Part.1,Seel.2. Caufes ofMelaneholy:, Memb.3.Subf.Io. IIO r ..t_lli ftdetin mtnfo,non tr.tminitftbioti~[o minfJnzrtntt.O· tUfor,edentiefurimtes,bibtnti fitiell!es,&c . fures which youth requires,and they formerly have cnjoyed.Hdi~sat tabt~· in a fofr ch~ire at eafe, but he--doth nor remember in the meane time, that a tired waiter !lands behind him·, an hungry ftUow minijlm to himfi•U; he iJ athirjl that gives him drink (faith' Epi•1etm) and is filcnt whiles heJfeaks hi4 pleafim;pen(lve,jad, rvhmhe laughs. Ple>JO {e prolt~it auro; He feafis, revells, and profufely fpends, harh'vanety of robes., fweet mufick, cafe, and all the pleafure the world can afford, whileft many an hunger-fiarved'poore crea. ture pines in the fireet, wants clothes to cover him, labours hard all day long,runs,rides for a trifle,fights peradventure from Sun to Sun, lick and ill, weary, full ofpaineand griefe, is in great difireffe ana forrow of heart. He loathes and fcornes his inferiour, hates or emulates his equall, envies his fuperiour,infulrs over all fuch ~s are under him,as ifhewere ofanorherSpecin, a demi-god, nor fubjeC! to any fall, or humane infirmities. Generally they love nor,:ire not beloved againe: they tire out others bodies with cominuall labour,they rhemfelves living at eafe,caring for none elfe, fihi nati ; and are fo far many times from putting to their helping hand, that they feeke all meanes to depreffe, even moll worthy and well deferving, better than themfelves, thofe whom they are by the !awes of nature, bound to relieve and help, as much as io ·them lies, they will let them cater-waule, fiarve, beg, and hang, before.the)' will any wayes' (though it be in their power) affill:, r !i2_!t<liUWin.uio- or eafe : c fo unnaturall are they for the moft part, fo ·unregardfull : fo ' '{""'" fu.,pfi hard-hearted, fo churlifh, proud, infoknt, fo dogged, of fo bad a difpofiti- ;:::;;,/":t::; ~JO, And being fo ~rutifh, fo devi.lifhly bent one toWards another, how is tat" f•,.<expt<- , 1t .pollible,,butthat we lhould be d1fcontent ofall fides, full ofcares, woes, 'f"'illl,illif11A'14 and miferics? ' J ·'.'. ':!:::.::;:- If this be not a fufficient proofe ofthdr difcont~ridnd mifety, examine ltgls. every condition and calling apart. ·Kings, Prince-s~Monarchc!s, and M~gi- ' Ll<f.ubru Au ftrates feeme to be moft happy, but 'looke into their efiate,you !hall 'finde luil4, fao Re- them to be moft encumbredwith cares·, in perpetuall feare,agony,fufpition, i'Z: ~:';;:~ jealoufie :that as • lie faid•ofa Crowne,ifthey knew but the difconrents that i"'fui"' f•lici- accompany' it, they would not fioope to take it up. f2!!_em mihi regem dabi4 ~~1 •., 1 ,.,q•ii (faith Chryfoflome) non cur# plem~m? What King c~nft thou lhew me, not meN;. habu. full ofcares ~ • Look not ~n hi& crown, hut c011jider hi4 •fJIWions : Attendnot hi4 NM h•mi}tan- number of(erv•nts, •ut mt<ltiluu ~f cr~ffis. Nihil aliud potejl,u culminis, ""' '""' '· V•- quamtemoell,umentis,asGreo·~ryfewnds him ;Sovera~· my isatempeftof lu . ~b.,.eap.;. r 1' o 'bl I J ' x Non di4dema the Soule: Sy!lalike they have brave titles,but tem e ts:(j enuorem titueo, ajpiei.,, ftdvi- crt~ciatt<m animo: which made* Demojlhenes vow, fi vel•d·tribtmal, vel•d {a;';a1,~~'":a~t· interitum dt~ctrttur: if to be a ~ Judge, or be condemned, w~rc put to his '"""' faulli- choice,he would be condemned. Rich men are in the fame predicament: :;r,;{:j;';':,u what their paines are,Jit~lti ne[ciu11t, ipfi fenfiunt :they feele, fooles perceive • A• P/uwch not, as I lhall prove elfewhere,and their wealth is brittle;like childrens ratrclatc<h. des: theycome and goe, there is no certaint¥ in 'them ; thCilfe whom'they. elevate,they doe as fuddenly depreffe, and leav.e in a vale of mifery. The middle fort ofmenareasfo many affesto beareburdens; or if they be free, and Jive at eafe, they fpend themfelves, and confume their bodies a;d fortunes with luxury and riot, contention, emulation;&c. The poore.I refdve ysdJ.,, 111,mb. for anotherrplace,and their difcont'ents. · ' ,. ~.{tJ>[tll-6. For particular profeffions,I hold as of the reft,there's no content otfecuricy
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