436 That worldly thing"' cannot fatisfieor bring contentment, and bellies ; and which is wort} of all, will not affoord vnto themgood education,becaufeit requireth coil : whereby it manifeltlyappearech that the loue ofnothing but of their money, and thx,for i t owne fake, without refpeelofflrther vfe,is the truecaufe ofall their greedie fcraping. And to fay truth,how can hebe good to otherswho is naught tohim- felfe ? how can he be anothers friend, who is his owne cne- umillws aria- mie ?But the couetous miter (as euen the heathenman could re pró111ufSet difcerne with the eye of nature) though hee beegood to nec.epüt.toß: none, yet bee is worft of all tohimfelfe; for hee robbeth his owne foule of neceffaries, that hee may leaue behind him fuper fluitics ; and like an vnnaturall theefe, bee de- fraudethhimfelfe of thofe rich bleflings which God inhis bountie bath imparted voto him. He fareth hardly, and go- eth bafely, and in all refpeóts maketh vntohimfelfe a more (bortallowance, forall his great care and labour, then any mafler(vnleffe he were as wretched ashe) would afford vn- tohim. In which refpeót one concludeth that themi ter is not onelya theefe,but alto a felfc-murtherer,feeing beewill not uid eft amt. allow vnto himfelfe ii?ceffaries topreferue life. What ( faith sa, ?(ai hëicida, he) is acouetous mart . a murtherer of himfelfe. What isco- ga;deTtaaari uetoufneffe?a liuing poore forfeare of pouerty. Wherein sia6auperta- the mifer doth onely this worke ofittftice in all his cariage, tiriim>r,fcm- that he Bothnot caft away his wealth vpon his vnworthie per inpaaperta- felfe,butreferueth it fafe and vntouchcd, for thofe who bet- teviaepift. ter deferue to enio and fend it. Rightly therefore is this nard.cpiß. Y P g svlueft. miferablenef%called a wormewood (inne,, whichbringeth hispunilhment in the verycommitting,fauing that it is nei- ther fweete nor wholefome, but a delightfull vexation, a rich beggerie, a fuperfluous penurie and affedted want, which turneth Gods blcffings into curlings; his gifts into clogs, and maketh all his benefits heauie burthens. And this commethtopafTeby the Tuft iudgement of Godpunifhing their immoderateloue oftheft earthly things; that though they fhouldhaueabundance in po{fellion, yet they fhould hauenothing in fruition, much in keeping and nothing in vfe,b.ecaufe hee fo flraiteneth their hearts and reftraineth their liberty, that like theprince in the booke of the Kings they
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