.eimmiaimmomi IA Thatl%orldly things caanot/arisfe or bringconte',tment. and withhis willies his wants are increafed; and therefore hedefpifeth theft. final! cups, beraufehe thirfle:h after great Dtu sellnógni riuers,andnoleffe then whole Ilreamcsofrichescan fòmuch rauhuN::habet, aspromife him contentment. Now if it bee the one! true Jed qsi Null° y egeat..iidel riches, not to haue much, but toHandin need ofnothing, itaquedeaitem andto abound in all things which aman defireth; thenhovwt ere,nifrabun- great is their pouerty, who beingvefatisfied,want fo much? da".8ccAmb how farre are they from true riches which are fo flraitned numepüt lib. in their minds,and haue theirhear tslikea bottomleffe guile ;.epiA.r0. full ofnothingbut want and penurie ? §.st f.r0, Inwhich refpeet the condition of couetous rich men is That cowerear muchmore miferable then theirs who are ofthe poorerfart, riebnett are feeing their wants being meafured according CO their de- more in roast fires, are much greater; for thefe neede but little, becaufe then thepoere they defire not much; whereas they Hand in needof abun- dance, becaufe it is no little will giue them contentment. Now as his efiate is very mlferablewho is tormentedwith an infatiable thirfl,though he haue his tellers full ofdrinke; andhe much better in his condition, whoas hee hath little [lore, fo altohe hathlittle thirfl ; fo much more miferable is hewhole mind is infatiable,through this dropfie of coua toufneffe,though he haue abundance; then Such an one as hauing little, is notwithflanding contented with thathee bath. Take for example Achab and Naboth, the onehauing akinadome, the other fome (mall poffefions. But yethee who headabundance,and the reuenuesofa kingdome, is not fatisfied with all he poffeffeth, but greedily coueteth the pooremansvineyard; on the other fide Naboth bathbutlit- de,yet that little focontenteth him, that bee defirethnone of thekings abundance. Now whichof tilde was tritely rich, he that feemed to want, becaufe his poore neighbour a vineyard whichhe thought worthhis defiring; or the òther that is fatisfied with his owne poffeflions?whetherofthe Ambrof.libde twowas poorer, hewho wanted no more thenhee enioyed, Nabuth. cap.z. but retied content withhis owne ; or hee who greedily co- ueted that which belonged to another?Surely this manwas muchmore poore in his affeSlion,then the other inhis cfìate and.poffeffìon. Whereby itappeareth thatthe infatiable rich man,
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