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262 7hat all worldly things are bit Meerevanities. Ammon ,L4 e:_ another) made them of mere value, host the will and opinion of öeoramenpie men. For ifwemealurethings by their vie and profit, iron «%ttrm r t zzr, and fleck arc much necelfarie to the well being ofman;fee- tr;nun,v0,un- mg they doe not onely fe'rue better for his defence,but alto taa r f èti .Am arc the necelfarie inflruments of husbandrie, arts and occu. brof.fcrm.39. pations. And yet fo firongly this ill grounded opinion pre. tnm.3. uaileth withworldly and couetous men,that they take much Chiyiò .ad more delight in beholding their filuer in their darks shells Hcmii.zr. ch. and clofets then the comfortable beanies of the Swine in tn l , Auaraalon,ge a winters day, though it be the chiefe infirumentoftheir iucundiwalpi- life and being; yca are readie vpon all offers to fell the fa- cit }3m de [tour of God, that they may obtaine gold ; and the ioyes of auaiir.orat,r 5. heauen together with their owne foules, that theymay in- rich themfclues with this ['lining earth and bale mettall.The like alto may be Paid of chaînes, bracelets, rings,and filch o- ther mafíie ornaments; which were they not made precious and efecmable by the opinion of thotè that weare them, would otherwife bee thought combed-erne burthens, and troublefome clogs,which they would not be intreated,and fcarcely hired to weare about them; yea were they impeded vpon them as apunifhment,and not willingly put onas.or4 naments, they would be borne with Come impatiencie. But now fo much are they extolled by the vaine opinion and conceit of men, that tiefe things are not onely cf:eemed good,but in a high degree of excellencie,of which they be- come proud,as though they wereparts of their owne bodie; infomuch as they Carrie their deare rized fetters, and gol- den giues,not onlywith eafe,but alfgo with pleafure and de- light; and weare tiefe burthens not onely vpon them,but pearce their cares and make holesand wounds in their owne flefh,that fo theymay hang rhefe clogs about, yea fix them fafl vnto the. So as it is to be feared lea together with their opinion,their fondnes &dotage increafiug,they wil in time with j? barbarous Indians weare thealfo in theirlips & notes. Ambrof.lib. de To this purpofe one faith, that the wife impo feth vpon her rich Nabuth.cap.p. totn,4. hu fband a neceitie ofcoh° and charge,rhat/bemay drinke out of rich plate, 1leepe infumptuoua furniture, lie in a fluer bed, load her bands withgolden bracelets, and her neck!with chalets and itlbel$.