Thatworldly things cannotfatisfte or bring contentment. 437 they onely behold this great plenty with their eyes, but haue not the power to mile of it. And this judgement the wife man obferueth. There is aneuill (faith he)whscb ffatb vu_ Ecc1cC/6.L, ;. der thefunne,andit is much among men. Aman tawhomGod bathgiuen rithes, andpleafures and honour, andhewantethno- thingforhisfoule ofall that it defireth ; but qodg:meth him not power toeate thereof, but affrange man jhall eateitvp: this is vanity,and aneuillfcknefje,yea (ashe faithin the verge follo- wing)much tvorfe thenvntimelybirth. And thushaue I Chewed that there is no contentment in pal.t. worldly riches, both becaufe theyare vaine and cannot fa- That worldly tisfie; and alto becaufe our hearts are vnfatiable, andour a- pleafrresfa::f_ uarice fo thongand tyrannous that weeneither cannor will fie nor, Pi" giue be farisfiedby them.Now in the tail place we are toexamine aonteutment. pleafures, to feewhether we can in them find any fatietieor contentment :.where vpon trial! wee !hall find,that theyare as vaineand infufliicient for his purpofe aseither oftheother. For like fvveete drinkes,they(cruenot to abate and quench, but toencreafe the voluptuous mans thirfl; making him af- ter the enioying ofone pleafure, to hunger after another; andafter he bath enjoyed thoufands,to be asfarre from con- tentment,as whenfirti he began to couet them; becaufe be- ingvaine theyvanifh in the fruition, and flip awaywhilei+ theyare betweene our hands ; like a fhadow, leaning no- thing behind thembutan emptie mind and hungrie delire after new varietie. Yea rather the more wee enioy them, the furtherwee are from contentation ; feeing cuery delight is vnto vs asatafieof fweet effe, which doth not fatisfie but iharpen ourlicorous appetites : and howfoeuer like the wa- ter in the imiths forge, they feeme for the prefent toquench andallayour heate,yet Toone after, the flame ofourconcu- pifcence increafeth, andburneth much more hotly. So that howfoeuer before wee tattedof thefe bewitching delights, we weremallets ofourowne affeEtions,andcouldmoderate our dcfires : yet after wee have beene allured toenter into pleafuresmaze, wefindnot ourcommingout fo eafieasour going in; and when we haue been inticed todrinke ofthefe golden,butyet intoxicating cups, wee are prefently made F f 3 drunke
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