_I_6_o_ \ The Saintr · . - ~wedgeof gold, before a Crowne ofGlory. The _heart of man ever fort-S and purchafeth .to it felfe fame fray or other of fome kinde of comfort, though it be buta brok.!}n ftaffiof reed_, whereon to refl: and repofe it felfe ; it mufr have fqme fuccour and refuge intimeoffrormes, though but under a naked tree ~ it wili ever take fome fanduary, th0ugh but in Come rotteq and ruinous hold~ againfl: croffes and contradictions. The heart of the covetous man nefiles it felfe.upon gold, while th:at glifrers in his chefi, it leap\anddances in his brefl: : Thomgh he beabhorred both-ofGod and · man, though hebe reproved of the Minifier, and curfed of the poore for his oppreffion, ufury, ex– tortion, hard-heart~dneife,&c. yet when he come$ "home and finds his baggesandbon_ds fare, he blef· ; · 'feth himfelfe jnhis heart againfl: what judgements ' 1 and curfes foever to the contrary. With his golden wedge hee eafily cuts afunder all doubts, reafons, arguments and objettions which can bee brought again(£ him. Hee pleafeth and applauds himfelfe in his prefent plenty againfr·all cenf!ilres andcontra- ! diB:fo~s.whatfoeyer. cc The feat of honour is the ., , amb~nous mans Heaven. Though hee bee vext o;,vith the indignatiotl of good men, with the con· tempt of inferiours, with thwartings ofcompeti- · tor$, emries of cornpeeres, yealouGes of Princes, and athoufandmoe {tings and difl:empers ~yet he is in HeaverrJ and well enough in heart, while hee maydorriineere, and be adored above others. The graceleffe wanton can~eare away well enough the 1 1 weakriingof his body, the wafting cfhis goods, '- - the .
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