Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

148 Of themanfold miferies which accompanyworldly thine; tributers, they adde abundantly to thebanke and heape of 'miferie.For let a man but fethishart vpon thefe vanities,and with what cares is he prefently turmoiled ? with what hopes and feares is he continually racked ? with what enuie, emu. lation, iealoufe, rage,hatred,and contention is he forthwith whollypoffef'cd? fpending part of his time in maddemirthi when he bath his delires; and a greater part in fad melan. cholie,becaule he is croflèd ofhis hopes;one while ouer ioy. ed and Ibatched vp into the clouds with rauifhing admirati- on, and bonne after fuddenly deice-led with difcentent, be. caufe he can afcend no higher in the purfuit of thofe things which chiefely affeel him. Thus he who taketh all hispaines in (owing the feeds of honor, bath neueraharueft that an. fwereth his greedie expeélation, but hauingfowen thewind of vainc- glorie, he reapeth the whirle -wind oftrouble and flofca s 7. vexation,as the Prophet fpeaketh: for hishead is continual -. ly turmoiled with cares -to life higher, and with feares left miffing footing in his sliming, he fall from thatheight unto which he is alreadie afpired: euery honor which he miffeth is vntohima-grieuousdifgrace: the not vncouering ofhisin- feriours head, is a corrafiue to his heart; and the greateft ho. fierier 5.9.1 t. nor doth not bring vnto himany ioy and comfort, when as he is but touched with the leaft contempt : the leaft frowne of his Prince, as a piercing (word, inflieleth fuch a deepe wound into his heart, that all the finoothing tongues ofhis fawning flattererscannot make it whole againe with their often licking ; only it lithe renued beatnes ofthe Princes fa.. uour,that can do away thele clouds offorrow.So what cares and feares, troubles and difcontents accompany worldly wealth, Wit be immoderatly lotted and affe6ted? In regard .tad mall optes whereofone faith, that no matr can with an heauier curie vn. anaro, ni at vi- to a couetous.tnan, then that he liue long, becaufe like the . xat dim? Indians he is continually tormented with the idoli which he worfhippeth, and when he aboundethmoll in wealth, he is a,ot forich in anything, as in woe and.miferie: for what te- dioustaskes doth-his golden godimpofe vpon him? how is he confirained to watch whole nights in giuingattendance? how doili it thtud him into defperate dangers, for the com- piling