432 That worldly things cannotfatkfieor bring contentment. cupifcence theybring to their loners, and the leffe fatietie? Howfoeuer therefore theremiters abound with Bore oftrue goldand filuer, yet they arebut falfe riches; feeing they on- ly(!retch and inlarge the iawes o£greedie auarice,but donot fill orfatisfie them,and rather inflame then quench the hcate ofcouetoufnes. Well thereforewas the fpeechofthe Hea- then manfitted to the rich miter : All (faith he) account thee rich, but I affirme that thou artverypoore, becaufe not the Incerti,apud pofeffìon,butthevfeiufllyintitlethriches.Ifthouartparta- stobæum, de in- kerofthy wealth, it Bothby the vfe become thine owne;but iuftiria. &erro ifthou referee thyriches for thine heires,prefentiy from that Pal[adæ spud time they are made other mens. To which purpofe another srabæum, faith,Thou haftindeed the richesofa richman,but themind of a begger ; thou art rich to thine heires, and poore to thy felfe. §.Sec/.i4. Yea in truth thefe richmifers are ofall others moll mile- That rich milers rabliePoore; for whereas all other men want many things, areofall others there want all; feeing they want as well that they haue, as poore.FE. that they haue not : for whatfoeuer others haue theywant, Deeibw., multi; becaufe they haue it not in poffeffion, and they want alto amnia, that which themfelues poffeffe, becaufe they haue it not in óuarodeelf vfe. In which refpe& they arc worfethenanybegger;for tamPod wherasbut fomethings arewanting to thefe,all,bothwhich quamquænon they haue, and haue not, is wanting vntothem : neither is habet. Hieron. y in Prolog.Bi there in truth anypouertie alikewretched to thiswilful! pe- blix. nurieofrichmifets , for they thirflin themiddefl of the wa- Defuntinepia ters, and haue emptiebellies, whentheir garners and flore- multa, auaritia houlesare fullofcorne : theyare cold and haue notthe heart omnia.Senec. them e id rou to garments,or hauingthem to wears them : epit}. 108. P they arehungry,and yet dare notfor feare ofimpairing their elate, feedvpon that foodwhich is goodand wholefome; Ambrof..deNa- fo that theywilfully take vpon them that punifhmentwhich butte. cap.4. thepoore fuffer throughneceflìtie : for thcfefall when they want meate, they when they haue it; the poore haue not money tovfe,the miferltath it, but will neither vfe it him- felfe, norfuffer others; they dig gold out oftheveinesofthe earth, and hide it therein againe; andifbutaneggebefet before them,theycomplaine ofloffe,becaufc achicken iskil- led.
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