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That >Morld y thingscannotfatisfie or bring eonteutment. 43 r vpon them : wherein greedie auarice bath one folly pecu- liar vntoit felfe, aboue all other kinds of concupifcence. For whereas other vicious affe &ions moue men to long after theirobie &s for fruition, as the glutton after daintie meats, that he may feed vpon them : the drunkard after pleafant wines, that he may drinkc them; the ambitious man after preferments,that he may enioy them;ncithcr cloth loue in a- ny other thing make a man abfiaine from the vfe & fruition of the thing loued; onlycouetoufies maketh a man fall into this folly, letting his money lie by him without vfe ofit (vn. leffe it be fuck a vfe as whereby it felfe is increafed) and ab- flaineth to feed on thefe daintiemeats,which aboue all other his foule loueth, becaufe he hath an over great appetite vnto them ; as ifa man would not thereforeput on his clothes,be- caufe he is cold; or drinke, becaufe he is athirf : whereofit comma!' to paffe that he hathno more contentment by his wealth, nor vfe of any thing which he poffeffeth for the fa- tisfying of his greedie appetite, then a thirilie man hath of the driuke,which Will remained" vndrawne in the vell'ell,for the quenching ofhisthirf +. Now howfoeuer firth men may have all manner ofabun- SeE.I . dance, yet it cannot at all fatisfie them,and therefore though mar it it net they hatte full bagges and rich chefs, yet Peeing they haue the barepofc/fa emptie foules and poorc hearts, they are falfly tearmed rich ; on ofrichet for as the Prophet fpeaketh, f niteardfl,lo/Iuo more 6e called that maketb liberall, nor the churle rich ; feeing true riches confilleth not Cle C1 m.Alexand. a in the poffeffon of much, vnleffe alto fruition be ioyned Pædagog.bb.3. with it, which being wanting, their lcatherbags, and iron - cap6. barred chefks might be laid to be rich, as well as they, ifonly ElaY32. cuftodie could intitle to the name of rich : neither can thefe earthly treafitres,gold, fluer, and Inch like, be truely called riches; for (as one faith) we vniuftly call them riches, which do not take away pouertie: but euery one that doteth on txia$ameffeas thole things, is by to much increafed in the pouertie of con- qutanonaattaa cupifcence, by how much thefe treafures which he fo much rant evil :Item.. affe &eth are increafed : and how can they be truly called ri- AugutLinHag, ches, whole increafe increafeth their pouertie that poileffe =Homil.3o. them ? And the morethey abound, the more heate of con- Tom.to. cupifcence.