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576 Ofthe iferier accompanyingworldl things: yea an hundred for one; foas we may wellfay with the tonne Scelel:i9.1i. ofSyrach;that if wehollow our treafures after the commande. ment of themoll bigh,it'hall bring vs moreprofit then our gold. Neither is there any caufewhy we fhould fufpeel our pai- ment,feeing he who hath promifed ir,is true and alfufficient, and neuer failed of his word.Iftherefore men bee willi ng to commit their feed to the ground in hope of a fruitfuu haruefi, though there be many accidents often happening which fru- Orate their expe&ation; ifthey can bee content in hope of a little gaine to trufl out their wares and goods to fuch as they thinke fufficient,though they are often miflaken and decei- ued ofall;how intolerable is their diffidence, who dare not glue credit veto the Lord, promifi g them to repay that which they lend him with fuch infinite increafe, bin rather let their feed wax muffle in their garners, then they will im- ploy it in this fpirituall husbandric, and repofe more confi- dence - invoable and deceitfull men,then in the moll true and al- fufficient God ? .4.See1.1 6. And thushauel (hewed the cares,feares,and manifold nTi- >ofthemiferiei feries which accompanie riches in their pofleffion, as alto whichaccompa forne meanes wherebywe may be vnburthenedOfthem. It fita WOrldli followeth that I ad briefly a word or two of worldly plea.. fwes shtir frWUton. fures,which as they are gotten withiabour and paine,fo they are kept with much trouble and fate. For what care doe they bring to thofe who fet their hearts on them to continue them fo, that they may neither be wanting to their appetite, nor their appetite to them? How curioufly doe they diet themfelues one day, that the day following they may®bee more able,and ( as it were) better breathed, to tonne on in their voluptuous courfes ? How difcontented arc they when hauing pleafures they can take no plea fine. in them, becaufe they are cloyed,andhaue already furfetted of their delights ? Now are they vexed if they doe not anfwere theirexpeeta- ,tion,nor pleáfe their wantonpallet,when as oftentimes there is no want in theirpleafures,but becaufe they being glutted . with fatiety cannot rellifh diem? How are they turmoiled ;vhilefl they reclean inward confli& betweene voluptuouf- nele, antidefire ofbonou,, and.11andin fearc left by inioy- ing