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Of hononrs,riches,andpleafeiret. 179 but of an indifferent nature, good to thole who vfe them well, and euill to thofe that abufe them vnto fin, and accor- dingly they are bellowed ofGod indifferently both to the good and euill. To which purpofe one faith, that god would Aug.in Pfal. haue theft temporalithings lie out in common betweene the godly 66.enarrat. and the lbicked, becaufe if he fhould gicle them only to the good, t°"'.8. the euill would thinke that for their fake the righteous firmed God: and if he fhouldyiue them only to the mill, thofe who are weake ingoodnes would feare to be conuerted, lefttheft things . fhould be wanting vnto them,&ci.eflgaine, if theft earthly things fhouldbe taken away only from the good, the fame feare would hinder the weak,. from turning to God; and if they Amid ta- ken away only from the wicked, it would be thought the only pi- nifhment which cuill men Thai finer: whereas therefore he gi teeth theft things to thegood, he doth thereby comfort travellers and pilgrimes ; and whereas hegiveth them to the euill, he admo- nifheththereby the good, that they defire fuch things as are not common to the wicked. Yet neuertheleffe becaufe they arc in their owne nature §.Sec7.4. good, and thebleffings of God, we muff haue no quarrell a- That we ought gain( the things themfelues, but onely again!+ their abufe not toreicit and corruption, neither muff we contemne and reie1 them, th`n worldly when God huh beffowcd them on vs, but rather labour to abufe. but their nuke a good and holy vfe of them to the glorie ofGod, the good ofour brethren,and the furtherance of our owne fal- uation, and fo !hall they retaine their owne nature, and be- come ttuly good vntovs; whereas on the other fide, by re- ie6ling the gifts ofGod, we fhall offer wrong to the giucr, in contemning his b enefits,and but bewray a certaine Cyni- Villius tirrena call and Papifficall pride, as we !hall afterwardsmore plain- opulentiatene- ly (hew.And therefore (as one faith) theft earthly blefngsare tun humiliter, more profitable retainedwithhumiktie , then teie¿1edwithpride. Yuen úipN bè To which purpofe another exhorteth vs to ate the world and Augdie morib. worldly ihings, with our conuerfation, and not lbith our bodie, ecclefCath. for they holdnot on the diuels part by nature, but by corruption. Fugemusdum But excellently doth that wife Seneca write, and fitly for our conucr fatione vfe, ifwedo but change his Philofophie into true Chrilfia- noncorpore, & c.Chryfoft. nitie: e/luoid (faith hee)flouenlyattire, a head untrimmed, inMatth.rz. '1V 2 and Homil.z9.