Ofthecaution, tobe obfrued in the rightvfe ofriches. 2 2 a ing riches are thornes let vs not fuddenly catch hold of them, left they wound our hands, but take holdofthem daintilie,andwith great warineflè. Thirdly,wee mutt feeke Pro.27.20. j them withquiet and contented minds,andtea fatisfied with 30.15. that proportion whichGodalotteth vntovs ; and not feeke after them, with an vnfatiable appetite, which the more it hath,the more it coueteth, like thofe who are ficke ofthe dropfie,who the more they drinke, the more they thirft ; or like the horfeleaches, the graue and hell, ofwhichSalomon fpcaketh,which crie,giue, giue,and areneuer fatisfied. But ofthis I (hall fpeake more afterwards. Laftly,wemutt affe6t the attaining ofriches onely by fuch meanes as are lawful!, and warranted in the booke ofGod; that is, we muff feeke them in a lawful! calling, and by honeft courfes, not at all coueting them, whenas we cannot thus attaine veto them. In the former refpedtit is required, that we hue in a lawful! calling,and therein that we get ourriches, and not by play- ing, gaming, and filch like courfes,condemncdbythe lawes ofGod and men. Neither mull we labour after wealth, by incroaching vpon other mens callings; for it is not lawful! for aminifterto inrich himfelfeby following the calling of private men, no more then it is lawful! for them, to inrich themfeluesbytaking vpon them the calling of aminifler. But eucry manought to abide in that vocation wherunto he iscalled ofGod,as the Apoflle requireth.And for the other, r.Cor.7.:0., weought in this lawfullcalling,tovfe oncly Iawfullmeanes to attaine vitro wealth, expeo`ting and waiting for Gods bleffing vpon them, and not after the fa(hion ofthe world, vfe thofe which are wicked and vnlawful,when thofewhich are lawful! faile. As for example, wee mull auoid violence, wrong, oppreflion, extorfion,crueltie,asalto all manner of fraude,deceit,and craftiecourfes, whereby weecircumuent c andendamage others,to.inrieh our felues. Foras the Tonne ofSyrachfaith, Riches aregood to bon that hath nofnne in his 'Eiclef.t 3.z r. confcience, and the rich man is blefèe(açhichis foundlbuhout and3t.8; . blemi/h. Whereas contrariwife,thofe who feeke tocompaffe riches by euil] courfes,what doe they elc but flee fromGod, aadfeeke tohut their Wires fatisfied by the diuell? What doe.
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