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Show ·~46 No CRQSS, . No CROWN. VoL. I. 668 a, be bath a fever which bo/Jcrb and tyranniutb over a Man, ntit. be over ~ ;1, What Thing m~re Vile, than to love t!Jat which if nor Good, nettbe': can Chap. Xlii 11tak.e a Good Man? :Ua, is comJRon, and m the Po.fJeffion of t he mofl Wu:..tcd in the World; wbicb many Timu perv_errs Good Mar.ners, but never amends them? Without wbicb, fo many Wzfe Mtn bave ~ade t1Jt111jtlvu Happy_, and by which jo many wicked Men ba~e come r.o _a wuked End. To he bruJ.; fDbat Thing more miferable, than ro bmd t!Je L~v1~g to the Dead, tu Mezen. tius did, to the end their Death might he /aJtguifomg, and the m_ore Cruel; to t e the sPirit unto the Excrement and Scum_ of rh~ Earth, to pterce th~ougb lu own So~/ «'itb a Thoufand Torments, wbub th11 ~m.tJrous Paj]ion of ~tCh« bringr wit/J it ; and to tnt-ngle bimfelf tvirh t!Je Tru nn4 Cor_d.s of tbu mtiJ: litnnnt Thihg, tlr the Scripture calls them, whtch doth bkewife ttrm them Thorns and Thieves which fteal away the Heart of Man, Snares of the Devil, Idolatry, and the Root of all E~il. .An~ tru!J, be .that fhn~fee the Catalogue af thofo Envier and lt1o!efiatJOnt, .whtcb ~tche~ mgender tnto the Heart of Alan, at their proper TbunJcr.< t~nd Lrghtmng, ~bey would he more bated than they are now l()f)ed. Poverty wants many Thtngs, b~t Co. vetoufnefs all : A Covetous Man is Good to none, and W?rfe to .hu~felf. Thr1J much of Charron, a Wife and Great Man. My next Te!bmony I~ y1e~d .. ed by an Author not unlikely to Take with fome Son of People for h.1s ~1r; mly they equally value his Morality, and the Judgment of hiS npet Ti§.eXXJ.r. .Abraham Cowley·, ::1 witty and ingenious Mao, yieldeth us the Other Teftimonyi Of ..d'Varice he ~riteth thus : .There ar~ Two Sor~t of Avarice, the One is bitt a Bajlard'"Kll1d, and that u a Rllpaa~llt ~P/J.tlltt of. Gain· not /or itt or»n SaM, but (or tbe Pleafure of Rejundmg tt rmmtdt~ dte/y :hrougb all the Channelt of Pride aod Luxury. Tht oth~r is the Tritt Kind, and prOj'erly fo caUed, which is 1t refllifs and mt/llttablt Defire of 1H.iches, not }or any farther End or Ujl', but only to hoard, an~ prtferr.:e, and perpttuaUy incrcafe tlJcm. Tbe Covetous Ma!l ~f rf:e firfl Krnd, is hke d greedy Oftr~ch, whi~h devourttb an,>: Metal_, but 11 ts wrth a'! Intent to feed upon it, lind m. Effellu maketk a Shift to dtgefl and txcern 11. !he.fcco'lll it lih the Foohlh Chough, wbzch /ovttb to ./ltlll Money, only to brde 11, Tbe ji.rfi doth m~tcb Harm to Mankind, and a little Good to fomt few : The fuond doth Good to nrme, .no. not ·ro himftlf. Tbe fofl can mde 1ta Excufi to God or '.l1.ngels, or &tiona/ Men, for his.dOionr: The fecond ca'! give no Rtajon or Olour, not to the .Devil himfelf, for what ~t doth: He u a Slave to Ma~~ m6n tVithout Wages. The Jirfl ma~erb a S~ifr to he ~eloved, ay, and envud :roo, by fome People :. Tbt fecond 11 tbt Un,verfal OhJtfl of Hatred and Cof!'> tempt. There ir no Vlce hath been _fo pelted rq11h gcod Scnttncer, nnd ifpe~ ~cialiy hy the Poets, who have purfue"J it with Satyrs and Fa~les, a~d A1legories 1111d Allufions, and moved (as we fay) ever;: Stone to jlmg ~t 11; a"'.ong ~fJ -d!hich, I do not remember a more fine Corrtllion, than that whuh war gtven 1t by ont Li~e of Ovid's : ;...__;__;_;.;,___..= Mult> Luxuriz Defunt, Omnia Avaritht. Wbicb i.r, Much is wanting to. Lux ~try, All tc;a .Avarice. To which Saying I 'b11ve a mind to aid one Member, and rend&r 11 thtn: Poverty Wtlntr Some, Luxury ftlany, Avarice AliThingr. Some Body faith of 11 Virtuous and Wife Man that haviog Nothing, he hath All. Tim it jufl hir Antipode, r.ht~ havi~g all Things, yet h>th not!Ung. And Oh I What Man's Condition can be worfe; Than his, whom Plemy Starves, and Blt./]ings Curfe ~ The Beggars but a Common Fare deplore ; The Rich-poor Mnn't Emphatically Poor. lt~Jo!ula VoL. J. . No C R (j 8 S, <Nb 'e 'Jt 0 W i:i co3f1 1 wonder !mw lj cMu:tiJ 10 paft, that t11ttt hath ne.ver been. an; LaV'( m~j~ . 1668._ 11ga_inft bi1r.: Aga1~fr htm, Do I fax? I mean,, F?t h1m. .d,r there art J;>ub~ t,.. .. ry""l-.J} hrk Provifiont mntle for afi o1ber Mad·men, Jf 11 ve!}_ 'R#trjonablt that rfle Cbap.XIU K J N G j/ioilld nppo,nt fomc Perfpns to "!a"qgc bit Jj~m, J~r(nt bir. l,.if.e • • · (for his Heirs commotl/y neeil itor tbnt C~rt) ttnd cur .of1t !P 1fl~~~ '! tbeJf ~~~~ jinifs to f<t rhar be jhou/.1 nbt ul.,ht Ahrnony be.Jittmg~/11 , q,n·~"'F ;,"hl£h 1fc rjJu/d hrocr g<t bilt of hit own CrueL Fing~rs. IV( 't' '~v; !e VagJflll.tf1 11nd Counterf~it Bi!ggars, but have no Cttre at 41/ of the e,, 'R~ ltfoqr ~en, t.t&o are, 'mubinki, to b'e rtj}ef(f11Dy Treated, i11 Reiar of. rb~ir ~p{ity. 1 m]thr he elrHif> ngainjl them; hut l4m a/mo/1 c/JOakt with t~F S,up. crahun.dpPff' of the J!lattcr. T-. lh~ci!Plehty impovc/ifhcll; me, .u iz il~t[>,rbt~~. Thuo much again!! AV~rice, that Moth 'offlie Soul, and Canke~ of tlie Mind. §. I.J Am now come to the other Extreal!l, and that i~ 1tUI:IIeil; whidi if . An (xd.f}ive In4u1Aenee of Self in ~{e and Pletif1fre. ThiS is, rbi la!l gr~t Impiety ltru,ck lt in thi.s Difco~rl~ of ~he.Jloly. C'rifr of Chri.jl, whi~h 1ndeed 1s' much of the Sub]e8: of- us morrtfymg Vlrtuj: and Pgwc.r: •• A D1feafe as Epidemical, as Killinif: It creeps into all Statlons and Ra,nks of Men ; the P~oreft, ott~n exceeQing. the.ir Abitity tQ indulge their Appe•; tire; and the Rtch frequently wallowmg tn thof~ Things, tpat. pleofe r)lc, Lulls of their .Eye and Flefh, and the Pride of Ltfe; as tegardlefs of th" Severe DifcipliReofiJEsus, whom they c:itl Saviour, as if /.....NxurJ, and,.not the Crof.s, were th·e Otdained Way to Heaven. Whllt ./ha~ wt &t, "ff!Jaj' fha/J we Drin!i, .lind whnr jh111l we put on ? Once the Care of Lu;tunom liwhenr is now the PraElicc and (which is wolfe) t,Qe S{udy of pretended Chriftian;. Bot let fuch be afhamed, and repent ; remembdng_ ~hat lif11~ did not reproach the Genriler for thofe Thing·s, to indulge )lis Fol1owers in them· they that will have Chri£1: to be Theirs, mufl: be fure to be ~is, to be lik~·millded, to Li)Je in Temperance an~ Modera,tion, as knowir.g the Lord is at Hand. Sumptuotn .Apparel, Ricb l Jpt_utntr, Delicate Wajh(r• S/f11t/y Puntiture, Cojlly Cookery, ani!. fucb Diver ]ions as Ba/Jr, Mafq(ltr, lt1ujic~meetings, Playr, Romances, &c. wbich are the Delight and Entc;r• tainment oftheTil!les, be/01rg nor to the HolyPnrh rbar JESUS and,Hit True Difdplt.t and Pol/Qr»ert trod to Glory : No, Through many Tr1bulatron1 (fays none of the le::tfr of them) mufl we tnttr into tbt Kingd~m of God. I do eunefily befeech the Gay and Luxurio11s, into whofe Hands this Df.E cou,fe £hall be direait!, to confider wen the Rtafom and Examples berea(/~ vanced againfl tbeir Wlly Of Living 1 if haply they may come to fee how remote it is from Tn~t C/"Jrijlinnity, and ho~ dangerous to their. Eternal Peace. God Almighty, by His Grnu, fo/ttn tiJtir Hefrts to Inflrulbcn, af{d {hed abro11d Hir under Love in thetr SoJJ/r, tbat tbey may bt overcome to Repcnrancc, and ro rhe Love of the Holy Way of. the Ctofs of JESUS, th• Blejfed Redeemer of Alen. for the-y cannot think tb~t He can benefit thef!l• r While they refufe to lay dOwn thCir Sins (Qr the Love ot Him, that l:l~d clown hls Life for 'the Love' Qf them. Or that 'He will give them a Place m Yy• Heann• |