262 7hatall worldly thingsare bit Meerevanities. Ammon ,L4 e:_ another) made them ofmere value, host the willandopinion of öeoramenpie men. For ifwemealurethings by their vie and profit, iron «%ttrm rt zzr, and fleck arc much necelfarie to the well being ofman;fee- tr;nun,v0,un- mg they doe not onely fe'rue better for his defence,but alto taa r f èti .Am arc the necelfarie inflruments of husbandrie, arts and occu. brof.fcrm.39. pations. And yet fo firongly this ill groundedopinion pre. tnm.3. uaileth withworldly and couetous men,that they takemuch Chiyiò .ad more delight in beholding their filuer in their darks shells Hcmii.zr. ch. and clofets then the comfortable beanies of the Swine in tn l , Auaraalon,ge awinters day, though it be the chiefe infirumentoftheir iucundiwalpi- life and being; yca are readie vpon all offers to fell the fa- cit }3m de [tour of God, that theymayobtaine gold ; and the ioyesof auaiir.orat,r 5. heauen together with their owne foules, that theymay in- rich themfclues with this ['lining earth and balemettall.The likealto may be Paid ofchaînes, bracelets, rings,and filch o- ther mafíieornaments; whichwere they not made precious and efecmable by the opinion of thotè that weare them, would otherwife bee thought combed-erne burthens, and troublefome clogs,which they would not be intreated,and fcarcelyhired to weare about them; yea were they impeded vpon them asapunifhment,and not willingly put onas.or4 naments, they would be borne withCome impatiencie. But now fo much are they extolled by the vaine opinion and conceit ofmen, that tiefe things are not onely cf:eemed good,but in ahigh degreeofexcellencie,ofwhich they be- come proud,as though they wereparts oftheirowne bodie; infomuch as they Carrie their deare rized fetters, and gol- dengiues,not onlywith eafe,but alfgowith pleafure and de- light; and weare tiefe burthens not onely vpon them,but pearce theircares and makeholesand woundsin their owne flefh,that fo theymay hang rhefe clogs about, yea fix them fafl vnto the. So as it isto be feared lea together with their opinion,theirfondnes &dotage increafiug,theywil in time with j? barbarous Indians wearethealfo intheirlips & notes. Ambrof.lib. de To this purpofe one faith, that thewife impofethvponher rich Nabuth.cap.p. totn,4. hufbandaneceitie ofcoh°and charge,rhat/bemaydrinke out of richplate, 1leepe infumptuouafurniture, lie in afluerbed, load herbands withgolden bracelets, and her neck!with chaletsand itlbel$.
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