Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

Of the miferies Mich 4ccompany, worldly things. 565 them, but only filch as cannot fafely lay them of de, or chofe who are fo :wholly carried with the furie of ambition, that they take pleafure in theirpaine,and loue that which is their torment: which being the cafe ofmany, gaueiufl occafion to one of making this exclamation O ambition (faith he) o ambirioam; which art the croffe and torment of the ambitious, how 'dot} bientium crux, thou torment all, and yet pleatè them in their torments, no- 9rrnmodo ómue- thing more bitterly vexeth, nothing more grieuoufly dit'- busteú erer, ? duieteth, and yet nothing among mifèrable mortall men is Bcrnard.bb.;. more magnified and extolled, doCunfiderar. The like or greater miferies accompany riches, whilefl rip.' they are in cullodie and poffelïion, both in refpe& ofthat 4,Se ?.Lt. care and labour ofbodie and mind, in keeping and dií'pouìng ofthemijerier them; and alto in regard ofthe feare oflofing them, and ofnertcber én many miferable effe &s which accompany them both : for as They areinpoj- they are gotten with intoll.erable labours of thebody,fo they lefron. are pofleli'ed with infinit cares & perturbations of the minds Origen. in either whileflthey who haue them are troubled in di (poring Roai.s.bb.4 and imploying them fo, as may returne vnto them the grca. tell increafe; or in (haring them with foie indifferencie to thofewhoareoftheirfamilie and charge (for when goods encreafe they alto are increafed that eate them, as the Wife Ecclef r.to man fpeaketh) or finally (if at leafs they be poffeffed with a good confcience) in watching over themfelues, that they be not corrupted with theirabundance, and that their plenty of gold do not make them poorer in godlines.In which refpe& riches are compared to thornes, which being griped wound the flefh, but be flannelette if they lie in the open hand; fo if they being exceflìuely loved, be as it ,, cre griped with im- moderate cares, they prick and wound theheart with many Prou.a ;.ç. griefes & troubles; but if we carelefly keep them,&Tightly -U mh, et h old them,being readie to part with them vponall good oc -)pins diNUrns cations, and to fuller them to take their flight like an Eagle, ruerpretari vo- when God calleth for them,they wil become to theirowners tui f em ?maximè not only harmeleffe, but alto profitable. To which purpofe camt llx an-e- one dcmandeth: Who (faith he) would beleene me, if I Atnÿ &e. le. should interpret thornes to be riches? efpeciallyfeeir,g they gor. in Luc.S. pricke, and thefe delight; and yet in truth they are no better Homil.s6.. 0 o 3 then