That worldly things doenotfatisfie or bring contentment. 477 are inhealth, alittle doth content them, but when they are difeafedwith the burning heate ofworldly concupifcence, this vnnaturallappetite is neuer fatisfied, but the more they haue, the morethey delire,and the neerer they are to abun- dance andfuperfluiti e, the further they arefrom contentati- on; and whereas at firfl they had fome flay of themfelues, and force power tomoderate theirdefires, now having gi_ uen the raines to their concupifcence, it runneth on with headlong violence, and admitteth no reflraint: like vnto thofe Banding on the top of a fleepehill, who howfoeuer they can eafily rule themfelues whilef theykeep theirplace, or ifthey warilycreepe downe by little & flow degrees, yet ifthey begin once to runne, theycan make no flay, till with greatperill they come headlong to thebottome. The reafonsof this vnfatiablenes are diuers :firf andprin. ,ç s ¿i cipally it commethto paffe through the iuf iudgernent of yhe rearms ml j God,who(feeing worldlingsloue hisgifts better then him- themindof (elfe that gaue them, and in Head of being moued byhis man cannot be bountie to fernehimwithmore alacritie, do commit idola-fattsfedwitb trie with thefeearthlyvanities)doth lay thisheauie curie vp_ earthly: on them, that they (hall not be able to fatisfiethemor give contentment,yea rather the more they(hall feed vponthem, the more their hunger (hall be increafed. And this is that iudgement and maledi&ion which the Lord denounceth a- gainhi the Ifraelites, for negle&ing the duties ofhis feruice, that they /houldeate andnot hatte enough; the which iudge- Hofea.4.to. ment was accordingly inflicted on them, as the Prophet Michaó.t4. Haggai telleth them : reharmfoyen (faith he) much,and bring Haggai r.6, inlittle;yeeate, butye bauenot enough;yedrinke, but yearenot filled; yee cloath yee, butyoubenot t'arme; andhethat earneth wages,purteth thewages into abrokenbag. Anotherreafon may be,thatourappetite andthe delires ofour heartsbeing fpiri- tuall, are in comparifoneof thefe earthly thingsalmollinfi- nit,andoffttch exceedinglarge extent,that the whole world cannot fill and fatisfie them, there being no end or limits let voto them, or atleafl fuchas the earth &earthly things can- notaffordvntovs. The whichvnfatiableneffe oftheheart by theworld (one wittily faith) is implied and fignifiedby their E e diuers
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