Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

That worldly things cannotfatisfie or bring contentment. 43 3 led. In which refpc& the miter may not vnfitly be compared to the mineral( out ofwhich thefe rich metals aredigged;for that keepeth gold as well as he; that hauinggold hideth it in the fccret veines of the earth, and hath no further vfe of it, and fo doth he:but herein they differ,that wheras the mines freely communicate their wealth to thofe that feeke and la- bour for it, the covetous man fo hideth and gardeth it, that neither himfelfe nor others can receive any profit by it. Wherein w hat do they elfe thew, but that of all men they 4,SeCi.1s, are moil miferable, feolifh,and void of goodnes? For what Thr enable greatermiferie can there be, then to fie vp in water to the coedit nn of chin, and yet die ofthirí+? To haue all good things in pof- rich m."ferr. feffion, and nothing in fruition and vfe? To fell their good wine unto other men, and themfelues to drinke.fowre vinc- ger, lees and dregs? To go with an emptie belly, that they Ideofequirg, may the fooner fill their chefls; not that themfeluesmay en- fraudat nouns by that which they haue gathered, but that they may leaue manducarevt it to their heires, who will waflefully fpend that which they dit a `at, vi all haue wickedly gotten ; and confume upon fuperfluities, that jr,iJ float which they have (pared from necefiaries, and as it were haue lnxnrieu,r. Au. borrowed from their owne bellies. Wherein what are they, gufl.Homd.; q. but like fuch miferable cooks,who dreflìng all curious damn- Tom.to. ties for other nten,whereon they will riot and furfet ; and yet themfelues being pinched with hunger, either cannot or dare not fo much as licke their owne fingers ? For though thefe miters be hungrie, yet they haue no power to take a good meales meat oftheir owne allowance;only (as one ob- Plutarch: fèrueth) they haue good flomackes at another mans table, when as greedily they flretch out with overmuch fulnefl'e, their firaitned and emptie bowels, that it may ferne for a double meale, and cafe them of fo much charge; though hereby they are diflempered with crudities, and the day fol- lowing,beare the punifhment ofthe former dales miferable gluttonie.Againe, what can be more miferable, then for a man to toile and labour his whole life,and to haue no power to enjoy any fruit of his labors?tobeare like an affe a golden burthen all the day,and without any further vfe ofit, at night to haue it taken away, referuing nothing to himfelfe but a F f galled