576 Ofthe iferier accompanyingworldl things: yea anhundred forone; foaswe may wellfaywiththe tonne Scelel:i9.1i. ofSyrach;that ifwehollowour treafures after the commande. ment ofthemoll bigh,it'hallbringvsmoreprofit then ourgold. Neither is there anycaufewhy we fhould fufpeel our pai- ment,feeinghe who hath promifed ir,is trueandalfufficient, andneuer failedofhisword.Iftherefore men beewilling to commit theirfeed to the ground inhope ofa fruitfuuharuefi, though therebemany accidents often happeningwhich fru- Orate their expe&ation; ifthey can bee content in hopeof a littlegaine to trufl out their wares and goods tofuch as they thinkefufficient,though they are often miflaken and decei- ued ofall;how intolerable is their diffidence, who dare not glue credit veto the Lord, promifi g them to repay that which they lend himwith fuch infinite increafe, bin rather let their feed wax muffle in their garners, then they will im- ployitin this fpirituall husbandric, and repofe more confi- dence - invoable anddeceitfull men,then in the moll true and al-fufficient God ? .4.See1.1 6. Andthushauel (hewed the cares,feares,andmanifoldnTi- >ofthemiferiei feries which accompanie riches in their pofleffion, as alto whichaccompa forne meanes wherebywe maybe vnburthenedOfthem. It fita WOrldli followeth that Iad briefly a word or two ofworldlyplea.. fwes shtirfrWUton. fures,whichasthey aregotten withiabourand paine,fo they are kept with much trouble and fate. For what care doe they bring to thofewho fet their hearts on them to continue them fo, that theymayneither be wanting to their appetite, nor their appetite to them? How curioufly doe they diet themfelues one day, that the day following they may®bee more able,and ( as it were) better breathed, to tonne on in their voluptuous courfes ? How difcontentedarc they when hauing pleafurestheycan takeno pleafine. in them, becaufe theyare cloyed,andhaue already furfetted oftheir delights? Now aretheyvexed ifthey doe not anfwere theirexpeeta- ,tion,norpleáfe their wantonpallet,whenasoftentimes there isno want in theirpleafures,but becaufethey being glutted . withfatiety cannot rellifh diem? Howare they turmoiled ;vhilefl they reclean inwardconfli& betweene voluptuouf- nele,antidefireofbonou,, and.11andin fearc left by inioy- ing
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