420 That worldly things cannotfatísfie or bring contentment." vpon this wind ofworldlyvanities;and failingoftheir expe- ¿iation in aleffer quantitie, thinke to attain vntotheir hope, when they haue heaped vp to themfeluesa greater; for the defeáti' not in thernatter,but in the nature and qualitieof the nourifhment, there being no fimilitude or proportion bet weenea fpirituall foule, and corporal] fubflances. They doe indeede for theprefect feeme to fatisfieand affwage the hunger, but afterwards it is enraged with greater greedi- neffe : euen as cold drinke dothgiue fotne prefent cooling and refrefhing tohimwho is in a fit ofa burning feuer,but loonafter the heatreturning with greaterviolencebringeth with it more intollerable thirf}. And as the fireat thefirfi ca- fling on ofwood oroyle,hath for theinflant the heat therof fomewhat abated,but prefently after hauing caught hold of the matter, it waxeth much morehote then it was before : fo worldlymen purfuing thefe earthly vanities, afterthey haue attainedvnto their hopes,haue for the inaant fomecontent - tnent; but withina while the rage oftheir concupifcence reuiuethand encreafeth, tormenting their foules withmots vnquenchable thir(lineffe then that which they felt before they tailed them. Ifthereforewe would haue fuch fufficien- cie ofthefe worldly things as may bringcontentment, wee muaattaine voto it by moderating our aff'eo`lions, rather then by multiplying thefe vanities; ifwee would haue this aguifh thirfi flaked and abated, it mull not bee by larger drinkingof thefe vnfatisfying drinkes, which will but en- creaul our appetite ; but by purgingaway thefretting choler ofworldly concupifcence,which is the truecaufe ofour vn- fatiableneffe: and if weewould haue this deuouring fire of our greedie defies quenched, let vs not foolifhly heapevp- paciliusrtje- on it moreof that matter whereby it is nourifhed ; but ra- cantur cupidi- Cher call on it the waterofcareleffe contempt, whereby this taus inysqui flaming hcate willbee foone extinguifhed. For much more Peam criligunt, eafily (hall we find contentment, and haue our foules fatif- qnúdúÁlgntficd,bydiminifhingour defires, andcutting off our greedy aliquandorati_ concupifcence, then by nourifhing them with outward lop- anlur.AugulI. plies, teeing they are not naturali affe&ions, for then they ad BoniEtc. would delight in necelTaries and not in fuperfluities, but cpift.yo,totn.a, mou(lousr.
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