That worldly things arevnprofitable. 483 owners, andnot profiteth them, as being vnto them heauie burthens, and caufes ofthe incurable du tale ofgreedie co. uetoufneffe.So theWife manfaith, There is anend¡ckenee EccleCf. ra.t;. that lhauefeenewider the Sonne, to wit, riches referued to the 54.15. &c. owners thereofor theirmill;and theft richesperi/hby enillIra.. agile, andhebegettethaforane, and inhishand is nothing; as he cameforthofhis mothers belly, he fliallreturnnakedtogo as he came, and/hallbeareaway nothingofhis labour, which he bath caufed to palleby his hand? eflnd thisalfoUsti evil.!fcknes,that inallpointsas he came, fofballhego,and what profit bath he,that he bath trauailedfor thewind. e4lfo alihis dalesheeateth in dankneffewith muchgriefe, and in hisfarrow and anger. Tehold thenwhat Ihauefeenegood,that it is comely to eatand to drinke, andto takepleafure inall his labour, wherein he trauaileth vnder theSaune, the whole number of the dales ofhis life which God giueth him;for this is his portion. efllfo to eueryman to whom Godbathgutenriches andtreafures,andgiesethhimpower toeat thereof ,andto take hispart, andinioyhis labour, this is thegift ofGod.As though hefhould fay,this,and no other:for as for riches without vfe, they are fo far from deferuing the name ofbleffingsand benefits, that they are to be reputed ctìrfes andheauie iudgements. So lob faith ofthe wicked man,that in lieuofhis finhe fhal haue this punifhmentlaid vponhim, that thoughhefbouldbeapevpRiseras thedrift, andpreparerai- lob a6 6 7, ment as theclay : He may prepare it, bat the iuft[hallpost it on, andtheinnocentfhalldiuide theRiser. And the Wifeman tea- chethvs,thattoamanthatisgoodinGodsfight ,hegixethlbif Ecclefa.26. dome,andknowledge, andioy,but tothefinner hegixethpain to gatherand to heape, toghee him that isgoodbefore God;t hisalfa rs vanitieandvexationoffpirit. And elfewhere, he that loueth Eccle:5.9. fluerlfiallnotbefatisfied withfalser, and he that loueth riches Chap.6.a.1. (hall be lbithoeot the fruit thereof. Yea fo heauily doch this iudgement ofGodfit vpon them,that afterwardshe prefer- techvntimely and abortive birth, before Such a milerable and wretched life. And the Sonne ofSyrach faith, that there Ecclefiafticus isnotbbio, tborfe then when oneenuieth himfelfe, and that this is 14,6° the rewardofhis wickednefe. . And thusit appeareth thatriches are vnprofitable to chofe g.Stsr. 5. Ii z whoOf thevnproft-
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