That >Morld y thingscannotfatisfie or bring eonteutment. 43 r vpon them : wherein greedie auarice bath one folly pecu- liar vntoit felfe, aboue all other kindsofconcupifcence. For whereas other vicious affe&ions moue men to long after theirobie&sfor fruition,as the glutton after daintie meats, that he may feed vpon them : the drunkard after pleafant wines, that he may drinkc them; the ambitious man after preferments,that hemay enioy them;ncithcr cloth loue ina- ny other thing make a manabfiaine from the vfe& fruition of the thing loued; onlycouetoufiesmaketh a man fallinto this folly, letting his money lieby himwithout vfe ofit (vn. leffe it be fuck a vfe as whereby it felfe is increafed) andab- flaineth to feed on thefedaintiemeats,which aboueall other his foule loueth,becaufe hehath an overgreat appetite vnto them ; as ifa man would not thereforeput on hisclothes,be- caufe he is cold; or drinke, becaufe he is athirf : whereofit comma!' to paffe that hehathnomore contentment byhis wealth, nor vfe ofany thingwhich he poffeffeth for the fa- tisfyingofhis greedie appetite, then a thirilie man hath of the driuke,which Will remained" vndrawne in the vell'ell,for the quenchingofhisthirf+. Now howfoeuer firth men may have all mannerofabun- SeE.I . dance, yet it cannot at all fatisfie them,and therefore thoughmar itit net they hatte full baggesand rich chefs, yet Peeing theyhaue the barepofc/fa emptiefoules andpoorchearts, they are falfly tearmed rich ; on ofrichet foras the Prophet fpeaketh, fniteardfl,lo/Iuomore6ecalled that maketb liberall, nor the churle rich ; feeing true riches confilleth not Cle C1 m.Alexand. a in the poffeffon of much, vnleffe alto fruition be ioyned Pædagog.bb.3. with it,whichbeing wanting, their lcatherbags, and iron- cap6. barred chefks mightbe laid tobe rich, aswell as they,ifonly ElaY32. cuftodie could intitleto the name ofrich : neither can thefe earthly treafitres,gold, fluer, and Inch like, betruely called riches;for (as one faith) we vniuftly call them riches, which do not take away pouertie: but euery one that doteth on txia$ameffeas thole things, isby to much increafed in the pouertie ofcon- qutanonaattaa cupifcence, by howmuch thefe treafures which he fomuch rant evil:Item.. affeð are increafed : andhowcan they be truly called ri- AugutLinHag, ches, whole increafe increafeth their pouertie that poileffe =Homil.3o. them ? And the moretheyabound, themore heate of con- Tom.to. cupifcence.
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