446 Thatallworldly thingsbring with them loathingfarietiie. feflfare, and conuerteth it to profitable nourifhment: fo a weake and froward mind is furcharged euen with the deli_ catesofaprofperous efiare; whereasanheart which is indu. ed with confiancieand patience, is contented, and can well digefi the meanefl condition, andgroweth daily in better liking, whilefi it is fedwith the bread of affliéìon, and wa- ter offorrow. 4seas, A fecondeffeéi ofthevanitie and infufficiencie ofworldly That worldly things is, that in fiead offatisfying theybringwith the' loa- thingrin/lead thing fatietic ; for howfoeuer whilefi men are inpurfuit of offatiEying thefe vanities,they thinke them offitchexcellency,that they totb gy aT would accountit agreat part oftheir happines,ifthey might enjoy them ; yet hauing obtained their delire, they are firaight gluttedwith their companie, and now look vpon that with loathing contempt, which before they had it, they beheld with rauifhingdelight: and this commeth to pafle, either becaufe they after fee things more defireable, and worthy their loue, in the poflèllionofother men; or becaufe they hauethere things in excefliue meafure, which maketh that which is moll Tweet to become loathfome; or becaufe theirappetite whichwas fharpned with want, labour in fee- king, anddifïîcultieinobtaining, is dulled and taken away by their affduitie, andeafe inioying,without anycompeti- tour to fharpen theirloue: or finally, becaufe whilefi they were in the purfuite of thefe vanities, they were deceiued witha falfe conceit oftheir worth & excellencie;which opi- nion is afterwards confuted by their own experience,which manifefieththeir worthleffebafenes,and infrificiencie tofa- tisfieandbring contentment.In which refpe6l thefe world- ly vanities arefitly compared to the applesofSodome,which allure the eye,and fharpen the appetite, but ifany touch, or let his teeth in them, they fill his mouth withduff, or vanifh into finoake; and thofe which dote vpon themare likevnto thofe who hauing ficke and weake uiomackes, dolongfor many things when theyheare them but named, and when they areprocured with colt, and preparedwith labour, they begin to loath them, asforme as they fee them, and to waxe ficke as though they had furfetted, before theyhaue fcarce tailed
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