q94 That worldly thingsare vnproftable. that (as one faith) he neuer doth well but when hedieth,fee- ing then he hath an end ofhis vnfatiablc couetoufiteffe, and fetteihat libertie thofe riches for the good ofothers, which t,verc long enthralled in a wretched bondage : for whilef} he liueth he will part with nothingwhich he poffcffeth,but ra- ther then the poore (hall (hare withhim in anypart ofhis fu- perfluitie, he will fpend it on his backe in exceflìuebrauerie, on his horfe inrich furniture, yea vpon his fenféleffe walks, and the very floore whereon he treadeth. 4.Seé1.3. Furthermore, rhefe worldly things do not make thofe That trorldly merrie and checrefull, whomo(} abound with them, iftheir thingdonot hearts andafie6ionsbefeatedon them; he that dotethvp- make!hemwbo onhonors, doth not fomuch ioy in twentie gotten refer- baxethemmore menes as hedoth fret at one miffed nor reio cethinthathe cherre and is aduanced before man but is vexed becaufe feeth an rbeerefwU y, y preferred beforehim ; neither is he fo much cheared in his mind, becaufe he hath the reuerence and obeyfanceofcap and knee, from almo(} all men, as he is tormented ifany one man wilfullydenieth him that dutie and obferuance which he expedeth, his proud heart making him beleeue that his worth well deferueth it. So when Haman being furfetted with ioy, in regardoftheKings cfpeciall fauour, came forth Hefter 5.9. to. and law Mordecainegled} him, in themiddef} ofhis iollitie :11.13. and gladnes, he was filled with indignation, and like a for- lorne man, full ofdifcontent,heretireth himfelfe home, and tellethhis wife and friends ofall his riches, glorie, and fpeci- all favours, which he had receiuedboth from the King and Ceene; but concludeth that all the honorwhich he had fromall beuiides Mordecai did himno good,becaufehe alone did not refpeaand reuerence him. Sowhat pleafure and de- light hath he, who abounding in riches,doth fet hishart vp- on them, more then the poorc man, who bath but a finall competencie, and onlyneceffaries to releeue him?Yeadoth not this man fleepe more foundly, feed more fauourly and with greater delight; looke more cheerefully, and reioyce more heartily thenhewho isouer-burthenedwith hisabun- dance ? For while(} he fecurely enioyeth that he bath, and contenteth himfelfe ifhe hauebut neceflaries to fuflaine na- tur
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