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A20725	The Christian arte of thriving, whereby a man may become rich to God, or, A sermon vpon Matth.6.33 preached by the right reuerend father in God, George, Lord Bishop of Derry.	Downame, George, d. 1634.	1620 (1620)	STC 7109.3; STC 7109A; ESTC S120077	25,870	48

inheritance is in heauen but small additions vnto their principall rewards Greater blessings are promised and giuen to them to which these are added To the second I answere that promises of temporall benefits which are not absolutely good are not to be vnderstood absolutely that to the godly who first seeke the kingdome of God his righteousnes all these things are added so far as they are expedient for Gods glory their owne spirituall good so far as they are blessings and not curses so far as they do or ought to seek or desire them For with these limitations all promises of temporal blessings are to be vnderstood For these outward things if they be not subordinat to Gods glory and our own spirituall euerlasting good they are not to be esteemed good things nor blessings And therfore as they are not within y t verge of Gods promise for promises are of blessings not of curses so they are not or ought not to be within the compasse of our desire For they that first seek the Kingdome of God and his righteousnesse in so doing subordinate all their worldly desires to Gods glory their owne spiritual good desiring nothing in this world but so farre as it may stand with Gods glory and their owne saluation Now it is manifest that it is good many times for the children of God to be vnder the crosse and to be afflicted with want of some outward things But this want these crosses doe not hinder their happinesse but further their good For they are happy notwithstanding them Luk. 6. 20 21. And therfore to the promise of temporal blessings made to those which first seeke Gods Kingdome with purpose to renounce all for Christs sake God hath annexed the promise of the crosse God in loue doth chastise his children for their profit and they cannot denie but that it is good for them that they are afflicted Yea Dauid pronounceth them happy whom the Lord doth chastise and teach them out of his Law Those that first seeke the Kingdome of God and his righteousnesse haue this priuiledge and as Esay calleth it this heritage that as nothing shall hurt them so all things whatsoeuer as well aduersity as prosperity shall by the mercifull dispensation of Gods Fatherly prouidence worke together for their good This therefore is the disposition of all those who first seeke the Kingdome of God and his righteousnes Not to affect either with couetous worldlings aboundance or with superstitious phantasticks voluntary pouerty Nor to seeke to be their owne caruers and much lesse to resolue that they will attaine to great matters in this world for they that will be rich whether God giue them lawfull meanes or not doe fall into the snare of the Deuill and are ready to swallow his baites but to submit themselues to the good and most wise prouidence of God seeking and expecting from him such a measure of temporall blessings as hee in his Fatherly wisedome doth know to be most expedient for them This was the prayer of the wise man Pro. 30. And this is the prayer which by the direction of our Sauiour Christ we are daily to make Giue me not aboundance nor giue me not penury but Feed me cibo dimensi mei which our Sauiour calleth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is that portion of temporall benefits which God knoweth to be most fitting and expedient for vs. Therefore notwithstanding these obiections this promise made to those which first seeke Gods Kingdome and his righteousnesse is most true and as it properly belongeth to them and not to worldlings so is it euer performed towards them And that wee may not onely giue vndoubted credit to this gracious promise but also in sure affiance and faith therein be moued to seeke first the Kingdome of God and his righteousnesse let vs not onely consider his trueth in his promise but also his fidelity in performance Psal. 37. 25. His all-sufficiencie in being a plentifull reward to those that seeke him Gen. 15. 1. and 17. 1. His bountie giuing all things aboundantly to enioy 1. Tim. 6. 17. His prouidence both generall who giueth all things to all all things that are needfull and expedient Act. 17. 25. to all creatures euen to those which were made for mans vse Math. 6. 25 26 c. the which prouidence of God the brute creatures seeme to acknowledge Psal. 104. 27. and 145. 15. That those men may know themselues to bee more brutish then the brute beasts who doe not acknowledge Gods prouidence and in some measure depend thereon And also speciall towards the faithfull Psal. 106. 4 5. and 34. 16. For they are of his family and therfore no doubt hee will prouide for them 1. Tim. 4. 10. He is their Pastor and therefore they shall lacke nothing Psal. 23. 1. Hee is their heauenly Father and therefore will supply their wants Math. 6. 32. and 7. 11. They are his children in Christ and in him haue right to all things 1. Cor. 3. 22. and therefore in his iustice will not denie them any thing that is good for them Psal. 84. 11. To them he hath giuen his only Sonne and therefore with him will in his loue giue all things profitable Ro. 8. 32. To them according to his good pleasure he hath appointed a Kingdome And therefore they neede not feare but that they seeking it first both that Kingdome shall be giuen vnto them and that all these things also shall be added ouer aboue by way of aduanthge Luk. 12. 31 32. The Lord for his mercies sake giue vs all grace first to seeke his Kingdome and his righteousnes that we may obtaine his righteousnes in the Kingdome of grace whereupon will follow peace of conscience and ioy in the holy Ghoft with a supply of all needfull blessings in this life and may in the end attaine to euerlasting happinesse in the Kingdome of Glory where we shall haue the fruition of God himselfe who is the chiefeft Good through Iesus Christ our Lord and only Sauiour To whom with the Father and the holy Spirit be all praise and glory for euermore Amen FINIS Vers. 19 20. Vers. 21. Vers. 22. Vers. 23. Phil. 3. 20. Vers. 24. Vers. 25. to 33. Luk. 12. 31. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 so Phil. 4. 6. Primum relatiuè dicitur adsecundum Nic. Lyr. De Serm. Dom. in monse lib. 2. Vers. 25. Vers. 26. Vers. 28 29 30. Vers. 27. Vers. 32. Vers. 8. Math. 7 11. Rom. 8. 32. Rom. 8. 17. Luk. 12. 32. Ioh 12. 31. 2. Cor. 4. 4. Ephes. 2. 2. 2. Tim. 2. 26. Ephes. 2. 19. Gal. 6. 10. Psal. 16. 11. 1. Pet. 1. 17. Tit. 2. 13. Rom. 14 17. Rom. 5. 1 2. 2. Cor. 5. 21. Rom. 10. 3. Rom. 1. 17. Rom. 3. 21 22. Phil. 3. 8 9 10. Act. 20. 28. Ier. 23. 6. 1. Cor. 1 30. Rom. 5. 9. Rom. 5. 19. Ioh. 1. 16. Act. 26. 18. and 20. 32. Colos. 1. 12. 1. Cor. 1. 30. 1. Iohn 5. 7. Luk. 1. 73 74 75 2. Cor. 5. 17. Gal. 5. 24. Rom. 8. 1. 1. Iohn 3. 7. Heb. 12. 14. Ioh. 3. 3. 1. Cor. 6. 9. Gal. 5. 21. Iam. 3. 15. Rom. 8. 7. Math. 16. 23. Math. 7. 7. Augustine Rom. 10. 13. Luk. 23. 42 43. 2. Pct. 1. 10 11. Math. 7. 7 8. Esa. 21. 12. Psal. 95. 7. Heb 3. and 4. Ecclus. 5. 7. Psal. 63. 1. 2. Cor. 2. 16. 2. Cor. 5. 20. Prou. 1. 24 28. Zach. 7. 13. Hieron in Dan. 11. Luke 19. ●1 2. Cor. 6. 2. Iam. 4. 14. Apoc. 2. 10. Mauh 21. 17. Ierem. 13. 23. Psal. 78. 34 36. Psalm 78. 57. Hos. 7. 16. Hos. 7. 14. Psalm 78. 37. Ecclas 39. 27. Luke 6. 20. 21. 1. Tim. 6. 6. Rom. 5. 1 2. and 14. 17. 1. Pct. 1. 8. Rom. 8. 17. Psalm 111. 10. Regnum ergo iuslilia Dei bonum nostrum est boc appetendum est ibi finis constitue●dus propter quod facimus quaecunque facimus August de serm Domini in Mont. hb. 2. Ecclef 39. 27. Ecclef 1. 2. 2. 11. Pro. 1. 32. To happinesse two things required fulnesse perpetuity Psal. 16. 11. Ver. 23. 1. Ioh. 2. 15 16. Iam. 4. 4. Eccles. 10. 9. Gen. 25. 33 34. Heb. 12. 16. Phil. 3. 19. Gal. 6. 8. Phil. 3. 20. Heb. 11. 13. Heb. 12. 1. 1. Cor. 7. 31. Psal. 131. 2. Col. 3. 1 2. Heb. ●1 24 25 26. Luk. 16. Psal. 4. 6 7. Psal. 32. 1 2. and Psal. 119. 1 Psal. 27. 4. Luk. 10. 42. Phil. 3. 8 9. Math. 22. 5. Luk. 14. 18 19 20. To these men not Godlinesse is gaine but gaine 〈◊〉 godlinesse 1. Tim. 6. Mark 8. 36. Tit. 2. 12. * That is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sorbid den Luk. 12. 29. Tu praesens cura Domine committe futura 1. Tim. 6. 17. Psal. 23. 1. Psal. 34. 10. Psal. 84. 11. Psal. 4. 6. 1. Tim 6. 6. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1. Tim. 4. 8. Luk. 12. 21. Prou. 10. 22. 1. King 3. 13. 1. Cor. 15. 58. Esa. 45. 19. Math. 7. 7 8. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 au●arij v●l Mantisz 〈◊〉 Prou. 1. 32. Psal. 73. 17 18. Ier. 12. 3. Numb 11. 33. Ier. 12. 3. Psal. 17. 14. Luk. 16. 25. Math. 6. 2 5. Mark 10. 30. Heb. 12. 10. Pss. 119. 71 75. Lam. 3. 27. Psul 94. 12. Esa. 54. 17 Rom. 8. 28. 1. Tim. 6. 9. Pro. 30. 8. Math. 6. 11. Psal 9. 10. Math. 7. 7 8. Psal. 34. 10. Heb. 13. 5. Pro. 10. 3. Psal. 9 10. Psa 145. 15 16.