost thou utterly dispaire of all helpe in thy selfe Doth it make thee solicitously careful in the use of all meanes to attaine faith in the promise of Gods mercy made in Christ as finding no rest untill thou gettest some assureance vehemently hungring and thirsting after and earnestly praying for the pardon o●… sinne waiting on the Lord with patience Dost thou hate sinne thorowly and universally Art thou grieved for the abominations that are done by others to the dishonour of God and slander of Religion or the ruine of mens soules Dost thou account spirituall judgements as the blindnesse of mens minds hardnesse of their hearts c. more woofull then any temporall judgement the world is so sensible of and troubled at 5 Dost thou often and upon all occasion go to God in prayer praying by the power of the spirit in Christ●… 〈◊〉 and with the understanding also according to 〈◊〉 w●… An●… a●… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of thy sins and 〈◊〉 dost thou chiefly pray for the pardon of sinne the 〈◊〉 of grace and for the assistance of Gods spirit that thou maist more ●…mely believe more soundly repent more zealously doe more patiently su●…er and more constantly persevere in the practice and por●…ession of every duty striving against deadnesse of spirit and distractions as an

heavy burden Dost thou not desire outward blessing so much as Gods blessing upon them more a contented minde then a great Estate And in praying to God dost thou not neglect to use the meanes And having attained thy end dost thou ascribe the praise thereof wholly to the free mercy of God in Christ and not to thy wisdome industry c. As thou prayest for deliverance when thou art in distresse so art thou accordingly thankfull when delivered and so when thou hast obtained any temporall good thing And as God blesseth thee more or lesse so dost thou doe good and the more rich art thou the more rich in good works and more ready to distribute and communicate 6. Dost thou love to heare Christs voyce and know when he speaketh and when the tempter Dost thou receive and apply whatsoever precept or promise is spoken out of the Word as spoken by God to thy selfe in particular Dost thou read and heare to the end onely that thou maist know savingly believe rightly and live religiously Doth each Booke and Sermon in thy desire increase thy knowledge and lesson thy vices Dost thou impartially believe the whole word of God precepts and menasses as well as promises And by this thou maist know and be infallibly informed whether thou beest a believer or no thy faith in the commands if thou hast it will breed obedience in the threatnings fear in the promises comfort Dost thou feele the power and efficacy of Gods Word and Spirit perswading thy conscience that thy 〈◊〉 are pardoned in Christ and that thou art in favour with God trusting in him and casting thy selfe wholly and onely upon him for pardon and salvation Art thou often and grievously assaulted with feares and doubtings and often in combate between the flesh and the spirit the spirit in the end getting the upper hand Hast thou a sweet and sanctified peace in thy conscience 〈◊〉 arising from the assured forgivenesse of thy sinnes A sound and strong joy in the Lord and in his word through beleeving 7. Dost thou declare thy faith by thy works thy invisible beliefe by thy visible life Art thou inflamed with the love and estimation of God and of Christ especially upon the returne of thy prayers or the obtaining of some mercy Art thou not dumb in publishing his praise no●… backe ward to justifie him in his judgements Dost thou prefer Gods favour before all the worlds and his glory before thine owne credit I●… it grievous to thee to heare him blasphemed and dishonoured Does i●… cut thy very heart to heare Christ so wounded with Oathes Blasphemies and reproches who is the life of thy life and soule of thy soule Do●… thou omit no opportunity of doing good nor doe evill though thou ha●… opportunity A●… thou willing to be at cost to serve the Lord Dost tho●… freely administer carnall things where thou pertakest of spiritual things and count the same as a due not as a benevolence Dost thou thinke i●… most just that he who preacheth the Gospell should live of the Gospell and that as comfortably as men of other callings 8. Dost thou intirely love and highly esteem Gods people Not out of any carnall or selfe ends but for their graces the truths sake and because they are borne of God Art thou prone to justifie them and speake intheir defence when thou hearest them reviled slandered or contemned by wicked and ungodly men though thou incur their displeasure by it Dost thou seeke the good and to promote the peace of the place thou ●…st in And canst comfort thy selfe with this that in thy very calling and publique imployments thy aime and indeavour is not more at profit or credit then at the glory of God and good of others H●… thou an 〈◊〉 reable and publike spirit delighting to d●… good offices Ar●… them active to pleasure others willing to make thy selfe a servant to all th●… 〈◊〉 in ●…ed of thee Dost thou reioyce at the progresse of the 〈◊〉 and ●…n the common good of the Church and so at the graces or good successe of any member in particular Dost thou 〈◊〉 desire the salvation of others and indeavour to win all thou 〈◊〉 to Christ Art thou zealous to admonish reclaime and reduce the●… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and goe astray and to save those among whom thou 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 th●…ulnesse to God and thy Redeemer and out of love to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 according to thy ability relieve Christs Members for his saue and give ●…cke a considerable part of all thou hast to 〈◊〉 and acknowledge thy selfe onely a Steward not an owner of wh●… thou dost possesse Dost thou expresse thy love and thankeful●… 〈◊〉 God by 〈◊〉 his ●…ommands As thou hast once beene the servant of 〈◊〉 so art thou now become the servant of righteousnesse And as thou hast been 〈◊〉 to Satan so art thou now as active to serve Christ and as 〈◊〉 in good workes as thou hast formerly been in evill 〈◊〉 Do●… thou ●…ember thy vow in Baptizme being 〈◊〉 to performe what th●… 〈◊〉 then promise and so 〈◊〉 as thou 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of performing the 〈◊〉 art thou or 〈◊〉 thou 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to be 〈◊〉 Art thou not 〈◊〉 in thy obedience but universall making conscience of every du●… and all that God commands the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as well as the second and ●…he second as well as the first even the 〈◊〉 things either required 〈◊〉 forbidden in the Word Art thou as carefull to 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sinne or least appearances or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of sinne a actuall sinne it 〈◊〉 Dost thou make 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 that all under thee doe the 〈◊〉 Dost 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and ●…up Gods worship therein 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. and in 〈◊〉 thy children and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 them 〈◊〉 fear the Lord Nor wilt thou approach the 〈◊〉 Table without due ex●…ination and prepartion 9. Art thou just and 〈◊〉 in thy deal●… dost thou not detaine ●…ges nor workemens 〈◊〉 a crying 〈◊〉 that this City groanes un●… When thou hast-prejudiced thy Neighbour wilt thou willingly and without compulsion satisfie for the damage If thy conscience tells thee that thou hast any way wronged another though there be none to witnese against thee and it be unknowne to the party himselfe that suffers the damage wilt thou make satisfaction and never thinke thou meritest by it If thou findest any thing dost thou desire and indeavour to finde out the owner that thou mayest restore it Wilt thou not compound with Creditors for 〈◊〉 shillings in the ●…nd when thou ●…t able to pay all Before thou usest the extreami●… either of Law or Armes Dost thou offer conditions of Peace and before thou ●…lest to blowes by what reason will doe and after that yield some part of thy ●…ight rather then do wrong contend goe to law or make war Dost thou hate gifts and desire rather to buy what thou wouldst have then that it be given thee choosing to eat●…thing ow●…e breed and

drinke water out of thine owne Cesterne Art thou just in the least things and saithfull to such as put thee in trust If thou art 〈◊〉 servant dost thou no way deceive nor purloyne O that men would try themselves in point of justice for though he that is not a true Christian●… may be just yet he that is not just cannot he a true Christian Dost thou first labour to informe and then hearken to and obey the voice of conscience together with the motions of Gods spirit Consider anothers case by thine owne and in a good measure doe unto all others as thou wouldest have others doe unto thee Dost thou feare an Oath hate a lie yea wilt thou not for some great advantage sweare a lie a lawfull●… and needfull question i●… these atheistical dayes for I that scarce know what a tryall in Law i●… out of my small experience of the Consciences of your civill honest men and women have knowne no lesse then ten forsweare themselves poy●… blank in divers particulars when examined in Chauncery and othe●… Courts Dost thou neither back-bite others nor give eare to back-biter of others Dost thou neither tarry long at he wine nor goe often to it 〈◊〉 Let none blame me for heaping up proofs of this mans sinfulnesse for its well if all will be sufficient to his unseeing eyes It must be a ver●… cleare light and a large print that must make plaine to the f●…rmall li●… pocrite or civill Iusticiary that he must either be saved by anothers rightecousnesse or else everlastingly damned CHAP. XVI 1. JF a Magistrate Art thou not parciall in any cause wilt thou neither 〈◊〉 steeme Father nor Mother nor Wife nor Childe so as to disobey 〈◊〉 in the least for their sakes Wilt thou not either for feare or favour d●… any thing against the truth or give sentence against thy conscience 〈◊〉 use thy power in favour of the wicked but be severe to the evill 〈◊〉 ●…shing and protecting the good If a master dost thou use thy serva●… so as considering that thy selfe is a servant to a greater Master Hast th●… learnt from Gods dealing with thee to be mercifull Art thou faithfull to my friend does thy love extend to his soule wilt thou speake of his 〈◊〉 to his face of his vertues behind his backe Yea dost thou not ●…ffer discretion to thrust our and eat up thy zeal and devotion Hadst thou rather hazard the censure of some then hinder the good of others Is thy ●…le a sweet compound of love and anger Canst thou hate the vices of 〈◊〉 wicked man and yet love his person Canst thou chide him sharpely and at the same time pray for him hartily Canst thou refuse to revenge thy selfe upon an enemy though thou ha●… power and opportunity to loe it Yea upon the least change forgive hi●… as heartily as thou de●…rest God should forgive thee Canst thou wish well to and desire thy ●…eatest enemies conversion together with his prosperity 2. Dost thou unfainedly desire to forsake all sinne even those sins ●…at are most pleasing and profitable in thy esteeme Art thou fully per●…ded that God seeth all things and is ever beholding thee and does ●…is make thee upright and sincere hearted to God and man as conscien●…ous alone and in private as if thy greatest enemie or all the world ●…d behold thee and to have a spirit without guile Art thou more de●…us to be good then so accounted Dost thou more seeke the power 〈◊〉 godlinesse then the shew of it Dost thou resolve to lose thy liberty ●…ut with the right hand of profit and the right eye of pleasure rather then ●…rt with a good conscience or sinne against God As what thou dost is ●…ood for the matter so art thou as carefull to doe it well for the manner ●…so and in all yea above all observe whether thy ends be good or evill ●…d whether the evill or the good doe most sway thee for this doe I hold ●…th halfe my Divinity though it is now above thirty years since I learn'd 〈◊〉 Art at a plaine Sermon touching Hypocrisie Dost thou whatsoever ●…ou dost out of duty and thankefulnesse to God and thy Red●…emer and 〈◊〉 of love to thy fellow Members Is Gods glory thy principall end and ●…ow to be saved thy greatest c●…e 3 Art thou bettered by affliction and as it is sent for thy good so ●…th it do thee good Doe crosses in thy estate diseases in thy body ●…dies in thy minde prove medicins to thy soule Is the impairing of 〈◊〉 one the repairing of the other Does thy sinne dye with thy same 〈◊〉 with thy health or with thy peace or with thy outward estate yea ●…th it both lessen thy sinnes and increase thy gr●…ces Dost thou grow 〈◊〉 grace and finde a blessed thriving and gracious progresse in true heli●…sse Does thy sufferings make thee pittiful and compassionate to others 〈◊〉 participating and being touched with compassion and having a fellow ●…ling of their misery and selicity as one Member hath of another espe●…lly of the Church●… as a Member hath of the whole body 4. Art thou hared of the world for goodnesse Dost thou suffer some ●…y for Christ at least art thou evill spoken of for well doing Art thou made a by word and song of the 〈◊〉 for else Christ hath not chosen thee out of the World N●… is thine the true Religion except it be commonly spoken against Dost 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 G●…d in all thou 〈◊〉 and acknowledge him in all thou ●…her 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And dost thou observe the several pa●…a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 all things ●…o ●…e ordered thereby and that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thou comfortable exp●…ience of hi●… 〈◊〉 all 〈◊〉 worke for the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thee admi●…ing the same and his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and being accordingly thankfull for it and keeping a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●…all ●…cies and deliverances a●…d o thy 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 great provoca●…s Dost th●… abhor to thinke thy selfe 〈◊〉 th●…n o●…s because God blesseth thee more with outward 〈◊〉 o●… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 m●…re inward gifts and graces upon thee th●… 〈◊〉 o●…s Doth thy knowledge make thee 〈◊〉 humble And 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 wa●… of g●…e then confide in what thou hast D●… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thy sal●…tion with s●…e and trembling not t●…g in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 being e●… jealous and su●… 〈◊〉 ●…hy 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thee 〈◊〉 pre●…g a●… hu●… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 co●…e Dost thou forget thy good deed ●…hat G●…d 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 remember thy evill 〈◊〉 that God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the●… A●… thou e●…er and 〈◊〉 bew●…iling thy wan●… and weaknesses the 〈◊〉 of thy he●… want o●… saith c. 5. And 〈◊〉 hav●… 〈◊〉 and p●…med thy ●…most not to 〈◊〉 rit by it but to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to him th●… hath done performed and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 D●… 〈◊〉 ●…sse thy selfe an 〈◊〉 profitable servant and 〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 co●… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 t●… du●… Yea dost 〈◊〉

downward his hope and inheritance cannot be above And they that expect no life after this will make as much of this as they can Secondly If a coveteous man doe repent he must restore what he hath wrongfully gotten which perhaps may amount to half or it may be three parts of his Estate at a clap which to him is as hard and as harsh an injunction as that of God to Abraham Gen. 22. 2. Sacrifice thy Sonne thine onely Sonne Isaac Or as that of our Saviours to the young man Luke 18. 22. Sell all that ever thou hast and distribute unto the poore And is there any hope of his yielding No Coveteousnesse is Idolatrie Ephe. 5. 5. Col. 3. 5. And Gold is the coveteous mans God and will he part with his God a certainty for an uncertainty No A godly man is content to be poore in outward things because his purchase is all inward but nothing except the assurance of heavenly things can make us willing to part with earthly things Neither can he contemne this life that knowes not the other and so long as he keepes the weapon evill gotten goods in his wound and resolves not to plucke it 〈◊〉 by restoring how is it possible he should ever he cured Whence it is that we shall sooner hear of an hundreth Malefactors contrition at the Gallows then of one coveteous Mizers in his bed To other sins Satan tempts a man often but coveteousnesse is a fine and recovery upon the purchase Then he is sure of him as when a Jaylor hath lockt up his Prisoner safe in a Dungion he may goe play Thirdly Coveteous men are blinde to all dangers deafe to all good instructions they are besotted with the love of money as Birds are with their haue Yet they resolve against their own conversion The S●…es and ●…harisees who were co●… e●…us shut●… 〈◊〉 stopt their eares and 〈◊〉 w●…doed their hearts against all our Saviour did or said Yea they 〈◊〉 at his preaching And of all sorts of sinners that Christ preached unto he was never scorned nor mockt but by them when he preached against coveteousness Luke 16. 14. And well may rich wordlings scoffe at Christs poor Ministers when they thinke themselves as much wiser as they are richer And commonly the cunning Politi●…ion is wiser then his Pastor or indeed any of his plaine dealing Neighbours by five hundreth if not five thousand pounds These things considered no wonder that our saviour expresly affirmeth that it is easier for a Camel to goe through the eye of needle then for a rich man that is a coveteous rich man to enter into the Kingdome of Heaven Luk. 18. 25. and the Apostle That no coveteous man can looke for any inheritance in the Kingdome of Christ and of God Ephe. 5. 5. 1 Cor. 6. 9. 10. Secondly Hence it is that in all the Word of God we read not of one that was coveteous but Hypocrites as Laban and Naball and Iudas and the rich Foole and the Pharisees For though Zacheus before he met with Christ knew nothing but to scrape yet so soone as Christ had changed his heart all his minde was set upon restoring and giving Luke 12. 8. which also was a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 his curing of him that was sicke of me deal Palsie M●… 9. 2. to 7 And Christ did some miracles which none of his Apostles were able to doe Mat. 17. 16. And indeed it is a sinne so damnable and inconsistent with grace that of all sinnes the children of God have cleared themselves from coveteousnesse when they would approve their integrity before God and Men Thus did S●…el 1 Sam. 12. 3 and Ieremiah Chap. 15. 10. and Paul Acts 20. 33. and Ioh Chap. 31. 24 28. and Agar Prov. 30. 8. and David Psal 4 6 7. and Solomon 1 King 3. 5 9. and Zacheus and in fine all that s●…ue God 1 Cor. 7. 30. 31 32. Their expressions are very remakeable but I may not stand so repeate them We find many acts of deception in the the Saints infirmity in those acts But coveteousnesse that idolatrous sinne we find not Once Noah was drunk with wine never drunk with the World Lot was twice incestuous never coveteous Peter denyed his Master thrice it was not the love of the World but rather the feare of the World that brought him to it for he had denyed the World before he denyed his Master Once David was overcome with the flesh never with the World Grace may stand with some transient acts of naughtinesse but never with coveteousnesse those were acts avarice is an habite Coveteousnesse is ●…at idolatrie which makesit out of measure sinfull and more hamous then any other sinne as appeares Col. 3. 5. Ephe. 5. 5. Ioh. 31. 24 28. Jer. 17. 5. 1 Tim. 6. 9. 10. Fornication is a soule sinne but nothing to this that pollutes the body but covetousnesse defileth the soule and the like of other sinnes Yea it is such a fordid and damnable sinne that it ought not once to be named among Christians but with detestation Ephe. 5. 3. Nor ought coveteous persons to be admitted into Christian society 1 Cor. 5. 11. Thirdly From hence it is that the whole Bible all the Serons men hear yea the checks of their owne consciences and the motions of Gods spirit judgements mercies and what else can be named prove altogether ineffectuall And that their is so small a part of the world scarce one of an hundreth that runs not a whoring after this Idoll and is not in too great a degree coveteous That from the least even unto the greatest every one is given unto coveteousnesse and to deale salsly ser. 6. 13. and 8. 10. For I may speake it with seare and trembling where shall we find a just Cato Rom. 13. 7. Where can we meet with a sincere ●…ngle heatred Nathaniel in whose spirit there is no 〈◊〉 John 1. 49. where with a Iob an upright and just man Joh 1. 1. Where with a Samuel that can be acquited by himselfe in private by others in publique by God in both 1 Sam. 12. 3. where with a Paul that can say I have coveted no mans silver nor gold Acts 20. 33. and 24. 16. where with one that does unto all others as he would have others doe unto him as our saviour requires Mat. 7. 12. Where is a Jonathan 1 Sam. 23. 16. 17. or an Eliezer Gen. 15. 2. to be heard of that is not troubled at but can rejoyce in their welfare by whom themselves are deprived of great honour and Revenues O that I could be acquainted with three such men And yet justice is the mistresse of all vertues and the truest triall of a good man For as the Touch-stone tryes Gold so Gold tryes men and there is little or no danger of that soule which will not bite at a golden hook Ministers wonder that their Sermons take no better That among so many Arrows none should sit the marke but God tells us the reason Ezek. 33.