Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

q94 That worldly things are vnproftable. that (as one faith) he neuer doth well but when he dieth,fee- ing then he hath an end ofhis vnfatiablc couetoufiteffe, and fetteih at libertie thofe riches for the good of others, which t,verc long enthralled in a wretched bondage : for whilef} he liueth he will part with nothing which he poffcffeth,but ra- ther then the poore (hall (hare with him in any part of his fu- perfluitie, he will fpend it on his backe in exceflìuebrauerie, on his horfe inrich furniture, yea vpon his fenféleffe walks, and the very floore whereon he treadeth. 4.Seé1.3. Furthermore, rhefe worldly things do not make thofe That trorldly merrie and checrefull, who mo(} abound with them, if their thing do not hearts and afie6ionsbefeatedon them; he that dotethvp- make!hem wbo on honors, doth not fo much ioy in twentie gotten refer - baxethem more menes as he doth fret at one miffed nor reio cethinthathe cherre and is aduanced before man but is vexed becaufe feeth an rbeerefwU y, y preferred before him ; neither is he fo much cheared in his mind, becaufe he hath the reuerence and obeyfance of cap and knee, from almo(} all men, as he is tormented ifany one man wilfullydenieth him that dutie and obferuance which he expedeth, his proud heart making him beleeue that his worth well deferueth it. So when Haman being furfetted with ioy, in regard of theKings cfpeciall fauour, came forth Hefter 5.9. to. and law Mordecai negled} him, in the middef} of his iollitie :11.13. and gladnes, he was filled with indignation, and like a for - lorne man, full ofdifcontent,heretireth himfelfe home, and telleth his wife and friends ofall his riches, glorie, and fpeci- all favours, which he had receiued both from the King and Ceene; but concludeth that all the honor which he had from all beuiides Mordecai did him no good,becaufe he alone did not refpea and reuerence him. So what pleafure and de- light hath he, who abounding in riches,doth fet his hart vp- on them, more then the poorc man, who bath but a finall competencie, and only neceffaries to releeue him? Yea doth not this man fleepe more foundly, feed more fauourly and with greater delight; looke more cheerefully, and reioyce more heartily then he who is ouer- burthened with his abun- dance ? For while(} he fecurely enioyeth that he bath, and contenteth himfelfe ifhe haue but neceflaries to fuflaine na- tur