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4x4 no worldly thing,. cannotfatisfle orórivg contentment. 1dn'ce 10.37. kingdome, but contended which among them thould haue prioritie and chicle preeminence: whereas the molt meane aduancement in that heauenly happines,is a much more glo- rious preferment, then to be a perpetual! Monarch of the whole world. By all which it appeareth, that after we haue once drunke of this poifon of ambition, our inward burning heate.maketh our thirf fo vnquenchable, that we than foo- net burn then ref fatisfied. And therefore the Prophet fitly compareth this thirfing after worldly honors, to the third of drunkards; for as their firli cups ferue to quench their thirfiand fatisfie nature, but thofe which follow, inWifdly inflaming them, do renue and increafe their appetite, till at ha it grow infatiable: fo whereas thofe men might haue relied fatisfied and conrented,when their honors and prefer. ments were moderat, now hauing by addition ofmore mat- ter inflamed their hearts with the fire of ambition, nothing . will tuffice, but their delires (as the fame Prophet fpeaketh) being inlarged like the gulfe ofhel,and the vnfatiable iawes ofdeath, can no morebe fatisfied then either of them; nei. they doe they ewer thinke whence theyafcended,but onely whither they are purpofed to clime; nor euer marke how many theyhaue.outrunne in this race ofhonor, but only ob. ferue how many are Hill before them. 63.Sci Solikewife there isnofatietieor content in riches, ifonce That there irne men begin to let their hearts upon them, for though theco- fatietieorcon- uetous man bath in euery ones i udgement far too much, yet use in riches. in his owne he hath not enough, though in others conceit he feemeth to abound, yet to himfelfe he feemeth to want : well may he fill his chefs, but not his mind ; and former may heby opprefion make thoufands poore, then make his own mind rich with content; for couetoufneufe may bring riches, but not rea, and emptie others, but not fill it idle, like Pha- raohs leane kine which deuoured the fat ones, and yet them - felues were in.neuer the better liking: yea though it were poilible for couetous men to emptie the Weflerne parts of gold and Gluer, and the Eau ofpearles,yet all this would not rep ?enifh their hearts emptineffe : neither can riches euer king contentto the mind,vnleffe it bring it full to them;but cha