4.Set1.6. That honors bring nocon- tentment to thofè that bane them. Ierem.zz,zz. fl3ofeasz.re Haggai 1.6, 4 2 2 That worldly thing! cannotfaeisfieor 6rirtgcontentment, then theother in their greatefi wants, and when their wines and appetites arealoft crcffzd. And thus haue I generally (hewed the infufficiencie of worldly vanities, for the bringingofcontentment to thole that haue them.Let vs now take a morefpeciall viewofit in honors,riches,and bewitching pleafures.And fit(} for honor, how fhould it fatisfie andglue contentment, feeing it is but aname,title, or conceited fhadow,which hath it fubfifience in the vngrounded opinions and vaine breath of the vncon_ fiantmultitude, and like a finoake is carried aboutwith the winde ofmens mouches? And therefore thofè that refi vpon itfor the fufficing oftheir ambitious and hungrie appetites, haue that flender pittanceofthefalfe Paf}ors,throughGods iuf}iudge nentallottedvnto them,in (lead oftneate feeding vpon the aire; and with Ephraim they gape after the winde which puffeth them vp withvaine-glorious pride, but affor- deth vnto them no fubf }antiall nourifhment : and therefore vnto fuch the flying ofthe Prophet 11aggaì may fitly beap- plied, yehaue eaten andare notfatiofeed. In which refpe& this breathofhonor is not vnfitly compared to the finell and o. dour ofthe kitchin, whichdoth not nourifh, orfo much fa- tisfie with the fent, as it doth fharpen the appetite by the fight. Byreason whereofambitiousmen are infatiable in de- firinghonors (becaufe they are vaine and do notfatisfie)and being notfilled with that which they affe&, theycanput no end vnto their appetite; nil' they are climing the ladderof preferment, and aspire to feate thcmfelties in the throne of himhefi honor; but never do they find contentment in the things they fo much delire; for either they catch afan', hilefl theirhafi in climing exceedeth their providenceand heed; or being come to their delred height, they arenot fo much fatisfied with this fitperlatiuc and tranfceudent glorie,asdif- contented anddifpleafed, becaufe there is no higher place veto which their ambition may afpire. It maybe when they ñrf} aue way ro thefe proud deliires, they propounded vnto them' force low or meane pitch,which iftheycould at- taír._ visto, their deceitful) heart promifed them to ref} con- tented; butas the richglutton cranedbuta dropof water to coole
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