06 Ofthe miferieflbhichsccornpanyl orldythin :. then thorns,becaufeby theirpricking cares they rent the mind, andwhen they,inticevsvino fin, theymake itbloodie with the wounds ofwickedneffe. And theyarecontinual- lyvexedwith thefecares inkeeping them; foalfo with feare of lofingthem; for as before theyhad them, they pnrftted themwith burning defire, fo beingpoffe(fed ofthem, they Amens duitias keepe themwith quaking feare ; no fooner hauethey gotten quasoptauerat riches, butprefently they lofe theirfecuritie, and now they snetaít, érveto arein feareofthat wealth which beforethey wi(hed,fickeof laberat¡we.5e" info in their ownedelres; and fall into trauell, as Tooneas nec.Çonfol;ad y g Potyb. cap.:3, they haue their longing : for as Eliphet fpeaketh, Afoundof 19b15.11. feare is alaaies'in their eares, lea in theirpeaceandprofßeritie, the delirayerRoma come:vponthem. lfthecouetons rich man fceth one (lronger then himfelfe, he feareth violence and robberie ; if wifer, fraudand deceit; if one richer and mightier, thenhe is afraid ofbeing (polledby opp;ef ion; if one poorer-andweaker, bytheft and fl:ealth ; abroad he fea- reth theeues and robbers, ,at home he fufpeð his owne truants ; in timeofwartehe isafraid ofcommonfpoilers, in time ofpeace,ofenuious and fpitefull flanderers,whichare readie to make him basiltie becaufe he is rich, and an enemie . to the cómonwealth,becaufe he hath toomuch for his owne particular. Finally, the couetous rich man is afraid ofall things,fauing Gods difpleafitre;and oflotngall,except itbe his owne foule and the ioyes ofheauen:and fuch ishis folly, . that whilel he feareth to lofe hisgold,riches,lands andpof- feflions, he is inno feare of lofnghimfelfe, as though (ex- ceptinghis owne perfon) he hadnothing in his cu(l;odie,vn- worthie.the keeping.Hence it isthat hekeepeth fuch anar- rowwatch ouer his wealth, and hauing inclofed and fhut it vp vnder the Purecullodieofmany bolts, iron bard chefis, and (ironglockes, which neither picking nor breaking can indauger, he addeth alfo to his aid fomany feruants, ashis couetous mindwill (offerhim to maintain,. that they may thebetter keepe the watch, and bring fecuritie; but all in vaine,forwithin awhilehegroweth iealous ofhis guard,and fufpitious ofhis aflißants; and themore able they are to keep out outwardviolence, the more fitonger he thinketh them LO
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