O f the tnifries which.accarManyworldly things. 569 theirfufficiencie intoabundance, noleffe vexingtheir foules oilpatèanipr with euuie when they fee other mens fiate hafldy encreafe, flora.dhrîm J then-with forrowbecaufe their owne llandeth at a flay, or j aV íO5 rnagst J goeth backward: one while forrowing becaufe the earth f-iia metnsl" not yeelding fruitfull increafe nor (itfficicnr plentie, they senec.inHere.. hauenot enough ; another whileno Idle grieving at ÿ great Oeteo. abundance ofall commodities,becaufe: the market falling, they cannot fell their-owne at their owec ratcs,bewailingall that asloffc wherin they come fhort oftheir greedy expeela- Lion. In which rcfpcáone truclyfaith,thar when the loueof richesis exce(lìue &vnfatiable, they muchmore tormentthe foule with greedy delre, then they doe refrefh it with any comfortable vfe; and whilefl a man toomuch leaneth to- wards them inloue, they failing him, hee flideth and falleth intogriefeand forrow. He whofindeth them lofethhis refl, for when he waketh he thinketh of increafe, and when hee fleepeth hee dreameth ofrheeues; he is affluÓled in the day, Idiots in ec fearefull in the night,and alwaies inwant andbeggerie,con- Orthodoxogcr tinuallyrobbinghimfelfe ofrefl, for feare left at any time he lib.t,cap;z. fhouldberobbedofhis riches. So alto they load themfelues with vnfupporrableburthens; and as the Prophet fpeaketh, with thiclee clay.: anti as birds:of heauie bodies cannot {lie houghthey have wings, being preffed downe with their owne waight;-fo though worldly mifers haue foules and minds which might Carrie them into heauen in fpirituall me- ditations ;yet the burthen oítheirwealth,and their worldly concupifcence, will not fufferthein to rile, but preffeth them dowse groueling vnto the earth. Which burthen (as one faith)is nowmore vnfeafonable, in that it being thetime of warfare,and our enemies 11111 in field, it isaltogethervnmeet before the battell be ended tobadeour (clues with fpoiles, which will make vs vnfit to continue the fight; but after we haue obtained the viólorie, thenmay- we fecurely enioyour treafures. Moreouer,with their cares, feares, and refilefle watching,theyy weaken their flrengthandbring vpon them- felues fick"neffe,andvntirnelydeath,and all for the obtaining offuch trifling vanities, asare not worth the labour in fee- king and; trouble in keeping them; in which rcfge6i their carnefl w
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