46z Oftheexcellencyofcontentrttent,& the meow toobtain it. Siadnaturam ill man faid well, ifwe liueaccording to nature,we fhallne- vises nunquam uerbe poore,ifaccording to opiniou,we fhall neuer be rich; eris adept "Poneffi naturedefiring but a litde,andopinion being infatiable. Hee nunquam di- therefore who is indued withGods fpirituall graces, godli- uer. ezigaum neffe,andconrentation,is truely rich, though his outwarde- naturadefide, llate,beneuerfo meane; andofhim that maybe truelyfaid, rae,opinioim which the fpirit fpeaketh to the Angell of the Churchof antrum. Epi- curus aped Smyrna ; / ! rro v thyponerrv,but thouart rich.For hee onlyis Senecamepift. rich inGods eflimate, who is rich vnto eternity, laying vp 16, in (lore the fruits, not of earthly abundance but of vertue : Apoc.a.9. he which hath fuch peace and tranquillity ofmind, that bee Solumállum defireth nothing, nor is toffed with the wauesof concu i- uou t,gsium fcence neither loathing his old Rote, nor feekin new,b aouit, qui t di- r , g y leesaternitati, perpetuaildeuiring,making himfelfepoore inabundance of &c. Ambrof. wealth. The oncly way therefore to attaine Efficiencie of ad Simplic.c. riches, is to haue in all eflates a contented mind; for thus we épi(l.ro; mayberich in the middefl ofpouerty, feeing he is richwho pathenough,and hehath enoughwhole Rate agreethwith Nonqui parum his mind ; neither ishee poore whohath litt le,butheewho feabetfedqui not being fuffrced defireth more. Whereas ifweewantthis plus cupie pau- per efl.Senec. contenttnent,though we haue neuer fogreat Roreofwealth, yet we remainepoote; neithercanIt byfatisfying our minds make vs happie, but only change our mifcrie, making vs now want in plenty, who before wanted through penury. And this commeth to paffe becaufe our minds continuing ficke and difeafed with difcontent,which arifeth from their infatiety,doemake richesas troublefome,andmore burthen- fonie veto vs then our pouerty.For as bee who is ficke of the drople is alike tormentedwithvnfatiable therR, whether he drinke in filuer piare, or inearthen pots; and he who is ficke ofa feuer is alike ill at eafe, when heheck) ina bed ofiuorie, and when he licth in abcdofwood; becaufe wherefiseuer he Both liehis difeafe followeth him : fo ifour mindsbeeficke ofcouetoufneffe, it mattereth not whether wee hauemuch or little, feeing there outward things cannot cure the in- ward difeafes of the mind, nor whether weebeepoore.or wealthie , feeing our concupifccnce Rill accompanieth vs. Fitsally,
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