;1366 That worldly things through our abut; are hurtful&c, felues,that they may doea mifchiefe at vnawares ; foin thefe lurke many finnes and corruptions which daily wound and fling the fouleto death eternall. So elfewhere he askethwhat 'Cirryfoft. in happines there is in thepoffellon ofriches?vnleffe(faith he) we t.Cor.yomil. account them happie whichkeepewild and fauage beafts, who 35 dare not come neerthem,nor cannot touch themwithout feare and trembling : for fo couetous men keeping riches, receiue from them, as from cruell beafis, many hundred wounds in their foules and confciences; although in a diuersmaner: for wildbeafts doehurt when they are brought abrode ; but thefe when theyare kept within, kill their keeper,and becomeharm_ leffe whentheyare fet at liberty. Vpon which manifoldharmes happening through the abufeof riches, another groundethan affc&uall diffuafion from louing or feeking them ouermuch. How long ( faithhe) will you fpendyour lines in gettinggold, which is nothingelfe but afnare offoules, the hooke ofdeath, and baite offinne ? How longwill ye greedily gape after riches, the vfuall caufesofwarre and difcord? for for their fakes kinf- folkes neuer thinke what nature requireth; brethren behold one another with froward and crabbed countenances, and Balil.orat.r4. thiríl after one anothers blood; for their fake the woodsbar- paupercçe& bour theeues, and cities fycophants andflandererers: who but they are the parents and patrons of lying, and the inuenters and framers offalfe accufati ons? what other author is thereof periurie and trecherie ?andyet they were giuen vs ofGod, for helpes to preferue life, andnot as caufes,occafions, and meanes to helpevs forward in the courfeofwickedneffe. §.Seit.q.. Finally, thofewho efleemevoluptuous pieafuresabouetheir Thatvoiuptuoms worth,and fet their hearts vpon thefe vanities, fha:l in the end pleafares bon find them,not onely vnprofitable,but alto hurtful! and pernici- theme,Ly mho bei g` ous,asbeing the caufes bothoffnne and punifhment. Forhee occafnous of pm, who fettethhis mind vpon thefe worldly delights, isready to and in then:. runne any wicked courfc for the getting or continuing of ;felaesfmfoA. them; and to hazard the loffeoftheioyesofheauen,for theob- taining or keeping ofhis plcafures on earth. Neither are thefe pleafures veto them caufes only offinne, but are alto them- (clues turned into finne, when as they vfe them in exceffe, or without moderation; for feeing their goodneffcwhollyconfi- :íleth intheir iufl: meafure, therefore when this me:2fure is ex- ceeded,
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