7440fthe eisi& esiliwhich worldly things 6ristg to their owners. the obie&oftheir enuiebeing remoued, theymaybee freed fromthis pining difeafe, and grow into better liking; or that being deflroyed,thcy may prey vpon them,and take in- to their hands the things which they poffeffed, as Ahab did Pro.r..3o. Naboths vineyard. To which purpofe the Wife man faith, that theprorerity offooles de(lroyeth them; not only as it en- courageth them in the walesof crone, which bring eternall deflru&ion to their foules,but alto as it exposes their persons and effaces toa tcmporall deflrucrlion here in this life. For who in the time ofpeace are fo much endangered to the tre- chetie and falfhood of fycophants and flanderers, as they whole profperity maketh thema fit prey tobee feazedon? for whereas they neuerregard thofe who are ofmeane qua- lity, as being the obie& rather ofpitie,then ofcnuy,andcan with their fpoilebringno profit; they bend all their forces againfl.thole whoare in a profperous eflate, making them guiltie, becaufe theyare rich; and thinking it a fufficient quarrell againfl their peace and fafety, becaufe they haue fomthing,in their poffeffion which they define to Crazevp- on, theybeing ready to feeke their deflru &ion not fomuch for hatred to their perfons, as for loue to their riches, plea- lures or preferments that they mayout of their ruine raise their owne efiate. Like veto hunters whichpurfue the fillie beats, having no other quarrellvnto them,but becaufe they prefume euery day to wcare Inch rich furs,as are fit for kings on their greatefi feftivals: orveto fishermen, whichmake a preyofthe poore lhelfifh,for thepreciouspearls which they keepe in theirweake holds, asbetter befcemingprinces fit- ting on their royallthrone, then the worthles muskle which tumbleth in the mud. So likewife in common calamities whoare moreexpofed to dangers, then theywho are moll noted, and aloft enuied ?and who are more in the eye and enuie ofall,which are readie todeflroy;then they whohaue 434ious inparr highplaces, andgreat wealth? It is not the poorecottager, Msfortuna fu- butthe richalderman that inticeth the forraging fouldier nit Ileniajgxe to the fpoile : it isnot the filliepionerior common fouldier ferit lersiera that isthemarke ofthecunningmuskeriere but the gallant Dos.Senee. $ g *Treade. captaine, and>greatcommandcr ; andin bloodie battelsthe death
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