Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

O f the miferies lbbich.tccompany worldly thinge: 56r holincffe and feare, labouring to take all our delight in thofe fpirituall pleafures, which maybe lawfully obtained,and'be- ing once inioycd,fhall neuer be taken frotn vs. And thus haue I (hewed fome of thofe many miferies 4.Selt.9. which accompanie thofe worldly things in refpet of their of the m f?rie, getting and obtaining. Now further let vs confider of thofe c8 `pa fh r,g which ate incident voto men in refpe&oftheir keeping and inrsfret7of poffeffion. For as they are gotten with great toile and labor, their pogepo r, fo are theykept with much care and feare, in regal d where- c hrytoli:in ofchcy are no leffe troublefome in the inioying then they rHmriil n;tfh. 54. werein the obtaininb> like herein vnto wild &faaa e'beafs ' Ecrlcir.r4. which cannot be taken without great paines and perill; and and being in hold, Bring no lcffe labour and danger to refiraine them from doing mifchiefe. And in this relpcel the Wife man palfeth this fèntenceofallworldly things, that they are notonelyvanity, but allo vexation of fpirit,troublingand molefling menboch in their púrfuit and poffcfiïon."So hce faith elfe s here,tltat the bottle o¡'rhe righteous hashmach trea- fure, but thereurneues of the-wicked is trouble :where ifhe had fitted the antitheuis,hefhould haue raid, that as the one bad much treafure, fo the other much trouble : but to note the great molcflation and anxiety of mind, which waiteth on pro'rf'6. the efiate of worldly men,he is not con:cntedto fay, that it is troublefome, buttroublc it felfe, or hi It feife trouble. The which ttotible and tell:4e vexation the ProphetEfay ex- ta,Y.a. prefferh, by comparing wicked worldlings to the raging fea E that cannot reff,whofe :raters can. vp mire and dirt. Now the caufe of this care and feare in the keeping ofthefe world- lyvanitics,is the immoderateloue which their owners beare vnto them; for as we fecurely poffeffe thofe things which we little regard : fo if once wee fet our heart upon any thing though neuer fo vain, wee are prefently tormented with a iealous care in keeping it, and feare oflofing it. And as little children are neuer at quiet when they are fond of any body in the fimilie,but crie after them as:foone as they fee them, aid when they haue their cornpanie,crie as much ifthey but kemetoflirre,for.feare of lofing them ; fo if we once waxe fond ofthefe worldly vanities, weepoffefl'e them with fuch 0 o care