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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

of Christ relieved with your goods while you live God will remember you for good when you come to die and time as to you shall be no more Matth. 25.35 36. Our blessed Saviour tells the faithful of all their acts of charity I was an hungred and you gave me meat I was thirsty and you gave me drink naked and you cloathed me I was sick and you visited me at the 37 verse the righteous answer him as if they had forgotten that they had done any such acts Lord say they when saw we thee an hungred or thirsty but though they should yet the Lord will not forget their works of mercy God will be sure to remember them for good who have done good with their goods Revel 14.13 Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord they rest from their labours and their works do follow them not their works in kinde but the fruits of their works of mercie and charitie c. shall follow them It is storied of one of the Dukes of Savoy that being asked by certain Ambassadours that came to his Court what hounds he had for they desired to see them the next day he shewed them a companie of poor people feeding at his Table and told them these are the hounds with which I hunt after heaven In a word it is counted an honour to live like a Prince but sure I am when you come to die it will be more comfortable to your own souls and more honourable among those that trulie honour God and are honourable in his eies to have the testimonie that you have given like Princes then that you have lived like Princes I have but one thing more to do namelie to present unto you some shall I say indeed manie crying objects of mercie and compassion and so I shall conclude Here according to custome a true Repore was read of the great number of poor Children and other poor people maintained in the several Hospitals by the pious care of the Lord Major Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London viz. Children now remaining under the Care and Charge of Christs Hospital with them lately admitted which are kept in the house and divers places in London and Suburbs thereof and at Nurse in the Countrey amounting in the whole to the number of 948. Remaining under cure at this present at the Charge of S. Bartholomews Hospital 361. Remaining under cure at present upon the Charge of St. Thomas Hospital 249. Maintained in Arts and Occupations and other useful and necessary works and labours at the charge of the Hospital of Bridewel Apprentices and other persons 130. Maintained in the Hospital of Bethlehem with Physick Diet and other relief 51 distracted persons constantly at least besides the charge of Servants to look to them they being most unruly and not able to help themselves and the Rents and Revenues of the said Hospital being very small not amounting to two third parts of the yearly charge THere was also read the Report of the Governours of the Corporation for imploying and relieving the Poor of this City of London and Liberties thereof The said Corporation do at the present maintain and educate about 100 poor Children in Learning and Arts whose Parents are either dead or not able to maintain them aiming according as ability by the good providence of God shall be administred at the entertaining of some hundreds more Moreover there are many hundred of poor people and families imployed by the said Corporation in the Manufactures of Spinning Hemp Flax and Tow and Weaving of it into Cloth Thus you see Right Honourable Right Worshipful honoured and beloved how many Channels there are for your beneficence and liberality to run down in how many objects of mercie and compassion there are in these Hospitals these houses of Mercie and it is well known to your selves in whose hands the government of these Hospitals is intrusted I hope I may say without flattery men fearing God and hating covetousnes such as have yearning bowels to refresh the bowels of the Saints the houshold of faith and their seed such as will not abuse and lavish out your charity either profuse or confuse without measure or order Now my humble and earnest request unto you is that before you sleep you would resolve between God and your own souls to lay out some discreet proportion of your earthly treasures for the relief and maintenance of those crying objects of charity even now presented unto you I say before you sleep I hope manie of you are resolved to do something but give me leave to ask ye when why not now Sirs Consider I beseech you six things 1 You may not be long liv'd you may be taken from your earthlie treasures even in the twinkling of an eie and then 't will be too late to put your purposes and resolutions in execution And is it not pity that good executions should not succeed good resolutions We read in the Gospel according to Saint Luke Chap. 12. vers 17 18. of a certain rich man who wanted room to lay up his treasure in but remember what was said unto him vers 20. Fool this night thy soul shall be required of thee then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided and in the same Gospel Luke the 16. we read of another rich man who in his life-time had his good things wherewith he might have done a great deal of good but he neglected the opportunities of life and therefore is now tormented in hell 2 Suppose you should be long-liv'd you may then survive out-live your earthlie treasures Though you would stay with them yet they may not stay with you though your end be not at hand yet theirs may this was Jobs case In the morning he was the richest man in all the East in the evening one of the poorest stripped of all his earthlie riches Now had his conscience exhibited a bill of Endictment against him to this effect The time was Job when thou hadst worldlie goods but thou didst no good with rhy goods Oh! how would such a charge have cut him to the heart but his conscience spake other language unto him viz. whilst thou hadst earthlie treasures thou wast a father to the fatherlesse feet to the lame and eies to the blinde Thou didst not eat thy morsels alone thou didst not see anie perish for want of cloathing or anie poor without covering but they were warmed with the fleece of thy sheep And this was no small comfort unto him nor will it be unto you if God should turn his hand upon you as he did upon Job and strip you of your earthlie treasures 3 Delaies will argue infidelitie why will ye not lay out some part of your earthlie treasures in your life-time Is it not because you are afraid your selves may want before ye die This was Ananias his sin and ruine why did he keep back a part of the price which he had received for lands that he had sold but because he distrusted the Providence of God and feared lest he himself should want also hath not the Lord himself undertaken the re-paiment of what you give unto the poor Prov. 19.17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord and that which he hath given will he pay him again Can you have a better debtor a better pai-master Dare you repose trust and confidence in your uncertain riches and not in the living God Hath not he said that by devising liberal things the liberal man shall stand Ah check and crie shame upon your unbelief 4 By protracting delaying your purposes you may lose them in sinful motions delaie oftentimes proves beneficial the execution of them is thereby prevented but in good motions delaie proves dangerous and prejudicial It is good striking whilest the Iron is hot our hearts are fickle and unconstant Oh how many a good resolution vanisheth like the morning dew for want of speedie execution Something you are resolved to do but haplie not till you are old and stricken in years Alas Sirs covetousnesse is one of the proper lusts of old age as voluptuousnesse is of youth old men are commonly the most covetous when all other sins wax old every soul of us hath cause to fear that this sin will wax young in us Is it safe then to delaie works of charity till old age 5 Although you should not lose your purposes yet by a sinful neglect of opportunities and advantages for the doing of good in your life-time you will incur that known censure Such a mans will at his death was good but his deeds while he lived stark naught 't is well that he is gone for now his goods do some good had he lived longer they would have done none he was a meer hoarder not a dispencer Athanasius calls almes willed by dying men 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 dead sacrifices mistake me not I do not condemn Funeral-beneficence simply but I must needs commend and prefer Vital before it I would not have your charitie and compassion die with you It is not praise-worthie shall I speak plainlie It is a shame that anie rich Citizen should die without some Testamentarie benevolence unto these Hospitals But yet I am an humble suitor unto you that you would not put off all until death but make your own hands your executors and your own eies your overseers as to some part of your earthlie treasures For 6 The present Revenues and certain In-comes of these Hospitals come short of what is dispended for the relief of such as are admitted into them And therefore now you that are great men and good men may be like good trees bringing forth good fruit in due season you may do a good work in a good time you know the old rule Bis dat qui aitò dat I would not have you think that you shall be crowned in heaven for the merit or worth of your beneficence and liberality on earth whether Vital or Funeral when you have done all you must say with Bernard Meritum meum miseratio Domini my merit is the Lords mereie I am an an unprofitable servant yet if the Lord give you open hearts and open hands to relieve the needie he will crown his own gifts and graces in you though not your merits with glorie Consider what I have said and the Lord give you understanding in all things FINIS

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