104 Gex+era&direc`íions fora . reines tohis bofome-Rebell. Mahe nofriendjhip- with an an. goy roan; andwith afuriousman thanfhalt nat.goe, Prov. 22.24;. What a monfler is a manof anger , that Salomon fhould fet filch a brand upon him ; whereby every one is warned tobe- ware of him, and file from him, as from a netling,dangerous, unfociable creature ? Awordor two ofanother paillon, before I paffe out ofthe point, and that isFeare, which I had not toucht at this time had it bin onely a Racke, whereon thehearts ofcovetous,am- bitious,and carnali men are woefully relit, and torne,and tor- tured all their life long; and not alto a cruell engroffer of too . muchgolden timeeven from Gods children,not without inz- preflions of much fruitleffe fadnes,and unneceflary difèontent. The vanitieand tyrannie of this pailion is fpecially feene and exercifed : r. Inputting all reali flings into imaginarie evils, and drawing true and bitterforrrowes, from fuppofed fufferings.2.In anover-greedy apprehenfion andanticipation offorrowes tocome, fo that a manby too much forethought- fulnes,and painefull preconceitdoth fuller them many times, before they feizeupon him. r. For the firfI , who feeler not the phantaflicalnefie of opinion to forge and fallen upon him many dreadful objebls; which of themfelves have novigour to vexe, becaufe no reali being and exiflence, yet truely torture and Alit, by the one- ly ftrength andimagination ? Thus oneBates his owneheart withgriefefor Joffe ofthofe riches, and that fuperfluous wealth , which if hee had ever ftil I poffefled , flee wouldnever have ufed. Another lies un- der the continual! flavery of refllefle feare , left fire or rob- bery , fome alteration in the State, or defolation of warre, Mould difperfe his hoard , or hazard his temporal! happi- neffe. One is haunted with much thoughtfulneffe and car- king , what fhall become of his children after his death, what men will fay of him whenhee is gone; left his wife Mouldmarry afterhis departure. (For naturally our minds are fovaine, that betides the abundance and burden of pre- lentcares, theywill tranfport our defres and affeìions be- P44-
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=