72oDfthe cistilettilrwhich worldly things bring to theirowners. they become fo necefharie, that they cannot want them without great griefe and di fcontent.Thus or dinarie drinke feemc to their tafte loathfome medicines, common fare, a tedious fall, want offports and pastimes, a diko:nfortablc itnprifonmenr, and ordinarie focietie, an irkefome folitari- neffe; neither doe they fecme to themfelues any longer to liue, then they enioy their vfuall delights, fitting downe at full tables furnifhedwith all dainties, cnioying the focietie oftheirpleafant companions, and (pending the day in ga- ming and rcuelling, in feeing flewes and playes, and in fol- Senecepill39.lowing their fports and carnali delights: wherein, as one faith, they areofall others moil miferable, becaufe they are conic to thatpaffe, that thole things whichwere fuperflu- ous, are now become neceffarie, whereby they become flaues to their delights, notfreely enioying, but bafely fer- uing them ;and that which is the worlt ofils, they loue their flaueries;for then our vnhappineffe is contpleate and per- Summa valap- feet, when asfilthic and difhonefi things, do not only a lit- tag e! nullo tledelight,butfullypleafevs,andthereisno.hopeofamend- egerevoluptati-ment when vices become manners. in whichrefpet (as he bus.Senec. faith elfewhere) it is the greatest pieafure, not toBand in epift.t:. need of these pleafures, and to be (like the Apostle) free men, who can vfe them, andnot bebrought in fubieetion vnto them; enioyingthemwith a careleffe contempt, and lofing themwithout griefe : or vfng pleafures, as the An- gels vfe meate which they can Bate for companie, and as eafily obferue perpetual]abfiinence; their feeding being an ao`tionof power, and not of ncceflicie. Finally, feeing the abundance ofthefe earthly things bringeth want, and the greatest plentie is the caufe ofthegreaceft penurie and ne- cefïltie, like meates whichdo not fatisfie, but increafethe hunger; let vs learne to contemn them, or atleaft care. lefl'elyvfe them: andlet vs fetour hearts on Gods fpirituail graces and heauenly ioyes, bywhole fiore we are enriched, and whole plentie brings fufficiencie. For they that drinks 1t++1m4x4 ofthefe waters oflife,/hall nester bemoreathiril, bat theyßtall beinbima!bell ofwater,! ringing Tip Tinto eaerlalTing life, as ourSauiour Guilt teachethvs. _ The
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