Remedies again.ftdifcontent,, ritie· and 'tis nodijboMur then ,as Guicciardineadds) forajlotmfbingman, 323 Citie: or State to come to ruine, nor in{Ciicitie to beefubjec1 to the law ofnat/ere. ~ Ergoterrena calcanda,jitiendacll!kjlia,thercfore(l fay Jfcornthis tranlitory Hipa.efi.'nu~ flare, looke up to Heaven, thinke not what others are, but what thou art: 7u;;{::;,~'~.ue "!f2!!._!tpartelocatl#esinre: and whacthoufhlltbee, what thou maifrbe. leginarur~,,,., Doe( I fay )as Chrifl himfelfedid, when helivedhere oneanh,imitate 'FerJim. him as much as in thee lyes.How many great C .efars, mighty Monarches, Tetrarchcs, Dynafres, Princes lived in his dayes,in what plentie,whatdelicacie, how bravely attended,what adealeof gold and iilver, what treafure how many fumptuous palaces had they, what PFovinces and Cities, ampie territories, fields, rivers,Jountains, parkes, forrefrs,lawnes,woods, celles· &c~ Yet Chrifr had none ofall this, he would have none ofthis, hee volu;carily rejected all this, bee c_ould not bee ignoranr, heecould not erre in his choice, he contemned all dus, bee chafe that whiCh was fafer, better and more certaine, and lelfeto bee repented, a meane eftate, even povertie it felfe; and why doll thou then doubt to follow him, to imitate him, and his Apoftlcs, to imitate all good men~ So doethoutreadin his divine fteps, and thou fhalt not erre eternally, as too many worldlings doe, that runne on in their owne diffolute courfes, to their confulion and ruine,chon fhalc not doe amiffe. Whatfoever thy fortune is, bee contented with ir, cruft in him, re!ye on him, referre thy felfe whollyto him. For know this in conclulion, Non eft volentiJ nee currentis,.fedmi(erentiJ Dei, 'tis not as men, bur as God will. The Lordmaketh poore, and maketh rich, bringeth low, and exalteth ( r. Sam. z, ver. 7, 8.) hee lifteththe poore frout thedujf, andrai (eth the beggerfrom the dunz~hill, toJetthemamongjf Princes , and . . make them inheritthefoat ofglory, 'tis all as he pleafeth, how,and when,and whom; hee that appoints the end (though to us unknowne) appoints the meanes likewife fubordimce to the end. yea but their prefent efrate crucifies and torments moll: mortal men, they have no fuch forecall, to fee what may be, what fhalllikely be,but what is, th?ugh no.r wherefore, or fromwhom,hoc a!'git, their prefcnt misfortunes b Omne,Ji~ignndethmfoules, a~d an envious eye,whichtbeycaft upon other mens terqu<erelo , 1 profpermes,Vtctntlmffr pecmgrandtm ~~~er habet ,how ncb;how fortunate, term frui pof' bow happy is he~ I~utinche meanecime heedoth not confider theothers {~:;.m.'· mifenes, hismfirmmes ofbody and mmde, that accompany Ius efiate, but epiJf. , '· ftill reflects upon his ownefalfe conceived woes and wams, whereas ifthe d seneca epiff. matter were duly examined, b he is in no diftreffeat all, hee bath no caufe ;J~!~":.""" to complain. tu1a JejiJerar, ---c tolleqttcrel.a, &h~cqui ha--. Ps1uperenimnone{icui rerumfl~ppetit u(t«, - ~~~;Pf:[e~'f:theisnotpoore,heis not in need. d Nature is content with breadand water rate contenJat, and bee that can rejl fatzsjed withthat,may contendwith "ft~p#er himftlft fo; J.~~!{/J.~~ happmeffi. In that golden age, f fomnos dedtt rembrafatubres,pottl1n quotftlt~- ~•flu tt~<ui< b~~cus am_nu, the trees gave wholfomefhadetMieep under, and thccleate ~~%:"7'\· nvers drmk.Thelfraelttudrank water m the Wiiderndfe,Sampfon,Davtd, t Blft;{;'t, saul,Abrahams[ervanc when he went for Ijitact wife, the Samarit•n wo- • J:f"ff•tof:i> man, ~n~ how many belides might I reckonup,Algypt,Palljtinal whole ~~~r!f'nifiJ. countnes m the* Indm ,that dnnke purewater all their lives. t The Pet{ian Tt king•
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