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OFthe winkle ofmorldly richer. 3 61 folightly valued them, that comparing therm with Chrrft and his righteoufneffe, hee efteemed them no better then dung;which if it be not vaine and bale enough to fhew their vanity becaufe it is of finale vfe and profit, confider that the wife Salomon valueth themby that which is yet of Idle worth, calling them nothing: Wilt thou (faith he) tait thine Pro.x3í eyes vim :it which is nothing? and left yet this nothing íhould haue Tome efteeme, as doing no hurt,though it do no good : the Apoftle further telleth vs in the former place, that he efteemed the things of this world as loffe, which is worfe then nothing, that (emight win Chrifi, and be partaker of his righteoufneffe. . Bur let vs confider of the worthleffe vanity of worldly 4,SeE .2. wealth in Tome particulars: and firfi, what great cxccllcncic Vat vanitie is there in large Lordfhips,and great lands;feeingthe whole ofgreat lands eartb:is.noefobig as a peale, incomparifon ofour heauenly aidsarge Lord- haue and :yet they who hold the greateft poffeflìonsç' ' not fo much as a little prick or point in this finall globe of the world: and therefore (as fometime Socrates laid to e/Alcibiades)hauc not fo much when they glory molt in ir, as may haue the Iealt.placc,or fnsaileftrefe:nblattcc in the Brea- tea map? What worth or excellence is in them, becaufe they hold them in fee- fitnple, and haue them as perpetuities annexed to their fucceffours,feeing though they fhould thus continue to the end of the world, it were but a moment of time inrefpeét ofeternitie?andyet :the longe-ft liner bath but a finali part of this moment, even to the Ihortperiod- of.his owne life: fo that:to hiinnotwirhftanding the glorious titles of fee- Pimples and perpetuities, his inheritance and poffefli- ons are but momentany; and as it were tenements holden at will,;outof whichhe:isteady daily_ to be turned at the land4 lords pleafure.And, yet 'there- fmall lands oftentimes bring with thein no fmall incuinbránce ;' Peeing as an beanie loade they opprefl-emensminds, foas they cannót mount vp. aloft inheauenly meditations,nor haue their conuerfation in their oyynecountrey,being clogged with this li:rnpe bfearth:and thefernoniehtany p :offainns; are caufes veto many of no mvmentahymifchiefe; feting they dcpriue them ofrheir ei ucrlalling