434 That worldly thingscannotfatisfieor bring contentment. galledconfcience ? tohauegoods, and no goodby them ? to keepe that money which theyhauegottenby painful! labor, with toiling care locking itvp, as ifitwere a (hangers, and (as ifit were theft) not daring to touchit, for thebenefit of themfelues, theirchildren,or friends: as though theyhad no otherendofkeeping it,but that othersmight haueno bene.. fit by it : andyet wretches that theyare, they call there pof. fcftìons theirgoods, and by foie vertue of this iaylorfhip, they lay claimeto the titleofgoodnes,as though they defer- ued tobecalled goodmen, becaufe theyhauegoods in pof- fcftïon, notwithftanding that they donorat all vfe them, for thegood either ofthemfelues,or anyothers: butmuch more right haue they vino that titleofmifers,which is iulilyallot- ted unto them,fceingofall other men they are the molt mi.. ferable. And as they do by their wretched courfes bewray their miferie,foalfo their cxtrearne folly; for whereas wife men propound vino theinfelues ionic end of their labours, which is better then the painesit Idle; they either haue no end at all ofall their toile, or at leafs fuch as is fottifhand ri- diculous ; for the endoftheir gathering riches is to gather them,and thereforegathering for no endbut for it felfe,they canmakenoend of gathering. As though the foie endof their comming into nhc world were like harbingers and purueiours to prouide lodgings and good fare for others, and fo to depart without tattingof it:or toplay thebailiffes, who haue nothing to doe ,butonely togather the rents of largereuenues, that others may haue them ro fpendanden- ioy. And this foolifhvanity the wife man in his time obfer- Ecelef..4..8, ucd.There isonealone(faithhe) and there isnot afecond,tvhich bath neitherfonne nor brother, yet is there no endof alibistra- ixe/, neither canhis-eye befat isf:ed lbíth richer. Neither doth bee thinbe; for whomdoe I trataell,anddefraudmyfouleofpleafure? 7his alfoisvanity,and this is an twill tranell. Or if theyhaue anyends of their care and labour, they are foolifb and ab ford ;foreither outofa diftruftfìtll careof Gods prouldence they truftto theirowne, fcraping abundance together, left in.time tocome theymight bebrought to want andmiferie; orelkbet-auk attheir.death theywouldbe accountedgreat rich
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