Afrbe ariftrieswhich acceeépanyworldlythirgs. 561 tobreake openhis cheffs, and to fpoilc him ofhis treafures; and therfore thinkingno knowne arength fufficient tokeep hisgold andliluerfrom force or fraud, hcc hideth it in the ground,being readyto fufpcél his eyes and heart, as prink tohisfecrecie, left imparting it to his tongue, it fhouldre- uealeit at vnawares either waking or flecping. And asone ofthe ancientsnoteth, fuch is the madneffe cf thefegreedie muckwormes, that after theyhaue with fweating paines, Bafl.orat.rq, fearched fortheir treafures in the bowels of the earth, they de diuitijs & are ready with fhiuering feare to hideand couer then, inthe fa°l'ertite earth again ; like the adders yong, whichbeingnewly come out oftheir dams bellic, glide and returne into it for fafery,, when as they are frighted with any danger. Yea and as though notwithflanding all this, it were not fafe enough, theyarc ready ( as onefaith) to lie ouer the place inwhich Multi defif® their gold ishid, and toburic their harts together with their auro iawbant, treafures, that it may beethebetter watched. In a word, as rrmee"um they neuer thinke their money free from danger, fo are they rota: eorunt neuer free from feare, theyneuer fecurelyeate or fleepc,but terra. Ambrof, as theholymartyr laid, they fighat their banquets,although de lacob.cap. they drinkc in the richcil plate; and after their fcafls, when 5tomq theyhaue laid downe their bodies made leanewith cares, morian de and euen hid them in their beds ofdowne, they watch and Serm. can take no refl in their for-dodging; and whenbuta motile flirreth, they are ready to hale vp,fufpci9inga rheefe;not vnderffanding,wretches that theyarc, that all their wealth Both but bring vnto théglorious punilhments,that they are fettered with theirgold,and pof e fedoftheir riches,whilefl they thinke they pofheffe them. The which follie ofouer carefullkeepingtheir Nvealtb,as it is inall fottifh and abfurd, fo it is moil ridiculous, and yet moll common in oldmen; which though they haue alreadie one font in the graue, yet doe they inthiskind fhew their foolifhfeare more thenany other; burying their trcafures in the earth, not long before themfelues areburied, asthough howfoeucrthey neuer had anygoodofthem in this life, yet they werein fore hope to haue it in the life to come. The which dotage befalleth men through the iufl iudgement ofGod; for when they 0 o 4 neas gleF
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