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A80829	The vanity and mischief of making earthly, together with the necessity and benefit of making heavenly treasures our chiefe treasure opened in a sermon at Mary Spittle, before the Right Honorable the Lord Major and court of aldermen, of the city of London, and divers worthy citizens at their solemn anniversarie meeting, on Tuesday in Easter Week, being the 17 of Aprill 1655. / By John Crodacott, preacher of Gods word at Saviours Southwark, and Sepulchres London.	Crodacott, John.	1655 (1655)	Wing C6964; Thomason E844_11; ESTC R210367	30,576	56

THE VANITY AND MISCHIEF OF Making Earthly Together with the NECESSITY AND BENEFIT OF Making Heavenly TREASURES Our chiefe Treasure Opened in a SERMON at Mary Spittle Before the Right Honorable the Lord Major and Court of Aldermen of the City of London and divers worthy Citizens at their solemn Anniversarie meeting on Tuesday in Easter Week being the 17 Aprill 1655. By John Crodacott Preacher of Gods Word a● Saviours Southwark and Sepulchres London 1 Tim. 6.17 18 19. Charge them that are rich in this World that they be not high minded nor trust in uncertain riches but in the living God who giveth us richly all things to enjoy That they do good that they be rich in good works ready to distribute willing to communicate Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come that they may lay hold on eternall life Printed for A. Kemb at Margarets Hill in Southwark 1655. Tuesday April 23th 1655. PACK Major ORdered That Mr. Crodacott be desired from this Court to Print his Sermon at the Spittle on Tuesday in Easter-week last SADLER To the Right HONOURABLE Christopher Pack LORD MAJOR AND The Right Worshipful the Aldermen of the City of London WHen first I received your Summons to this work I might have apologized for my self with Elihu I am young and ye are very old wherefore I was afraid Job 32.6 7 and durst not shew you mine opinion I said dayes should speak and multitude of years should teach wisdome But out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hath the Lord ordained strength c. and his strength is usually perfected in the creatures weaknesse 2 Cor. 12.9 He can make a few barley loaves yield toothsome and wholesome nourishment unto many thousands He can make the words of Naamans faithful servants greater in operation then the words of a great and good Prophet Indeed many in our dayes look upon Preaching and Preachers as Naaman did upon the waters of Jordan with Syrian eyes Preaching is foolishnesse in the worlds estimation and Preachers are bablers Saint Paul that great Apostle was so reputed and censured the despicablenesse of the carthen vessel does too often through Satans subtiltie and innate corruption prejudice hearers against the heavenlinesse of the Treasure I cannot accuse any of you 1 Thess 2.13 surely what the Apostle saith of the Thessalonians I may say of you in a judgement of charity I hope also of verity When ye received the Word of God which ye heard ye received it not as the word of man but as it is in truth the Word of God But where 's the fruit of your so receiving the Word of God The Word of God so received by them wrought effectually in them hath it wrought also effectually in you Haply your faith may be as 't were in travail and readie to bring forth some works of mercie and charity Now if the midwifery of this Sermon in the Review may expedite the birth I have what I levelled at and shall blesse God for your summons though as much unexpected as undeserved to the Pulpit and Presse Believe it Sirs 't were better for you to have the stone in the bladder or kidneys then to have such a stone in your hearts or bowels and such a cramp in your hands as does utterly indispose you for the doing of good with your goods I could name you some eminent Saints Mr. Nicholas Bifield Vide Dr. Go●ge his Epistle to the Reader before Mr. Bifields Commentary upon the second Chapter of the first Epistle of St. Peter And Mr. Jeremiah Whitaker who lately died in the Lord and now resteth from his labours c. that for some years lived and at length died labouring under those bodilie distempers but not any that lived and died labouring under this soul-disease He that refused to give a crum of bread on earth was denied a drop of water in hell Unmerciful men shall finde no mercie There 's fulnesse of bread but ô that I could say There 's fulnesse of good works in this famous City The former though a good blessing of God in it self was one of Sodoms O that it were not one of Londons Vices The latter was one of the Macedonians O that it might be one of Londons Vertues to cool your affections unto earthlie treasures and enkindle them unto heavenly and unto works of charity which even to a Proverb is grown cold is the faithful endeavour and aim of this Sermon I know not any man willingly though manie deservedly when he is dead would have those two words for his Epitaph infoeliciter foelix unhappie in being so happie 't were better have these two foeliciter infoelix happie in being unhappie O then let the zeal of your faith sparkle forth in works of charity All men have not the honourable capacitie of being Almoners of the King of Heaven and Earth as you have who can better spare two talents then some can two mites The Lord grant that as he hath been unto you so you may be merciful and bountiful unto others That as you are rich in worldly goods so you may be rich in faith and good works and in Gods set time be personally and fully possessed of the heavenlie Kingdome which he hath prepared for and promised to them that love him So praieth The meanest and unworthiest of the Lords Servants and Yours in the Lords Work John Crodacott The vaniy and mischiefe of making earthly Treasures Together with The necessity and benefit of making heavenly Treasures Our chiefe Treasure Opened in a SERMON at Mary Spittle Before the Right Honourable the Lord Major and Court of Aldermen on Tuesday in Easter Week being the 17. of Aprill 1655. Matthew 6.19 20. 19. Lay not up for your selves treasures upon earth where moth and rust doth corrupt and where theeves break through and steale 20. But lay up for your selves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt and where theeves do not break through and steale I Shall not trouble or detain you with any further preamble then what will make for the argument of the Text. In this Chapter which containeth a part of that excellent Sermon which our blessed Lord and Saviour preached to his Disciples and others in the Mount two things are by him decryed and condemned 1 Hypocrisie Ostentation and an affectation of vain glory from the beginning of the Chapter to the nineteenth Verse 2 Covetousnesse inordinate affections unto and carking cares for the things of this life from the nineteenth verse to the end of the Chapter 1 The former namely all Hypocrisie and affectation of vain glory is decryed and condemned First In giving of Alms from the 1 to the 5 Verse Secondly In Prayer from the 5 to the 16 Verse Thirdly In Fasting from the 16 to the 19 Verse 2 The latter namely Covetousnesse is decryed and condemned by sundry forcible disswasive arguments All which should I distinctly enumerate and explain 't