Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

That worldly thiugt caratoot fatárfie or 6ring eovte,Jtment, 4; 5 rich men who haue left behind them fuch large poffeiíions. Now what can bee morefoolith and ridiculous, then toliue in want for feare of want? to be prcfently poore,vpon a bare doubt of pouerty for the time to come ?,as though a man fhould hang himfelfe for irate of death; or goc naked for feare ofv*anting clothes? The which follie is moreabfurd, in that many being inured to thefe miferly courfes in their mean etlates, doe hold on and continue in them, when as sed quo diai- their wealth is encreafed to fuck abundance, that they could rias hecper not if they fhould liue to old age, fee any end of it, though tormtntacoa- in a large proportion they fhould fpend vpon the flocke. aasr cam Neither is their other end leffe foolifh of leaning a great e- f baud l da- baa fare behind them. For what can be more abfitrd for a man to maaiJ.¡la phre.. hue poore,to die rich; to take nothing himfelfe, that he may nets, l vtlacs- leaue all to his heires ? and to affeó1 hereby a t:ame,when as ple, moriaris being remembred oncly for his follie andmiferie,he Both by;alentIuuenal. continuing his fame, continuchis infamie and reproch ? Satyt.r4. Finally,as thefe milers are wretched and full of follie; fo §.Sefi.16. are they emptie ofal goodneffe,feeingthey are neither good Thar rich mi- to others, nor to themfelues; others haue no good by them, firs are empty feeing they are ready rather to (crape from them by oppreflì_ 6 l B ood `Ae. on and deceit, then to communicate to their neceflìties. For Cheri grbem. whereas they vlitally alledge, that they therefore gather,that gluesEar o- they may prouide for their pofterity,or ÿ theymay do good thers. deeds at their death; it is manifeftly falfe,both becaufe thole''°"v °°'Cs. that haueno children, or neere frtends,are as wretchedly co- sew É clef. uetous as they who haue moli; and alfa becaufe if they ga thered riches to communicate them to the good ofothers, they would ( feeing charity beginneth at home) impart them to their ovine vfe and benefit : if it were fimplie their delireby their wealth to doe good after their death, they alto bee ready in fome meafure to imploy itto thefe vfcs in their time oflife : ifloue of their pofterity made them fo greedilie to heape vp riches, this loue would moue them to impart forte (hare vnto them, when as they might Bill keepe it in their owne poffeflion. But experience teacheth vs, that thefe rich miters pinch etten their deareft children of thatneceffarie allovvancevihich belongeth to their backes F f a and