Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

366 Thevanitieofcoflyboufholdffuffe ,andf lately buildings, therebe fuch care,prouidence and paines vfed, that none of thefe things happen, but all is preferued in his full beautie and good order; then is it a manifell ripe that moll of their time is fpent about thefe vanities, and the whole mind fo wholly pofl'effed and taken vp with them, that the foule is negleéled,and little or no paines taken to decke it with the rich ornaments ofGods fpirituall and fair lifying graces; fo Bilil.itt diuites that when one commeth into a richmans houle where there auares,ho. is fuch cooly furniture, fo curioufly and carefully difpofed and ordered, he may probablie fulpe6ì that bee feeth all the goodneffe of that houfe at the firfl view; and that there is nothing better then that whichprelenteth it telfe in the out- ward thew. Furthermore, wee are toknow thatthefeglori. ous things bring to the owners no tailing delight,ordura- b1e contentment : for howfoeuer whileft they haue them but in their defires,orare newly poffeffed of them, they take great pleafure to thinke vpon and behold them ; yet when as they haue them continually in their eye, and that they are become common and ordinarie,their delight prefently cea- feth ; efpecially if they chance to fee more rich and cooly things of the Paine kind in the poffetfion of other men. And no maruell, for if the funne it felfe becaufe wee fee it daily worketh no extraordinarie delight, although the darke night comming between his letting and rtfing,fetteth f mie edge on our tired affeélions;how much lcffe are wee to cx- ped that we can find it in thele earthly trifles, whofechicte florybeing compared to the Iunnes brightneffe, isbutob- curity and groffe darkenefle?Finally, the more wee abound with thefe rich furnitures, the more are wee cxpofed to the feare and danger of fire, theeues, yea tillie moaths, which howfoeuer they be bafeand contemptible,yet haue they po- wer enough to pull downe this pride, and to confume the matter and occafion of this vaine glory : or if all thefe with prouidence be preuented,yet thefe glorious fhewes doe fel- dome fade toexpofevs co enuie,which vfuallie feedeth vp- on thefe outward appearances of worldly happinefle, and feeding pineth thofe whom it poffcffeth, becaufe they want the meanes to make actuation of fuch pompe and glorie. Seeing