Ps, The Evil and Folly of Covetoufn ft. 309 -enjoyment and turning it into uneafinefs ; a S r R fmall portion fatisñeth them, and what great XI. advantage is it to a man to have much more `° V than he can ufe, or fuch variety as only ferveth to provoke fickly unnatural cravings, like thirfl in a fever, which when indulged impair health and create naufeoufnefs and difeafe ? I believe it may be truly affirmed, that thofe who by honefl and healthful in- duflry, earn what is neceffary to the fupport of nature, having thereby a fufficiency of coarfer fare with a keen appetite, that thefe, I fay, enjoy the pleafures of fenfe to greater perfetion than the rich, who live in the moll fumptuous Rate, abufing their riches to the purpofes of luxury, who by a confiant fuperfluity prevent a true appetite, and by a ftudied elegance provoke a falfe one. If k be fo, we mtift conclude, that riches are not very conducive to this kind of enjoyment., though they have a greater appearance of- fecuring it than any other, finçe, on the contrary, they rather tend, to impair health, and to lefien inflead of encreafing pleafure : Not to fpeak of the mind, of which methinks îtbecom,eth a man to have fome rtonfideration, and which fuffereth in its temper and its trueft fruitions, becoming humourfome and peevifh, or flupid- ly dull and fottifh by pampering the body. X 3 Secondly,
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