E Ofthecautions toheobferuedin the right vfeofriches. do they busby gaininga little earthly pelfe,hazard their own faluation, &what toiletprofit them togaine thewhole world and hiatlf.8.36. toloe their o?cnefouler? as our Saviour Chrifl fpeaketh. To this purpofe the Heathen Philofepher fpeaketh excellently Sencc.dcbee.: wife man (faith he) may hastegreatriches, being not wrong- ta.vira,caz3. fully -takvt fromany; neither defiled withftranQe blood, gotten without iniurie, withoutanydilhoneil courts ; ofwhicb there it at'hovel apaffageandegreffe, as theyhad anentrance, at'libici, none Qroneth and repineth but the enuione and malicien,- : let them be _lifted and examined as much orlon kill, and they will prouehoner?. Inwhich when as thereare many-things, which all ceuldWefire tobe their airne, there it nothing ti,htch any man can Ay it it hie- awne:fuck an one Irillnetrcielï the denignitieofpro- etidence,andwillneitherglorie nor WI in'hispatrimoniegotten byhone fl means, &c. e 'ndas awife manwill not admit apeny illgottentoeomewetbin his doores; f he willnotrefef and call -autgreat riches, thejefóofprauidence-& thefruit ofvenue. For why Jisonldhe ensile them aplace?let t- hem comeandBarenot, let them takevpa lodging with him : hewell neitherboa.ff of them,, norhide them; for thatwereafigne ofamind ignorant how tozfe them,ehirofa mind6are'andfearef'K,as thoughhe hugged in his bofomea thinggafq-reatprice, He willnot(Ifay)cafl them out of doeres. For thenWbat Jhould hefay, areyouvnproftable ? or doe not Iknew howto vfeyou? but as thoughhe couldgoa iorney on foot,yet hehadrathergo inhis coach;fe ifhecan lawfully be rich, he ?Pill, andwillhave wealthinhis cu.flodie, but as a thing which is light and readietoflie away : neither willbefuffer it tobe trou- blefomeeither to any other or himfelfe, but he?bi/1 beftow it, ei- ther to thegood, or to chopwhomhe is inhope to makegoed. 4.Sea.3. And thus much concerning the moderationofour affe- °frhegnentitie &ions in feeking riches: in thenext place weare toconfider epic-ins-which of the quantitie. of our riches which is to be cleared and is to be defred, fought after : in which regard riches are eitherneceffary,fuf- that is,fomuch ficie nec fought P lentiful! orabundantand fuperfluous. The ne- ,aa ie effarie. ceflitieofriches either refpehleth a mans nature or his flare : the necefftie ofnature is, that a man haue things neceffarie to fuflaine and preferuenature, asfood, appareil, lodging and filch like, with which a man muff reff contented ifhe haue
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