Cheap riches, or, A pocket-companion made of five hundred proverbial aphorismes &c. as the next ensuinge page will more particularly notifie / by Natthanaell Church.

The wise Dove, or Tame Serpent.

HAppy is the Mans whose Meditation, are pure, whose Dis∣courses are savory, & whose lise is holy: who speakes as he thinkes, & doth as he speakes. Who is a coward in Sin, but bold in Godlinesse.

1. The man is blest, who dares be good From Sur-face to the Center: Who feels no Courage in his blood On sin to make Adventure.

2. Whom neither Sight can entice, nor Might enforce to do Evill: But he doth Good, and speakes Truth even gratis, & is peremptorily resolved to be honest in spight of Earth and Hell.

2. Who can endure to be a Saint Amids the Devills Traps: Who is not honest by Constraint; Nor speakes Truth by meer Haps.

3. Whose Promises never out-run his Performances for want of Forecast, or after-Care. Whose Designes may be naked, & yet not ashamed. Who is not sad at glad-tydings, nor coyns Im∣postures to sing his own party into a Fools-dream.

3. Who doth his Words with Deeds re∣lieve Whose Plots need no Disguise; Who at Good newes doth never Grieve, Nor Lull himself with Lyes.

4. Who bends his Mind to shoote at Perfection, though the Arrowes of his Endeavour fall short. Who loves not to plead Ignorance. Who conquers his Enemies by Patience, and murthers Injuries with Courtesies.

4. VVho would be better then he can: who sees no need of Blindnesse. VVho turnes his Foes Physician, and kills Revenge with Kindnesse.

5. Who desires, to be both to GOD and Man a sincere Nathanael, a true Church-Member, in Faith and Affe∣ction, without Malice, though not without Evill. Whose Humanity and Humility can never be Bankrupt.

5. VVho is upright to God above, Down right to Man below: VVho still payes All the debt of Love, And yet the same doth Owe.

6. Whose well doing wearies out all his bad Pay-masters. Who sweates out the malignancy of Idleness. VVho is free hearted, and publique Spirited, and robs not Others of Himself.

6. VVho can do well spight of Ill-will; WVho slayeth sloth with Labour: VVho lives as lent Himself until, But given to his Neighbour.

7. Who never prides himself in tem∣porary trifles, or future uncertainties. Who is not mad, but modest. Who scornes impudently to swagger with what his Master lent him.

7. Who boasteth not of Muck & Rags; Nor vaunteth of To morrow; Whose Head is tame, who never brags Of what he did but borrow.

8. Who furbushes his vertuous Habits by frequent Acts, and lets not his Time, nor Thoughts runne at wast. Who thinkes himself lesse then the least Mercy; and yet the whole world is not enough to fill his In-side.

8. VVho never lets his Graces rust, Nor Time away be hurl'd; VVho counts himself more vile then Dust yet better then the world.

9. Who doth not invisibly wound his Brothers good name with Words worse then Blows. Who is more Con∣scionable then most men desire to be, and yet is angry with himself for be∣ing no better.

9. Who whets not's Tongue upon his spleen to cut an absent Friend. Who is as good as e're was seen; And yet he still doth mend,

10. VVho whines not after his Neighbours glittering dust; nor is toy-sicke, like an bard to be pleased, Changeling, or incorrigible Self-humourist; who cares not so much for Liberty, as for Conscience.

10. VVho never fondling like doth cry For others Lands, or House: Who in his Christian Liberty Is Conscientious.

11. VVho aspires not to a faire Place by foule Play: who is not beggered by Plenty, nor made a Mi∣ser through Prosperity: who strives not to make the golden MINE a Possessive, nor poore Mens GETTINGS A Participle.

11. VVho growes not great without Gods VVhom Riches cannot Pine: VVho at vast Gold heaps lookes a-skew, leave And, but in jest, sayes, MINE.

12. VVho magnifies the Creator, and parvifies the Creatures: who sets his Face towards the Sun of Righteous∣nesse, and by turning his backe upon transitory Delights, makes them shadow-like flock after him.

12. Who feels the Brightnes of Gods love Strike all Earths glory dimme: Who mainly seekes the things Above, And things below seeke Him.

13. Who is not cunning enough to deceive Himself, nor foolish enough to let others deceive him. Who is of a Serpentine prudence, lest Another should hurt Him, and of a Colum∣bine sincerity, lest He should hurt Ano∣ther.

13 Who Christs true way of Life doth tread, Ʋniting Grace with Art VVho is a Serpent in his Head, A Turtle in his Heart.

14. Whose Thoughts are like deepe, though cleare Waters, that may be seene into unto the middle, but not through to the bottome. Who is able to give, and willing to take good Ad∣vice.

14 Who is Profound, yet plain in speech To those that can't discerne: VVho is both wise enough to Teach, And humble enough to Learn.

15. Who studies not to cheat his own Soul, nor wearies himself with Frivolous Impertinencies, neglecting the one thing necessary. But being sen∣sible of his own nothingnesse, esteemes Christ All in All.

15 VVho is not stuft with foolish craft His own soul to deseate: VVho is imperfect, but well graft, In him who is Compleat.

16. VVho is wise to do Good, bu•• to do Mischief has no Knowledge▪ VVho by his prudentiall Innocency befooles the profound Politician, and confutes the grand Impostor.

16. Who is in God a knowing man, A very Child in evill: Who silly-simple is, yet can Out wit both Man and Devill.

17. VVho the older he growes, the newer he is daily; and the more de∣crepit and crocked his Bodie is, the more straight and upright is his Mind. VVho is both inferiour to the VVormes; and yet superiour to the Angels.

17 Who growes Young by Antiquity, And lives when he is dead: Who is but wormes-meat: yet more high then Angels rears his Head.

18 VVho by Faith and Love dis∣bosomes himself of all Self-interest: improves all he has for Gods glory, who turns all to his good. VVho, when we have seen & heard the best of him, still is far better within doores. Such a ones company Angels long for.

18. Who reckons not himself his own; But all things else are his: Who lives as unto God well known, That man is ripe for Blisse.