Tharworldly things cannotfatisßeor bring contentment. 427 ceiuing by the way manybroáks which fall into his Ferearn, growcth ftrong and vnrefiflable; for fo when a man fire let- teth couetoufneffe into his heart, it is but weake andeaflie checked, but when wealth and riches come vpon him,the Rreame ofhis concupifcencegroweth foviolent,that neither reafon, nor religion canm ithiand ir. By which it plainely appeareth,that the more couetous §.S67,9 men abound with wealth, the more their pouerty is encrea- That mews fed ; for feeing the mind is the true meafure ofriches, and he mcn,rhe more hey onely is to be accounted rich who bath fuch fuf ciencie and the they plentie as Bothgivecontentment; and feeing,asI haue fhe- roam. wed, thole who fer their hearts vponriches,hauebytheir increafe their appetite alto increafed, and the more they a- bound inwealth, the leffeare their minds filled and firfficed; therefore it muff needs follow, that as they increafe in ex- ternally riches,' fo allo their internally pouerty is encreafed. For the more they haue, the more theydelire ; the more they defire, the greater is their want, and the more they want, thepoorer theyare ; and confequently the more they haue, the more their pouerty is increafed. What they hauenot, that they defire; what they defire, ofthat (at leaf+ in their owne iudgement)they Rand in need; howgreat therefore is the wantofthefe richbeggers, which need all the wealth Toto mundo that is in the world, fauing that (mall pittance whichthey eger,cuiusNOS hold in their owne poffefion ? So that (asone faith) this capii mondus vice ofcoueroufneffe hath in it fuch contrarieties, that it is euPiditates like vnto a riddle; fetinghee that bath mon, hath alto the abuihiap i greaten want; for as they increafein wealth, they increafe Chryfolì.,ri in their wifhes and delires, and great delires argue ggreatitom.S.Ser.t;.. wants. For example, whiled a man is poore he ;wifheth onely for hundreds, promiing vnto himfélfe contentment ifhe couldobtaine hisdelires; havingattained hundreds, he nowwifheth for thoufands, andcotnming to thoufandsbee affeð millions, and thinketh itnow a kindofpouerty to hauehis riches and treafirres numerable. So that hee now skornethhisold defires,andcontemneth hundreds iftheybe offered vnto him asa prey; not forthat bee is fatisfied and tteedeth no more, but becaufe with his wealth his wifbes, and
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