Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

4So That worldly things are unprofitable. isJiveet,wJe:her he eure Itule or much, but the fariety lithe rich will not Pu fer him tofleepe. By all which it appeareth that ri- ches doe not greatly profit vs, no not fo much as in refpe6 Sutficit vt di- of worldly benefits. Yea ( as one faith) it is well with vs if we uù1R non pe¡ doe not receive hurt by their fellowfhip; it fufliceth that we Mores perdant, be not made worfe by them feein they cannot make vs bet-. ?IOU Y g Y fatise?;nam ter. It is true indeed that they who abound in wealth halm prodelè aibil fit opportunity and means of doing the worker ofmercy poffaot.Aug and of comforting anddoing good vnto many, but this pri- com s.es. uiledge they haue aboue the poore, onely inmanifefling the bountie and goodneffe of their mindvnto men, for both are alike and equally accepted in the fight ofGod, the rich man who doth good deeds both with heart and hand, and the poore man, who wanting ability,is onely bountifull in his affeelion, andwilling delire. 4.Set1.4. Now if this be true ofthofe richmen, who by their vfe of That riches are riches haue chofe vfuall comforts which they afford; then xno/t vnprofita- how much more is it verified offordidous mifers, who how - blj " ordtdous foeuer they abound withal maner ofwealth,yet their riches are altogether unprofitable vnto them ? For whilefl they thinke ofgathering and fcraping more and more, they for- get to enioy that they haue, and fo of maflers become only iaylors and keepers oftheir wealth,hauing no vfe out them - felues, norletting othersvleit; wherbyitcommethtopaffe, e that ofall they haue they haue nothing, and yet are tormen- ted with the want of all which they haue not. So that thefe are like him who was poffeffed with that vnrulie diuell, or Luk.8,a7. rather legion of wicked fpirits,for this diuelloffordidous couetoufneffe, will not fuller them to dwell in their houfes, becaufethey would not lofe the hire; norto eate meare, or weare their clothes, becaufe they require colt, and hinder their bags from filling; but caufeth them in franticke maner tobreake all bonds ofcommon honefly,to toile and trauell by fea and land, to runne a thoufand defperate courfes, and to wound their heads with cares, and their harts with griefe, whilefi they are drawne on with hope to encreafe their wealth, and when with all this care and danger they haue attained to their defiles, they haue no vfe or benefit ofall that