Part.t.Setl:. 2, Caufes of Melancbo!J. 114 J2!!j mendactm & gloriofitm,apttd C/uajin.efacrum; Ditts, damnofos maritos,fob bajilica qu<£rito,&c. Perjur'd knaves, Knights of the Poft,liers,crackers, bad husbands,&c. keep their fever all ftations; they doe fo ftill,and alwayes did, in every common. wealth. SUBSECT. 12. <l>rilctf)"elct. Covttou(n~.!Je a catifC. • Tom.>.si~Zt· ~~Lutarch,in his • booke.whether the difeaf<.es ofthe body,be more. .....,,,_,,.. grievous than thofe ofthe foule; is ofopinion, i~ou wiO exa. {tritttaM{Mvtl h ,(; ,I' ;r; h 'I ' ' Jf"'i4fi''"'"'· mine allt ecau 1es o 1 our mi 1eries in t is li1 e, you akjind t~em t/mdiff..U., '"' mejl part, to have hadtheir beginning ftom Jlfbborne anger, that ~!.~:!;:'~~ frsriotu defire of contention, or fome injttjl or immoderate alfeC1ion, tzi/Jlf•i<• 14"" a Covetoufnef!e, &c. From whence art warres and contcnt~ons amimg!l you? fiittbr]flftomk. * s. lames askes : I will adde ufury, fraud, rapine, Simony, oppreffion, ly. ~'::;:,;!:~;~ ing, fweariog, bearing falfc witndfe,&c• .are they not from this fountaineof • cap.,. •· covetoufneffe, that greedioeffe in getting, tenacity in keeping, fordidity in ~'le:":;': fpending; that they are fo wicked, • inj11jl againft God, their ndghbo11t,them. ,;,.m,i•fiir felves, all comes hence. The de(tre ofmoney is the root ofa/levi/1, and they that ~~i-o,cratt. lrsfl after it,picrct themjilvcs through with many forrorves, 1 Tim.6.ro. Hipw, inl#..w, P'cratrs therefore in his Epiflle to Crateva an Herbalifl, gives him this good herbllril .Uices, counfdl, that if it were potlible, b amMgff oth<r hearbs, he jbould <t1t11p that ._;u, roulice Weed ofCovttoufne!fe by the roots, that there he no remainder lift,and then knew ~':',J:£:;";:.· this fir a certainty, t.hat together with their budies, thoumai.fl qt~ickly cure aU tfrt &,uietfTt~~~,pro- difeajis of their minds. For it is indeed the patterne, Image, Epitome of all :·4~-~re . Melancholy,thefountain ofmany mifcries,much di!content,care and woe; f<IRU.,.,..,.;n. this inordinate, or immoderate de(tre ofgaine, to get or knp mony, as 'BDnavcn. •fl41f181'im~ lure defines it:or, as Attjlin defcribes it, a madncffe of the foul, Gregory a ':,_":J::/:"' vtf torture; Chryfoftome,an infatiable drunkenneffe; Cyprian, blindncffe, (fecio. mirmrde.' {urn {upplicit~m, a plaguefubverting Kingdomes, families, and incurable dif. ?""'?' !Icof.c/~ eafe; Bud<£tu, an ill habit, yeelding to no remulies; 11either t/EfcRlapitu nor :f:i'J;mtJJ7;:. Pluttu can cure them: acontinual! plague,faith Solomon,and vexation .of fpi· cedm mtdlndo rit, another Hell. I know there be fame ofopinion, that covetous men are :t'ft;:;';Ji -- happy,&worldly,wife, that there is more pleafure in·getting ofwealth than b"'mai'1t alfidt in fpending,and no delight in the world hke unto it. 'I was •BiMprobleme ::;1:~~'/J. ofold, Wtthwhat ar~ t?ou"not 1vtary? withgettingmony. What it mojl deldla. tiAdi~citi114 ,,.. hte? to gatne. What IS lt,trow you,that makes a pooremanlabourall h1s hfe ''!""1~~ammfo. time,carry fuch great burdens,fare fo hardly,m.acerate himfelfe,and endure :::;:{~:":.:%. fo much mifery, undergoe fuch bafe offices.with fo great patience, to rife up cif4hora•t.Hip- early,and lye downe late, ifthere were not an extraordinary delight in ger- ':~·•P.Aixkrit. ting and keeping ofmony ~What makes a Merchant that bath no need, {ittil ,;, ::;:,:;:/" [uper9t domi ,to range all over the world0 through all ih0fe inremperattZones 11144s.llw. otheatand cold; voluntarilytov~nturehislile, and be comentwithfuch t,J-~;.;::fi' miferable famin~,naftyufage, in a fiinking !hip; if there were nota pleafure .;;;,, qnNI,:;. aad hope to get mony,which doth feafon the rcft, an~ mitigate his indefati- •i""dfltllcbill? gablepainH Whatmakesthemgoeintotbe bowels of the earth, an bunM-an. · dred
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