Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

4 26 That worldly things cannot !at!rfie or bring. contentment couetoufnefle with the Grecians bath it name ; for it is called +monzi.,becaufe it is the nature ofcouetoufiteffè,to makemen when they haue that thcy defired, f }ill to delire more; and when they haue that alit, yet to remaine Rill vnfatisfied. And though they hauemore then they can tell how to vfe, yet their care and labour in hunting after more is nowhit a- bated ; like vnto an hungrie flomacke whofe appetite excee- ding the facultie ofconco &ion, doth delire more then it can digel +. In which refpe& the con etous man is fitly compared to the fea- cormorants,which deuoure all they can come by; EafiU,de.aua- and yet remain vnfatisfied ; fauing that their vnfatiablenes tina.Orat.t s. tendcth to the profit ofmankind,wheras the greedines ofco- °4uetous milers, is to humane fociety hurtful and pernicious: A talusspud or elfe to the greedie dog, who hauing one bit after another Senec.epift.ya caf+vnto him 'by his mafter,fwalloweth them downe, and as though he had none giuê him,ftil looketh in his mailers face for more:wherin to fay truth they are much worfe;for wher- as the dog cafteth his eyes vpon his benefa&our, they neuer looke vp towards the author ofthcir good, but like the vn- thankful hog their ems & hart are inclined towards theearth, and neuer by thanksgiuing unto God acknowledge him the fountain of thefe benefits : or as themfelues doe compare themfelues,they are like vino the graue,fwallowingdowned isro.1 .1s. lbhole, lSechofe that gat. downe into thepit : orasSaloaaoncorn. pareth thern,they are like vnto hell, which is neuer fatisfied. Pro.3o.1 s. And to this (as one faith) the Gentiles alluded,calling Pluto Ditem divine the prince of hell, and the couetous rich man by the fame genrifetinfe- name not onely to note that the are fubie &s of that kin lem bitvam dome; but alfo that the couetous loan is an vnfatiable gulp mortis. piton ofriches, who the more he fwalloweth and deuoureth, the appellant es di- more he burneth in concupifcence. In vaine therefore doe utteas,&c, couetousmen toile themfelues whileft the feeke tofatisfie Atnbr their hungrie appetite multiplying their y as the d° Nabuth. g y caps. Iuíe groweth with the Oke, fo doth couetoufneffe with riches; and as their wealth increafeth, fo likewife doe their defires that haue it. Wherein couetou,hefle refembleth a ri- uer which bath but a fmall beginning,and a weake courfe at the head and fountain from which it 6rft fpringeth ; but re- ceiufng