Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

O f the tni fries which. accarMany worldly things. 569 theirfufficiencie intoabundance, noleffe vexing their foules oil patèani pr with euuie when they fee other mens fiate hafldy encreafe, flora.dhrîm J then -with forrow becaufe their owne llandeth at a flay, or j aV íO5 rnagst J goeth backward: one while forrowing becaufe the earth f-iia metnsl" not yeelding fruitfull increafe nor (itfficicnr plentie, they senec.inHere.. haue not enough ; another while no Idle grieving at ÿ great Oeteo. abundance ofall commodities, becaufe: the market falling, they cannot fell their-owne at their owec ratcs,bewailing all that as loffc wherin they come fhort of their greedy expeela- Lion. In which rcfpcá one trucly faith,thar when the loue of riches is exce(lìue & vnfatiable, they muchmore torment the foule with greedy delre, then they doe refrefh it with any comfortable vfe; and whilefl a man too much leaneth to- wards them inloue, they failing him, hee flideth and falleth intogriefe and forrow. He who findeth them lofeth his refl, for when he waketh he thinketh of increafe, and when hee fleepeth hee dreameth ofrheeues; he is affluÓled in the day, Idiots in ec fearefull in the night,and alwaies in want and beggerie,con- Orthodoxogcr tinually robbing himfelfe of refl, for feare left at any time he lib.t,cap;z. fhould be robbed of his riches. So alto they load themfelues with vnfupporrable burthens; and as the Prophet fpeaketh, with thiclee clay.: anti as birds:of heauie bodies cannot {lie houghthey have wings, being preffed downe with their owne waight;-fo though worldly mifers haue foules and minds which might Carrie them into heauen in fpirituall me- ditations ;yet the burthen oítheir wealth,and their worldly concupifcence, will not fufferthein to rile, but preffeth them dowse groueling vnto the earth. Which burthen (as one faith) is nowmore vnfeafonable, in that it being thetime of warfare,and our enemies 11111 in field, it is altogethervnmeet before the battell be ended to bade our (clues with fpoiles, which will make vs vnfit to continue the fight; but after we haue obtained the viólorie, then may- we fecurely enioy our treafures. Moreouer,with their cares, feares, and refilefle watching,theyy weaken their flrengthand bring vpon them- felues fick"neffe,and vntirnely death,and all for the obtaining offuch trifling vanities, as are not worth the labour in fee - king and; trouble in keeping them; in which rcfge6i their carnefl w