r. 654 Ofthefbortnefeandfrailtyofmanslife. with apurpofe tobequeath them to their friends, when them.. feluescankeepe themno longer;yet oftentimes God with his ouerruling hand fo difpofes of them, that they neuer enioy them.For Tome outlinetheir heires,and hauing loft theirpofte- ritie and kindred,are forced whether they will or no,to leaue vnto ftrangers the fruits oftheir labours. Others haue heires vnto whom they leaue their goods, but they arenot fure that they (hall enioythem;for thechildren do not alwaies roll that which their fathers caught inhunting; butas many enioythofe goodswhich were neuer bequeathed thé,fomanyvino whom theywere bequeathedneuer doe enioy them, it being onely in their power to giue their riches, and bequeath legacies to whomthey will, but not tomaintaine their gift when they are gone, nor tovphold that rightvntowhich they haueintituled Pfal.39.6. them. And thisthe Pfalmift plainlyafñrmeth:Dou6tleffe (faith he) man malketh éna Jhadow, and difgaieteth himfelfeinvaine; he hsapeth vp riches,and cannot tellwhoJhallgather them.To the 1013.z7.14.15. fame purpofe lob faith,that though the childrenoflbickedrisenbee 16.&20.10. in great number,thefivord f alldeflroy them, andhis pofü)-ityJhdll not befatisfiedwithbread. Hisremnant /ball beburiedindi ùb,and his widowerJhallnot weepe. Yhoughhefhould heapevp fluerasthe dull andprepare raiment as theclay,he mayprepareit,but thestiff: fháilputit on,and the innocent(halldiuide thefilwer.Yeanot one- ly &angersdoeoften become heires, but fometimes allo ene- mies, and thofe whom a man inhis life molt hateth, after his death make a preyofhis riches, and skornefully infult inhis Chryfofì.ad fpoile. In which refpe6 one faith, that - the couetousmansla- popAntioch. bour is certaine, butthe fruit ofhis labours vncertaine.For bee horoil.z.tom.i. takethpaines andconfumeth himfelfe with cares ingathering riches, and afterhis death his inheritance and poffeffionscome into the hands of his enemies, who have circumuented him with innumerable trecheries, and taking onely with him his fins,he leaueth his ftrbftance to othermen. Nowwhat can bee moremiferable, then to tire andfpend a mansfelfe with paines, that his enemies may reapeall theprofit? and to withholdeuen neceffaries'from ones own vfe,for the increafing of that wealth which his enemies will fpend in fuperfluitie and excefle? In which refpeel one iuflly much preferrcth theriches offaith and agood confcience,before.the wealth of the world. Faith ( faith hee)
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