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That worldly things are vnprofitable. 483 owners, and not profiteth them, as being vnto them heauie burthens, and caufes ofthe incurable du tale ofgreedie co. uetoufneffe.So theWife man faith, There is an end ¡ckenee Eccle Cf. ra.t ;. that l hauefeene wider the Sonne, to wit, riches referued to the 54.15. &c. owners thereof or theirmill ;and theft richesperi/h by enill Ira.. agile, and he begetteth a forane, and in his hand is nothing; as he came forth of his mothers belly, he fliall return naked to go as he came, and/hallbeareaway nothing of his labour, which he bath caufed to palle by his hand? eflnd this alfo Usti evil.!fcknes,that inallpoints as he came, fo fballhego,and what profit bath he,that he bath trauailed for the wind. e4lfo alihis dales heeateth in dankneffe with muchgriefe, and in his farrow and anger. T ehold thenwhat Ihaue feenegood,that it is comely to eatand to drinke, and to take pleafure in all his labour, wherein he t rauaileth vnder the Saune, the whole number of the dales ofhis life which God giueth him; for this is his portion. efllfo to eueryman to whom God bathguten riches andtreafures,andgieseth him power to eat thereof ,andto take his part, andinioyhis labour, this is the gift of God.As though he fhould fay,this,and no other:for as for riches without vfe, they are fo far from deferuing the name ofbleffings and benefits, that they are to be reputed ctìrfes and heauie iudgements. So lob faith ofthe wicked man,that in lieu of his fin he fhal haue this punifhmentlaid vpon him, that thoughhefbouldbeapevp Riser as the drift, and prepare rai- lob a6 6 7, ment as the clay : He may prepare it, bat the iuft [hall post it on, and the innocentfhalldiuide the Riser. And the Wife man tea- chethvs,thattoamanthatisgoodinGodsfight ,hegixethlbif Ecclefa.26. dome,andknowledge, andioy, but to thefinner he gixeth pain to gather and to heape, toghee him that is good before God;t his alfa rs vanitieandvexation of fpirit. And elfewhere, he that loueth Eccle:5.9. fluerlfiallnot be fatisfied with falser, and he that loueth riches Chap.6.a.1. (hall be lbithoeot the fruit thereof. Yea fo heauily doch this iudgement ofGod fit vpon them,that afterwardshe prefer - tech vntimely and abortive birth, before Such a milerable and wretched life. And the Sonne ofSyrach faith, that there Ecclefiafticus is notbbio, tborfe then when one enuieth himfelfe, and that this is 14,6° the reward of his wickednef e. . And thus it appeareth that riches are vnprofitable to chofe g.Stsr. 5. Ii z who Of thevnproft-