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The vneertaintie of obtainingtborldly things. 597 ring countenance,and lofe al their labour;ending their daies in want and pouérty ?Aral whereas `almolIall men fpeudtheir whole time and trauell in finding out thefe rich mines, and faile to there golden Indies,for the multiplying of their trea. fures,yethow few find that they fecke? how many in their voyage running themfelues on the rockes of aduerfe acci- dents,do make fhipwrackeoftheir whole efiates? and hbw many having gotten that they fought,are robbed ofall when they are returning,and thinke of nothing but offetling their efiates,&: of fpendong therefi of their time in peace& auiet- nes ?Sothat it is not all a mans care and labour that canafiure him of thefe vncertaine riches, as the Apotlle calleththem; t Y im 6vq feeing many want them who hauefacrificed altheirflrength and endeuoursvntothem; and foniobtaioe theni with ea and moderate labour,al their great cxpences which feeme fo much loffc turning to their aduantage, and like feed, which . though in outward ihew it feemeth to be call away, to rot and perifh,yet it returneth a fruitful harue fl ofplenty andin- creafe. And thisthe Wife manobferued : 7 here is (faith he) that feattereth and is more increafed, but het hat flareth more Pron.t .zq.al. then is right /hall fnrel come to pouertie. The liberal! perfon fhall bane ptentie,andlie that tbaterethJhall haveraine. Yea the greater care andPaine that a mantaketh,and themore eager- ly he hatlethto be rich, the further oftentimes he is from his defire, and the neerer to want and miferie. So the Wife man ello faith, that with a wicked eye a man haf eth vieto riches, and Prou i8 z> . knotvetb net that poverty flied come vpon him. And who obfer- ueth not that many hauing gotten into their pofrreflion fitfü- cietàt gore, if they could -be content with that which is e- nough,and yet notbeing fatisfied, dowhileft they labour af- ter more, bole that they haue,and like the dog in the fable in greedy matching after a fhadow, forgo the fitbflance? In which refpeel the world oftentimes abufethand cozenerh men,like thole who keep great lotteries;for whilefi it inc ou- rageth them by propounding hope of and excefliue game, co hazard thofe fmalimatters which alreadythey poi - feffe,itdeciueth them ofall,there being an hundred blank es for onegooti prize, and therefore an hundred to. one that he Q.9 3 who