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B01388-- Quis dives salvetur?
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B01388An answer to Clemens Alexandrinus''s sermon upon Quis dives salvetur?
B01388I shall shew, First, How a Good Rich Man may be never the Worse for living Odly?
B01388Quis dives salvetur?
B01388What Rich Man can be Sav''d?
B01388What rich man can be sav''d?
B01388What rich man can be sav''d?
B01388What rich man can be sav''d?
B01388civilwar no An answer to Clemens Alexandrinus''s sermon upon Quis dives salvetur?
A26201He had once fallen out with a Gentleman, who shewed him some B ● gs he would spend against him; he asked, Whether they had any bottom?
A26201Slight those that say, amidst their sickly healths Thou livest by rule, what doth not so, but man?
A26201There was some Proposal to the old man to buy a more honourable, though a less profitable place than his own; Why, saith Audley?
A26201send for a Physician, wounds, side, heart, must I dye?
A26201wounds, side, heart, must I dye?
A31107And he may say as David to his Brethren in another case; What have I now done?
A31107Can not we worship God in any House as well as this?
A31107Do not the Merchants complain?
A31107Doth not the Shop- keeper complain?
A31107For is it not the general complaint, and out- cry of this City, that there is an universal decay of Trade?
A31107Gods House said I, nay Gods Houses, how many of them lie in their ruines, in their rubbish?
A31107Have ye not Houses to Eat and Drink, or despise ye the Church of God?
A31107If God shall destroy him that defileth the Temple of God, what shall he do to them that destroy it?
A31107Is not God a spirit, and will be worshiped in spirit and truth; and that we may do in any Mountain as well as this?
A31107It is a deplorable condition when God shall say; Why should ye be stricken any more?
A31107Shall sinful man plead with his Maker?
A31107Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, why hast thou made me thus?
A31107So that there is no ground of complaint: why should a living man complain: a man for the punishment of his sin?
A31107Surely the Lord is in this place and I knew it not, how dreadful is this place?
A31107Vis indignantis Dei terribilem vocem audire?
A31107What is this Temple more then another place?
A31107When he will do a thing, who shall hinder him?
A31107Whereunto although it might be a sufficient answer to say with S. Paul, O man, who art thou that replyest against God?
A31107Ye looked for much, and loe, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it; Why, saith the Lord of Hosts?
A31107is there not a cause?
A31107will you here the terrible voice of a provoked God?
A36377And how many more might our own observation in a few years tell us, if we make observation?
A36377Are those Families fit to be called assemblies of Christians, where there is no constant Worship of God maintain''d?
A36377How easily is a man kill''d?
A36377How little of the Pleasures of Life do they enjoy, that soon dye, are cut off in the midst of their dayes, and carried out to be laid in the Dust?
A36377How many like Instances does History present us with?
A36377If we could but frame a lively conception of the shortness of this Life, how should we despise the Pleasures of it?
A36377Is not this to lean on a broken Reed, which may fail our trust, and would us with disappointment?
A36377Say, Lord what is man that thou art mindful full of him, and the Son of man that thou thus visitest him?
A36377Shall we lay any confidence on friends, when the minds of men are so mutable?
A36377Since the enjoyment of these things is transitory, and will be short, should we place our Affections upon them?
A36377The question in this case put to him is, whether he will chuse and content himself with Earth or Heaven?
A36377What can be more uncertain than life, which is so weak, and beset with so many Enemies?
A36377What constancy is there in the Honours of this World, which depend upon the changeable inclinations and esteem of men?
A36377What will he do for delights, when all that he delighted in is gone?
A36377Whether he will retain the possession of present goods, or the unfailing hopes of better?
A36377Who is he that lives, and shall not see death?
A36377can it be a difficult thing to perswade Men to that which is their own Interest?
A36377does he kindly requite the Love that laid the greatest possible obligation upon him?
A36377does he well and faithfully discharge the trust that was put in him?
A36377how can you expect any Blessing upon your Society, unless you Worship God together?
A36377should we not Pray to him for the comfort and continuance of our Lives?
A36377should we not render thanks to him for all the happiness we enjoy?
A36377what Pleasure is there in Musick when the Head akes, or is affected with a Frenzy or a Lethargy?
A36377what account of Mirth and Jollity in a small Cock- boat on the wide Ocean?
A36377what account of a Pleasant Dream?
A36377what advantage have you from past dayes that have been spent in Pleasure?
A36377what delight can a Man take in his dainties, when his sick Stomach nauseates them?
A36377whether he will have God or the Creature for his portion?
A6776510. and how should it be otherwise with these Misers?
A6776511. and why can I not thus solace my self while it is anothers?
A6776512. but even lavish& wherle away whole patrimonies; yea, most wickedly spend them in riot, and upon Dice, Drabs, Drunkenness?
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A6776578. when they said, Can God furnish a table in the Wilderness?
A67765Alass, how often does riches, without Gods blessing upon them, prove or become the owners ruine?
A67765And Gold is the covetous mans god, and will he part with his God, a certainty for an uncertainty?
A67765And indeed, what great difference is there, save in the pride and covetousness of a mans mind?
A67765And is not this thy very case that art covetous?
A67765And is this a small matter?
A67765And what but Idleness makes so many beggers, and base persons?
A67765And what knowest thou?
A67765And when King Agis requested the Oracle of Apollo to tell him, who was the happiest man in the world?
A67765And who hath more interest in the grape, then he that planted the Vine?
A67765And why should I prefer him before a piece of copper, that prefers a piece of gold before his Maker?
A67765Ann why all this?
A67765As how many of our over- reachers have over- reached themselves so far?
A67765As tell me, will it be any desertlesse office, to find out a way to help all this?
A67765As what common and daily experience have we thereof, had men but the wit to observe it?
A67765As what saith our Saviour?
A67765As what will some Momus say?
A67765As who, or where, is the man that desires not to be rich and happy?
A67765As, what is the reason that there are few rich men that will not rather offend the Divine Majesty, then the Temporal Authority?
A67765Besides( which would also be thought upon) what should we have if we did truly love and serve Christ?
A67765Can he provide flesh for his people?
A67765Can we not warm us at the Sun, but we must make an Idoll of it to worship?
A67765Cease from thy wisdome, wilt thou cast thine eyes upon that, which is nothing?
A67765Christianum dogma, vertitur in scomma, and what''s the reason but this?
A67765For why is their ruine recorded?
A67765For, Tenthly, doth covetousness reign in a man?
A67765Have ye not heard of a prodigal young heir?
A67765He smote the Rock that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; but can be give bread also?
A67765How carefully then should we avoid those actions which may ever stain us?
A67765How does he turmoile and vex his spirit, torment his conscience, and make himself a very map of misery, and a sink of calamity?
A67765How does the covetous mans heart droop wish his Mammon?
A67765How many had been good?
A67765I know this is such a paradox to misers, and men of the world; that nothing seems to them more absurd and ridiculous: what?
A67765If any shall ask why the godly are not alwayes, nor oft rich, notwithstanding these promises?
A67765If our prosperity hath made the world our God: how worthily shall our death- bed be choaked with such an exprobration?
A67765Is it Gods unspeakable mercy, that we are not at this present frying in Hell flames, never to be freed, and do we complain for want of a trifle?
A67765NOw why are godly Christians so content with a little?
A67765Nay, to abound with all things, and to be never the better for them, not to partake of them, what fool or mad man hath been known so senseless?
A67765Nay, why hath God spared thee, so long as he hath?
A67765Now ask the covetous muckworm, whether had you rather lack with those Saints, or abound with the devil and the rich man?
A67765Or who will not be willing to sow plentifully, where he shall reap plentifully?
A67765Pyrrhus opened himself to his friend Cineas, that he first intended a war upon Italy, and what then said Cineas?
A67765Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I speak with thee, yet let me talk with thee of thy judgements; wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper?
A67765Sell all that ever thou hast, and distribute unto the poor: And is there any hope of his yeelding?
A67765Tamberlain having overcome Bajazet, he asked him whether he had ever given God thanks, for making him so great an Emperour?
A67765The covetous Mammonist does insatiably thirst after riches, placing all his joyes, hopes, and delights thereon; does he not then make them his God?
A67765The wise and godly are of Pythagoras his minde: who being asked why he cared no more for riches?
A67765What hope hath the hypocrite saith Job, when he hath heaped up riches; will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
A67765What part with a certainty for an uncertainty?
A67765What rare and precious promises are these?
A67765What saith the Apostle?
A67765What saith the Wiseman?
A67765What sayes Solomon?
A67765What was Haman the better for all he had, when the King frowned upon him?
A67765When the hand of God hath never so little touched thee, what good thy great wealth will do thee?
A67765Wherefore hearke n to this, all you self- lovers, that are only for your own ends: Do you indeed love your selves?
A67765Who more right to the crop, then he that oweth the ground, and soweth the seed?
A67765Who so melancholy as the rich worldling?
A67765Why did Ammon draw out two years breath?
A67765Why then do you set so high a price upon them?
A67765Yea all wicked men make the devil their god; for why does Saint Paul call the devil the god of this world?
A67765Yea how oft is that spent upon one Christmas revelling by the son, which was fourty yeers a getting by the Father?
A67765Yea, how many have we known in this City?
A67765Yea, thou that placest thy happinesse, and puttest thy confidence in a little white and red earth; and dotest so upon the world, tell me?
A67765Yea, what can any wise man think of them, are they not stark mad?
A67765Yea, who more needy, and who run more in debt than those, that have hundreds and thousands a year?
A67765and how thankful should we strive to be?
A67765and impotent contentments of men, that place their happinesse in these things: will not this your fair Herodias, appear as a stigmatized Gipsie?
A67765and is he once inslaved to this sin?
A67765and so shamefully undervalue the riches of the minde?
A67765and to make the most poor and melancholy the richest and happiest men alive?
A67765and who more merry then they?
A67765and your souls?
A67765are they not fooles in folio?
A67765but they that are most obeyed?
A67765he was condemned that encreased not the sum concredited to him, what then shall become of him that lawlessely and lavishly spends and impaires it?
A67765how are they immerged in the horrors of a vulned conscience?
A67765is he bewitcht with the love of money?
A67765is his heart rivited to the earth?
A67765or how should they not preferre temporal things, before coelestial and eternal?
A67765or the happier for being lift up the ladder, when he was to come down again with a rope?
A67765or when did God require this of his servants?
A67765perswade them that giving away their goods, is the way to increase them?
A67765that he may be content, and satisfied therewith, How should God bestow this great blessing of contentation upon him, and a true use of his riches?
A67765then we may conquer Carthage and Affrica; and what then said Cineas?
A67765then we will attempt Cicile, and what then?
A67765what do they indure?
A67765wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
A67765would you be rich indeed, and that both here and hereafter?
A67765yea God sayes, lend, clothe, feed, harbor; The devil and Mammon, say, take, gather, extort, oppress, spoil; whether of these are our gods?