Thatworldly things bringarrendleJfideJre ofchange. 451 hare from any.ioy;hefindcthin all this variery,as the reward .. ofall his labour, nothing elfe but vanitie and vexation of fpirit. Bt4t this willbetter appeare, ifwee doe but a little con fi_ t,.Seü:.7. der ofthefpeciall infl:ances. For thus the ambitiousman af_ Tbrlormer feélìng honour, and norbeìng fatisfiedwiththat which hee Prot `leered by hathattained vnto, is prefently glutted with it, labouring ¡nRaGeJ. afternew variety, one while feeking vaine:glory, another while preferments ; now the fauourofhis prince, andToone after the applaufe ofthecommon people. 'Or if hee fettlehis affe&ion vpon any one ofthefe, heefeeketh to refrefh his gluttedmindwith variety inthe degree, climing one fiep afteranother, till bee commeth to the higheff ; wherebeing feared, hee is.now further offfrom contentment then atthe beginning, becaufe hecannot change for the better, nor de- light his vnfatisfiedmind withwonted varicty.Thusallothe couetous man being vtifatisfied with his riches affcóteth change, fhifting his wearied appetite from one thingto a- nother, tillall become tediousand troubleforne. For finding no contentmentin his oldmanors he defireth new lord(hips, beingnotpleafed withonehoute;.heebuildethanother; and not contented with that,hee ereð a third much more flately; and being mailer of many, hee findcth contentment in none,which is thecaufe of his oft fhifting from one to a- notherwith great coil and labour; but all in vaine is his re- mooing, Peeing bee hill carieth his difeafe about him; and thereforeis nomore eafed, then heewho being fickeofan ague, doth oftenchange hisbed.And as being wearieofhis hot.fe heaffeðoften change ; fo allo ishe nobetterplea- fed with his houfhold f+uffe,furniture, plate and appareil; and therefore being glutted with often fight of the .fame thing, herein allo he makes variety the lafi refuge ofhisde- light.Andthe like may belaidoftheir gold,frluer andtrea.. fures ;ofwhich though theybeneuerwearie in themfelues, as being the idols vpon which theyhaue fixed their hearts, yet are they difcontented with their (hare and portion, and therefore fftll affe& greater quantities, till theyhaue more then theycan tell how to vie. But aboueall, the voluptuous G g 2 man
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