That worldly thiugt caratootfatárfie or6ring eovte,Jtment, 4; 5 rich menwho haue left behind themfuch large poffeiíions. Nowwhat canbee morefoolith and ridiculous, then toliue inwant for feare ofwant? to beprcfentlypoore,vpon a bare doubt of pouerty for the time to come?,as though a man fhould hang himfelfe for irate ofdeath; or goc naked for feare ofv*anting clothes? The which follie is moreabfurd, in that manybeing inured to thefe miferly courfes in their meanetlates, doe hold on and continue in them, when as sedquo diai- theirwealth is encreafed to fuck abundance, that they could rias hecper not ifthey fhouldliue to old age, fee any endof it, though tormtntacoa- in a large proportion they fhould fpend vpon the flocke. aasr cam Neither is their other end leffe foolifh of leaning a great e- f baud l da- baa fare behind them. For what canbe moreabfitrdfor a man to maaiJ.¡la phre.. hue poore,todierich; to take nothing himfelfe, that he may nets, l vtlacs- leaue all to his heires ? and to affeó1 hereby a t:ame,when as ple, moriaris being remembred onclyfor his follie andmiferie,he Both by;alentIuuenal. continuing his fame, continuchis infamie and reproch ? Satyt.r4. Finally,as thefe milers are wretched and full offollie; fo §.Sefi.16. are theyemptie ofal goodneffe,feeingthey are neithergood Thar rich mi- to others,nor to themfelues; others haue no goodby them, firs are empty feeing they are ready rather to (crapefrom them byoppreflì_ 6 l Bood `Ae. onand deceit, then to communicate to their neceflìties. For Cherigrbem. whereas theyvlitallyalledge, thatthey thereforegather,that gluesEaro- they may prouide for their pofterity,or ÿ theymay dogood thers. deeds at theirdeath; it is manifeftly falfe,both becaufe thole''°"v °°'Cs. that haueno children, or neere frtends,areas wretchedly co- sew Éclef. uetous as they who haue moli; and alfa becaufe iftheyga theredriches to communicate them to the good ofothers, they would ( feeing charity beginneth at home) impart them to their ovinevfe andbenefit : if it were fimplie their delireby their wealth to doe good after their death, they alto bee ready in fome meafure to imploy itto thefe vfcs in their timeoflife : ifloue oftheir pofteritymade them fo greedilie toheape vp riches, this loue would moue them to impart forte (hare vnto them, when as they might Bill keepe it in their ownepoffeflion. But experience teacheth vs, thatthefe rich miters pinch etten their deareft childrenof thatneceffarie allovvancevihich belongeth to their backes F f a and
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