Remedies againff diftontents. Memb.j : 0 that their breafts werebutconfpicuous, Hdw full offearc within, how furious~ The narrow Seas are not fo boifterous. 317 Yea; buthehath the world at will t~at is rich, thegood things oftheearth, jiMve eft demagno toflere ace~vo, he IS a happy man, '·adored I:ke a God, a ~.:fi:i:~ ~"'': Pnnce, every man feekes to hun,app_Iaudes,honours!admires !urn; He bath tatia facil. V honours indeed,abundance ofall thmgs: but(as I fa1d) Withall 'pnde,luft, oFtamma fimut anger faetion,emulation,fiarr, care.r,fujjicion enter with hU wealth; for his Li.bidi~ir ~tg,reimcm~erance he hath aches, crudities, gowts, and as fruits of his idlenelfe, ":;[~;'::t7:"· and fulnelfe, Juft,furfeiting and drunkenndfe~all maner of difeafes:;ccuniis div;''"'""' fiategetllr tmproblttU, the wealtluer, the more dilhoneft. b He u expofed toh~- ~~,;;,F,,?~utred, envy,perlfl and trea(on,{eareof death; of degradation,&c. tiS lubrt- lir,a<ia,injidiu • ea ftatio (:;~proxima pr£Cipitio, and the higher hedimes,tbegreater is his '"f'j,;';;it(},"'- fali. -' ce!Jtt gravtorA t:afi~ {:,tun:eludi: Decidunt turre.r,feriuntqitt fummos, Fulguramontes, btium. the lightning commonly fees on fire the highefl towm; din the moreemi- ~~rJ·~;"j,~ nem place he IS, the more fubJeCt to fall. ticemtotier jaRumpJtt~rinnumeris arbos uberrima pomtG, {taft!ta~i~i? Et JrtbitOnimi£ prtectpitantter opes. iJt:u'~:~d~~it As a tree that is heavie laden with fruit, breaks her own boughs,with their ,a, loco.B,etb. owngreatuelfe they ruine themfdves .: which Joachimm Catmrariw harh elegantly exprcffed in his I 3. EnJbltmecent. I. Inopem fe copiafecit. Their means is their miferie, though they doe apply themf~Jves to the times, to lye-, dilfemble, collognc and flatter their leiges, obey,fecond his will and - commands, as much as may be, yet too frequently they mifcarry, they fat chcmfelves like fo many hogges, as * vEneM sylviru obferves, thar ""Pt pofhfuard when they are full fcd,they may bedevoured by their princes, as S eneca by ':,~;~r,;;;/:: Ncro was ferved, Se]anm by Ttbmus, and Haman by A(foerus : Irefolve '"'· with Gregory, poteft"' culn1inis, eft tempejltUmentis, & quo dignittU alttor, ca(w gravior,hooour is a tempeft, the higher they are elevated, the more grievouily depreffed :For thereit of his prerogatives which wealth affords-, <is he bath more, hisexpenccs arcthegreater. When gootls increafe,they are increa(ed that eat them,and whatgood cometh to the owners,bt~Hhebeholding thereof with the eyes~ Ecclus 4-I o. * Millzaftrtmenti tua triverit area ccntum, N o;• ttttu hinc capiet venterplru quammeus-- , '*Hor . an evil! jickm({esalomoncalsit,and re(erved to themfor aneviU,u .ver[e. They thaf wt/1 6e rich fo!ltnto manyfears and temptations, into many foolijb and not(ome ltejls, whtch drowne men inperdition, I Tim. 6. 9.goldandjilvet ." hathdeHroyed many ,Ecclus_ 8 .2.div#i<e (£~"/i .fimt laqteei diaboli: fo wr.it~s ~-';,~;;_:;;.~: BeriJard, .Worldly wealth IS the devils bait, and as theMoone when lhe rs· cap.deprovi-, fuller of light is ftill fartheft fro"m the.Sun, the more wealth they have, the d<nt!adquotieff.mher they are commonly froin God. (Ifi hadfaid this of my fclfe,rich ~fft~en;,"";,'~~ men would have pulled me a pieces, but hearc who faith,and who feconds minem vide: lt, an Apoftle) therefore S< }ames bids them, weepe andhowle forthemifr- 'j!::;,e;;:;,~~'{j. rtes that j!ta/1 Co1?Je ttpon thent, thezr gold jhafl ruft and canker, and eat their bunc beatiffi~ Jlej!t tUftre,James 5.I,2,3. 1 may then boldly conclude with c Theodoret, (.~"'P"1!'""'· qt~otiefttm.tft divitiis aflluenlem,&c. At often as JOlt Jlta!! fee a man abounding ,:.{.';!~1~:~"· Sf 2 in
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