366 Thevanitieofcoflyboufholdffuffe ,andf latelybuildings, therebe fuch care,prouidence and paines vfed, that noneof thefe things happen, but all ispreferued in his full beautie and good order; then is it a manifell ripe that moll oftheir time is fpent about thefe vanities, and the whole mind fo whollypofl'effed and taken vp with them, that thefoule is negleéled,and little or no paines taken to decke it with the rich ornaments ofGods fpirituall and fair lifying graces; fo Bilil.itt diuites that when one commeth into a richmans houle where there auares,ho. is fuch cooly furniture, fo curioufly and carefullydifpofed and ordered, he mayprobablie fulpe6ì that bee feeth all the goodneffe ofthat houfe at the firfl view; and that there is nothing better then that whichprelenteth it telfe in the out- ward thew. Furthermore, wee are toknow thatthefeglori. ous things bring to the owners no tailing delight,ordura- b1e contentment : for howfoeuer whileft they haue them butin their defires,orare newly poffeffedof them, they take greatpleafure to thinke vponandbehold them ; yet whenas theyhaue them continually in their eye, and that they are become common and ordinarie,their delight prefently cea- feth ; efpecially if they chance to fee more rich and cooly things ofthe Paine kind inthe poffetfion of other men. And no maruell, for if the funne it felfe becaufe wee fee it daily worketh no extraordinarie delight, although the darke night comming betweenhis letting and rtfing,fetteth fmie edge on our tired affeélions;how much lcffe are wee tocx- ped thatwe can find it in thele earthly trifles, whofechicte florybeing compared to the Iunnes brightneffe, isbutob- curity and groffe darkenefle?Finally, the more wee abound with thefe rich furnitures, the more are wee cxpofed to the feare and danger offire, theeues, yea tillie moaths, which howfoeuer they be bafeand contemptible,yet haue they po- wer enough to pull downe this pride, and to confume the matterand occafion ofthis vaine glory : or ifall thefe with prouidence be preuented,yet thefe glorious fhewesdoe fel- dome fade toexpofevs co enuie,which vfuallie feedeth vp- on thefe outward appearances of worldly happinefle, and feeding pineth thofe whom it poffcffeth, becaufe they want the meanes to make actuation of fuchpompe and glorie. Seeing
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=