Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

That worldly things bring arr endleJfideJre ofchange. 451 hare from any.ioy;hefindcthin all this variery,as the reward .. ofall his labour, nothing elfe but vanitie and vexation of fpirit. Bt4t this will better appeare, if wee doe but a little con fi_ t,.Seü:.7. der of thefpeciall infl:ances. For thus the ambitious man af_ Tbrlormer feélìng honour, and norbeìng fatisfied withthat which hee Prot `leered by hath attained vnto, is prefently glutted with it, labouring ¡nRaGeJ. after new variety, one while feeking vaine:glory, another while preferments ; now the fauour of his prince, and Toone after the applaufe ofthe common people. 'Or if hee fettle his affe &ion vpon any one of thefe, heefeeketh to refrefh his glutted mind with variety in the degree, climing one fiep afteranother, till bee commeth to the higheff ; where being feared, hee is.now further off from contentment then at the beginning, becaufe he cannot change for the better, nor de- light his vnfatisfied mind with wonted varicty.Thusallothe couetous man being vtifatisfied with his riches affcóteth change, fhifting his wearied appetite from one thingto a- nother, till all become tedious and troubleforne. For finding no contentment in his old manors he defireth new lord(hips, beingnot pleafed withone houte;.hee buildeth another; and not contented with that,hee ere&eth a third much more flately; and being mailer of many, hee findcth contentment in none ,which is the caufe of his oft fhifting from one to a- notherwith great coil and labour; but all in vaine is his re- mooing, Peeing bee hill carieth his difeafe about him; and therefore is nomore eafed, then hee who being fickeofan ague, doth oftenchange his bed.And as being wearie of his hot.fe he affe &eth often change ; fo allo ishe no better plea - fed with his houfhold f+uffe,furniture, plate and appareil; and therefore being glutted with often fight of the .fame thing, herein allo he makes variety the lafi refuge of hisde- light.And the like may be laid of their gold,frluer and trea.. fures ;ofwhich though they beneuerwearie in themfelues, as being the idols vpon which theyhaue fixed their hearts, yet are they difcontented with their (hare and portion, and therefore fftll affe& greater quantities, till theyhaue more then they can tell how to vie. But aboue all, the voluptuous G g 2 man