426 Thatworldly things cannot !at!rfieor bring. contentment couetoufnefle withthe Grecians bath itname ; for itiscalled +monzi.,becaufe it is thenature ofcouetoufiteffè,to makemen when they haue that thcy defired, f}ill to delire more; and when they haue that alit, yet to remaine Rill vnfatisfied. And though they hauemore then they can tell how tovfe, yet their careand labour in hunting aftermore isnowhit a- bated ; like vnto anhungrie flomackewhofe appetite excee- ding the facultieofconco&ion, dothdeliremore then it can digel+. In which refpe& the con etous man is fitlycompared to the fea-cormorants,which deuoure all theycan come by; EafiU,de.aua- andyet remain vnfatisfied ; fauing that their vnfatiablenes tina.Orat.ts. tendcth to theprofit ofmankind,wheras the greedinesofco- °4uetous milers, is to humane fociety hurtful and pernicious: A talusspud or elfe to the greedie dog, who hauingonebit after another Senec.epift.ya caf+vntohim'byhis mafter,fwalloweth themdowne, and as though he had none giuê him,ftil looketh in his mailers face formore:wherin to fay truth they are muchworfe;for wher- as the dog cafteth his eyesvponhis benefa&our, they neuer lookevp towards the author ofthcir good,but like the vn- thankful hog their ems &hart are inclinedtowards theearth, andneuer by thanksgiuing untoGod acknowledge him the fountain ofthefe benefits : or as themfelues doe compare themfelues,they are likevino the graue,fwallowingdowned isro.1 .1s. lbhole, lSechofe thatgat. downe into thepit : orasSaloaaoncorn. pareth thern,they are like vnto hell, whichis neuer fatisfied. Pro.3o.1 s. And to this (asone faith) the Gentiles alluded,calling Pluto Ditem divine the prince ofhell, and the couetous rich man by the fame genrifetinfe- name not onely to notethat the are fubie&s of that kin lem bitvam dome; but alfothatthecouetousloan is an vnfatiablegulp mortis. piton ofriches, whothe more he fwalloweth and deuoureth, the appellant es di- morehe burneth in concupifcence. In vaine therefore doe utteas,&c, couetousmen toile themfelues whileft the feeke tofatisfie Atnbr their hungrieappetite multiplying their y as the d° Nabuth. g y caps. Iuíe groweth with the Oke, fo doth couetoufneffe with riches; andas their wealth increafeth, fo likewife doe their defires that haueit. Wherein couetou,hefle refembletha ri- uer whichbath but a fmall beginning,and aweake courfe at the headandfountain from which it6rft fpringeth ; but re- ceiufng
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