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A13269	The rich mans vvarning-peece A sermon, vpon occasion, formerly preached, and now published, by the author, Humfrey Sydenham, late fellow of Wadham Colledge in Oxford.	Sydenham, Humphrey, 1591-1650?	1630 (1630)	STC 23570; ESTC S118064	21,118	46

dissipation both of his Posteritie and Fortunes His goods shall flow away and the Increase of his house shall depart shall depart whither to the Graue with whom two lamentable Companions The Foole and the Beast that perisheth So saith the Singer of Israel in his 49. Psalme thrice in that one Psalme at the sixth verse He trust's in his wealth and glorie 's in the multitude of his Riches and at the tenth Verse He is a foole and brutish and leaueth his goods to others O vaine Insolence O transitorie height what After all those ouerflowings and swarmes of Treasure must he leaue his Substance to Others Yea to others perchance neither of his Tribe nor Countrey Please you to looke vpon him at the eleuenth Verse his very heart is transparent and you may discouer his inward thoughts Hee conceiue's his house shall contìnue for euer and his Dwelling place to all generations and therefore cals his Lands after his owne Name yet view him againe at the fourteenth Verse He is a Beast a silly one a sheepe laid in the graue Death shall feed vpon him and the vpright shall haue Dominion ouer him in the morning and his strength shall consume in the pit from his Dwelling place Once more He is twice in that Psalme stil'd A Man of Honour but 't is sauc'd with a Neuerthelesse He abideth not at the twelfth Verse and He vnder standeth not at the twentieth Verse and in both He is a Beast that perisheth Marke how the Spirit of God paint's out this very Earth-worme this great Monopolist of pelfe and Rubbish He is ignorant Transitorie Sensuall He abideth not hee vnder standeth not and anon he dieth Dieth no perisheth perisheth as a Beast doth as if the Soule rotted with the Body or his Memory with the Soule no Remainder either of Name or Fortune and which is worst of Honour so saith the Text What though rich and the Glory of his house increased yet He shall carry away nothing with him his Honour shall not descendafter him verse 17. what carry nothing away with him not that Glorious Earth that Gaudy Luggage his Soule Doted on that shining Saint that Burnish'd Deity which he could at once both touch and worship what not the Cabonet he hug'd and clasp'd not the Gold hee Idol'd nothing of Treasure or Repute or Name Of neither All these false beames which were wont to dazle him shall bee now clouded in perpetuall darknesse where they shall neuer see light againe thus the Text doome's him at the nineteenth Verse of the same Psalme Seeing then All earthly Dependences are vaine and fragile and there can be no true peace but that which looke's vpward Take for Conclusion the aduice of Siracides Lay vp Treasures according to the Commandement of the most High and they shall bring thee more profit then gold Eeclus 39. Treasures of the most high What are These How laid vp and where The Commandement of the most High tell 's thee Lay vp for your selues Treasures in heauen Bags which waxe not old the good foundation against the time to come the hold of eternall life the Euerlasting Memoriall before God that Treasure which the Angell shewed Cornelius in the Vision euen thine Almes and thy Prayers not thy large-lung'd Prayers without Almes such as the old Pharisee bleated in his Synagogue or the New one in his Conuenticle but thine Almes and thy Prayers hand in hand with one cheerefulnesse and Truth thy hearty Zeale towards God and thy willing Charity towards Man and both these in secret and without noise Such and only such are Golden Vialls full of Odours sweet Incense in the Nostrils of the Almighty They shall yeeld a pleasant smell as the Best Myrrhe as Galbanum and Onyx and sweet Storax and as the fume of Frankincense in the Tabernacle Heere are Treasures which neuer faile where no Moth corrupteth nor Thiefe approcheth these shall fight for thee against thine Enemies better then a mighty shield or a strong speare If thou breake the Staffe of thy Bread vnto the hungry and afflicted God shall make fat thy Bones and satisfie thy Soule in Drought Thou shalt be like awatred Garden and like a spring whose streames faile not Treasures thou shalt lay vp as Dust and Gold of Ophir as the stones of the Brooke Thy Pastures shall be cloth'd with flockes the Valleys also shall stand so thicke with Corne that they shall laugh and sing In sine Thou shalt take root in an honourable place euen in the portion of the Lord's Inheritance when thou shalt be exalted as a Cypresse tree vpon the Mountaines of Hermon like a Palme tree in Engedy and as a Rose plant in Iericho And at length when the Glory of those Earthly Mansions must bee left when thou canst bee no longer Steward but art to passe thy strict Account before the Great House-holder at the Generall and Dreadfull Audit when the Booke of all our Actions shall be vnclaps'd thine shall be found square and euen and thou shalt receiue that happie Applause and Remuneration Well done thou good and faithfull Seruant Enter into thy Masters Ioy. Which the Lord grant for Christ Iesus sake Amen Gloria in excelsis Deo Rode caper vites tamen hic eum stabis ad Aras In tua quod fundi cornua possit erit FINIS

things haue notwithstanding coueted somewhat like wide mouth'd Glasses brimb'd vp with rich Elixars put gold in them They are ne're the fuller And this is a punishment euer waites vpon vnbridled and immoderate Appetites Hee that loueth siluer shall not bee satisfied with siluer nor hee that loueth Abundance with increase Eccle. 5.10 Miserable Desires haue miserable effects They degrade and deuest Man of that preheminence he hath aboue other Creatures and bring him down to Beasts nay vnder them For they hauing quenched their Desires by their Fruition remaine fully satisfied till Nature quicken againe their Appetites like plants in a fat soyle which neuer require shewers but in drought those of Man are euer rauenous and insatiate like barren thirsty ground which euen then lacks moisture when ouer flowed Thoughts which streame towards wealth or Honour haue no certaine channell but like a Torrent or full tide either beate downe or else ouer-runne their bankes There was neuer Mammonist whose Excesse of Treasure or Extent of Fortune could limit his Concupiscence but it might well riuall the Ambition of those Proud Kings of old who not satisfied with the Glory of their owne Crownes and hauing nothing more on earth to bee desired would counterfaite the Lightning and Thunder to haue themselues thought powerfull in Heauen also make him Lord of the whole Earth giue him her Mynes of Gold Coasts of Iasper Rocks of Diamonds nay all the Treasure the wombe of the Earth or bowels of the great Deepe haue swallowed yet euen in these flouds hee thirsteth in this surfet he is hungry in these Riches poore O the Inexhaustednesse of Humane Appetite Quod naturae satì est Homini nòn est Sen Epist 119. Nature hath not in her vast store-house wherewith to supply our bottomlesse Desires those Desires I meane which attend our Choice For as they depend on the Imaginations of men which are fertile and euer blooming as this Power represent's the formes and Images of infinite Obiects so our defires multiply strangely to pursue all those things the Imagination hath propounded insomuch that we prosecute them oftentimes without Rule or Measure and there is sooner an end of vs then of our Couetousnes I know there are Desires Innocent enough if they had their Bounds But their Excesse and Restlesnesse doth blemish their pursuite the Chrysolite the Berill and the Saphire and all the sparkling and shelly Maiestie of Pearle and Stone are the Obiects of a harmelesse delight if we could vse them moderately But we suffer our selues to be transported with such violent Affections and we seeke them with such enraged heate that 't is rather Madnesse then Desire Nay of all humane Aspirations there are none so lawlesse and Exorbitant as those which wander after Riches For whereas the Rest aime only at the Ioy and Content which may arriue them by the possession of their Obiects and so lull and stumber like two loude and steepe Currents which meeting in a Flat kisse are silent Those of Riche grow more violent by Abundance like the flame of a great fire which increaseth by cafting wood into it There can be no true Riches without Content and there can be no true content where there is still a Desire of riches will you haue the Reason the Moralist giue 's it Sen. Epist 112. but not home Plùs incipit habere posse qui plùs habet Hee that hath much begin's to haue a possibilitie to haue more and thus as our Heapes are inlarged so are our Affections and They once Inordinate the Heart is instantly rent asunder with the whirle-winds and distempers of various lusts sometimes it hunt 's for Treasure sometimes for Henours and Preferment and hauing gotten the possession of these still fight 's against her owne Satisfaction by desiring more Insomuch that if we could empty the Westerne Parts of Gold and the East of all her Spices the Land of her vndig'd and the Sea of her shipwrack't store if we could lay on our Masse to the very Starres yet Desire is as woman and the Graue as Death and Hell which will not bee satisfied Such are the restlesse wandrings of our Affections set once on Temporalls that They sinde neither Banke nor Bottome there is no rest to man's Soule but in God's Eternall Rest for there being no proportion betweene Spirits and Bodies 't is impossible that the infinite desires of the Soule should be confin'd to Creatures heere below as Things too Languishing and Transitorie for such Diuine Substances to reside in with full satisfaction or finall Rest The heart of man not fixt in the contemplation of Eternitie is alwayes erraticke and vnstable Et omni volubilitate volubilius saith Augustine more voluble then volubilitie it selfe It trauel's from one Obiect to another seeking rest where there is none but in those fraile and fleeting Temporals in which our Affections are as 't were shackled and let bound It shall neuer find any Lasting and true Content For our Soule is of that vast comprehensiuenesse and our Desire of that wilde Latitude and Extent that no Finite Excellencie or Created Comfort can euer fill it but it is still tortut'd on the Racke of restlesse Discontent and Selfe-vexation vntill it fasten vpon an Obiect infinite both in Endlesnesse and Perfection only admit it to the Face of God by Beatificall Vision and so consequently to those Riuers of pleasure and fulnes of Ioy flowing thence and then presently and neuer till then It 's infinite defire expire's in the Bosome of God and lie's downe softly Bolt walke with God pag. 125. with sweetest peace and full contentment in the embracements of euerlasting Blisse And now O Earth Earth Earth heare the Word of the Lord. Thou whose Bodie and Soule and Desires are lumpish Earth meerely thrice Earth Raise thine Affections from this Dull Element where they now grouell and looke vp to the Hils from whence thy saluation commeth why do they flutter heere about corruptible Glories Why doe they stoope to false and vaine Comforts such as are not only open to Casualtie but to Danger Riches are to Both to Both in a triple way First in their Acquisition Secondly Possession Thirdly Depriuation In their Acquisition first As the Partridge sitteth on egges and hatcheth them not so He that getteth Riches and not by right shall leaue them in the midst of his Age and at his End bee a foole Ier. 17.11 Next in their Possession where Moth and rust doth corrupt them and where Theeues breake through and steale Math. 6.9 Lastly in respect of their Depriuation or Losse He hath swallowed downe Riches and Hee shall vomit them vp againe God shall cast them out of his Belly the Increase of his house shall depart and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath Iob 20.15 28. Loe how the Hand of Iustice houers heere and with a Double Blow strike's through the very Ioynts and marrow of the Worlaling euen to the sundring and