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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66986	A sermon preach'd May 23. 1700. at Feckenham in Worcester-shire before the trustees appointed by Sir Thomas Cookes Bart. to manage his charity given to that place. By Benj. Woodroffe D.D. Canon of Ch. Ch. and principal of Glocester-Hall in Oxford.	Woodroffe, Benjamin, 1638-1711.	1700 (1700)	Wing W3470; ESTC R221216	30,188	44

the worst of slaves and yet in love with his bondage He 's every moment in danger of shipwrack and yet he will be putting abroad the sails which are bearing him to the sands and rocks on which he must split This therefore our first Vse to shame the rich in this world for being thus high-minded and trusting in uncertain riches Our second is USE II. For advice how he may make these certain Our Lord hath directed it Luke 12. 33. sell that ye have and give Alms provide your selves baggs which wax not old a Treasure in the Heaven that faileth not where no thief approacheth nor moth corrupteth Now this will take in both our second and third general both the duty here laid down viz. of doing good and being rich in good works being ready to distribute willing to communicate and the encouragement to it in the glorious reward that attends it as 't is laying up in store for our selves a good foundation against the time to come that we may lay hold on eternal life Thou art at last convinced of the uncertainty of thy riches pray God thou art so 't is thy interest thy eternal interest to make something sure and thou hast how to do it Intrust him out of whose hand none can snatch it Intrust the poor who are his receivers 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 says the good Father why seekest thou thy fellow-servants which whom do deposit it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Christ stands ready to receive and secure all thy stores He will not only secure but increase thy stock and add to it his own riches riches that cannot be uncertain even eternal life and glory Thou art afraid thy security is not good lend then to the Lord by having pity on the poor this is done and what thou shalt give he will pay it thee again Thou wantest a good foundation against the time to come afflictions sickness death and judgment too will be upon thee Thou would'st fain be safe against all events Thou hast it in thy own power to be so for so it is written Blessed is he Ps 41. 1. that considereth the poor the Lord will deliver him in the time of v. 2. trouble the Lord will preserve him and keep him alive the Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing Thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness so you had it in the Psalm this morning Thou art afraid thou shalt one day want Cast thy bread upon the waters 't is the best the most fortunate adventure thou canst make thou shalt find it after many days give a portion Eccles ●● 1. to seven and also to eight for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the Earth Knowest thou not what evil shall be upon the Earth therefore says the worldling provide for the evil day and so too says the divine answer but provide by laying up in a different bank lay up those treasures in Heaven which thou canst not secure on Earth Take it in the words of Gregory Nazianzene 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 give a portion to thy own Soul let that reap the benefit of thy pious bounty 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 give a portion to God himself to his honour and service 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 take away some-thing from thy luxurious belly consecrate it to the Spirit 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 snatch it out of the fire 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 set aside a little from those flames which are appointed to carry away all at last 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 snatch it out of the power of the Tyrant 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 trust it to thy Lord and Master who best knows how to improve it for thee 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Thou would'st build thee beautiful and great houses I forbid it not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but build them not on earth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 build thee Tabernacles in Heaven 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Tabernacles which will never be dissolved 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 why art thou so madly set upon things that are flitting and must stay behind thee here They are St. Chrysostom's words Ad pop Antioch Homil. 2. p. 36 37. Thou art afraid and that 's a time to come worth storing up a good Foundation for it thou art afraid what will become of thee when gone hence when thy riches and every thing else here shall have left thee when as 't is Prov. 23. 5. they shall make to themselves wings and fly away as an eagle towards heaven and what should'st thou do but fly after them let thy affections as the Apostle advises be set on things above and thou hast made the flight Colos 3. 3. imploy thy wealth on what leads thither every Alms given to the poor if given with an heart devoted to him whose the poor are is offered up there 't is the advice of him who is gone before to prepare mansions for us and best knew what would gain us a safe admission you have it Luke 16. 9. make to your selves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness that when you fail they may receive you into everlasting habitations I have but one word more and that is what the Apostle hath given us in his excellent description of charity 1 Cor. 13. 4 5 6 7 8. a description which ought to make us in love with the Duty for is it to be good is it to be happy that we are ambitious of and what can more amply set out either for to say of any person He is one who suffereth long One who is kind One who hath no envy in him One who vaunteth not himself is not puffed up hath no pride One who doth not behave himself unseemly seeketh not his own is not easily provoked thinketh no evil One who rejoyceth not in iniquity but rejoyceth in the Truth One who beareth all things believeth all things hopeth all things endureth all things can neither do nor think ill One who never faileth Is all this at all times i. e. is never out of humour is always contented is still doing good and can neither receive nor feel any evil and what is there you can say that is greater what more advantageous to human nature Now all this is Charity 't is the Grace that sanctifies every condition here the Grace that makes every condition happy the Grace that must because it self is not only the pledge and earnest but the full consummation of all rational pleasure turn all into Glory To which He who is all Love and Charity bring us through Jesus Christ our Lord to whom with Himself and the holy Spirit be praise honour and glory now and for ever Amen FINIS