A 5óo Qf the miferiesWhichaeeempauy worldly thixgr, himfelfe, then tohue difgraced, though it be butin the opi- nion only of his ovine conforts? And though he haue many Refter1.9.tt. -preferments, andmuch glorie in the world, what comfort dothhe take in all the reff, ifhe be depriued but ofone, yea jibecome fhort ofhis hopes where he thought to obtainer lofing that which he neuer had, but only in conceit? So the couttous manbewailed) his loll riches asifhe had loft him felfe;and that not out ofpaffiononly,hucout ofan illgroun- ded iudgement, which makethhim fo toefferme them, as thoughall his good and happines confìfled inhailing them, acid all ill and mifcrie in their want; and hence it is that in theirvfuall phrafe offeech they fay: when wealth'is confer- red on them, that they aremade, andwhen it is taken away that they arevndone, or (as it were) vnmade againe; fudge ins, that in having, or not hauingriches, their making or marringchiefelyconíffeth: yea fo faff hold doth their im-- moderate loue ofthis earthly Mammon take of them, that they can more eally part with their foules then parrwith it, as we may fee in theexampleofthe rich tnanin the Gofpell, A,atth.r9.t:. who when he could learne ofour Sauiour no other meanes to be faued,thenby parting with all and followinghim, he went away forrowfull for the loft` ofhis foule, but yterefol- ued tokeepe his wealth. And fuch as theirlove is whílef&' theyhaue it, fo fuch is their griefe when they are forced to leaue it, and that not only when they lof all, but alto fome (mall part or portion ofit, in regard whereof, he who hath the greaten riches, bath a1Comoff plentiful matter offorrow arnd griefe ;becaufe in fuch abundance, and fo many parti- culars which areall cafuall, Tome things muff of necefíìtie euery hand while mifcarie,rheloffe wheroffomuch & often troubleth him, that it were muchbetter for him,that hehad neuer had them, then to fuflaine fuch griete in loing them. Bien aped Se. Neither can the greatneffe oftheir elates lefT'en their forow necam.detran- when any lolfebefahleth them: for as one faid wittily; An qua. animi, lib. hairie man doth withno leffepaine fullerhis haire to bepul- cap.8. led off, then he who is altnofi bald; and a wound bringeth asmuchgriefetoaGiant,as teaDwarfe;and foin like man- ner it is all one, whethera couetous manhathmuch or little, becaufc
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