Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

06 Of the miferieflbhichsccornpanyl orldythin :. then thorns, becaufe by their pricking cares they rent the mind, andwhen they, intice vs vino fin, they make it bloodie with the wounds ofwickedneffe. And they are continual- ly vexed with thefe cares in keeping them; fo alfo with feare of lofing them; for as before they had them, they pnrftted themwith burning defire, fo beingpoffe(fed ofthem, they Amens duitias keepe them with quaking feare ; no fooner hauethey gotten quasoptauerat riches, butprefently they lofe their fecuritie, and now they snetaít, ér veto are in feare of that wealth which before they wi(hed,ficke of laberat ¡we.5e" info in their owne delres; and fall into trauell, as Toone as nec. Çonfol;ad y g Potyb. cap. :3, they haue their longing : for as Eliph et fpeaketh, Afound of 19b15.11. feare is ala aies'in their eares, lea in their peace and profßeritie, the delirayerRoma come :vponthem. lfthecouetons rich man fceth one (lronger then himfelfe, he feareth violence and robberie ; if wifer, fraud and deceit; if one richer and mightier, then he is afraid of being (polled by opp;ef ion; if one poorer -and weaker, by theft and fl:ealth ; abroad he fea- reth theeues and robbers, ,at home he fufpe &eth his owne truants ; in time of warte he is afraid ofcommonfpoilers, in time ofpeace,ofenuious and fpitefull flanderers,which are readie to make him basil tie becaufe he is rich, and an enemie . to the cómon wealth,becaufe he hath too much for his owne particular. Finally, the couetous rich man is afraid of all things,fauing Gods difpleafitre;and oflotng all,except itbe his owne foule and the ioyes ofheauen:and fuch is his folly, . that whilel he feareth to lofe his gold,riches,lands and pof- feflions, he is in no feare of lofng himfelfe, as though (ex- cepting his owne perfon) he had nothing in his cu(l;odie,vn- worthie.the keeping. Hence it is that he keepeth fuch a nar- row watch ouer his wealth, and hauing inclofed and fhut it vp vnder the Purecullodieofmany bolts, iron bard chefis, and (ironglockes, which neither picking nor breaking can indauger, he addeth alfo to his aid fo many feruants, as his couetous mind will (offer him to maintain,. that they may the better keepe the watch, and bring fecuritie; but all in vaine,for within a while he groweth iealous ofhis guard,and fufpi tious ofhis aflißants; and themore able they are to keep out outward violence, the more fitonger he thinketh them LO