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65 Of the fhortnef andfrailtieofmatnslife, ofauarice,making them to become impregnable caftles, whet - in their riches may be referued after their departure : yea often- times with their wealth theyleaue vnto them Gods heauie an- ger for theiriniuflice,and wicked getting, or keeping their ri- ches,which burneth againfi (inners vnto the third & fourth ge- neration,and oftenconfumeth their houfe and whole pollerity; and with their fin they leaue their fhame & punifhment; as the [3abac. 2.9.10. Prophet fpeaketh:cYoe vnto him (faith he) that isgiuen to the get- ting of vnlawfull gaine for his bottle, that hemay place his neh on high,and be delivered from the poiber ofeuill.Thou haFd confulted fhame to thyhoufe,by deffroyingmany people,and hall finnedagainlf thine owne foule. In which reffpeól the couetousman, as he is not much beneficiall to hisheire,fo leffe vntohimfelfe; for what wil it profit him afterhismomentany fruition of the Mammon of iniquitie, when being cafi into hell fire, and there tormented with intollerable torments,he Thal remember, that he hath left abundance of wealth to his pofieritie? feeing neither he nor they, can withal this riches releafe him from his paine,nor pro. cure fo much as a drop ofcold water to allay a little his burning hcat.For ifwhen we haue all thefe goods in ourown poffe$ìon, they will not cafe or comfort vs in the extremitie ofthe tooth- ake only, what confolation or refrefhing can be expeéled from them,being in the keeping of others,when bodie and foule Thal fuffer for euer the wrath of God, and the grieuous tortures of the damned fpirits ? 4s¢,t4. Finally, though voluptuous men abound in all delights, yet That the limes of (hall theynot long enjoy them;for though they were confiant, voluptueas men yet thëfeluesare fugitiue, though their pleafures are many, yet arefhort and their eers being few,they cannot long reioyce in them.So lob AU ojfrai[rie. fpeaking ofvoluptuous wicked men,faith, that they take theta- Iobai.11.13. Bret and harpe, and reioyce in the found of the organs ; they (jaend their daies in wealih,and fuddenly they go down to the graue. Nei- ther canpleafures,though they neuer fo much delight vs, make our ioyes immortall,or any whit prolong our lines; yea contra. riwife(as I haue fhewed)being immoderately vfed,they are the ordinary meanes to ( horten life;and to bring vn timely andim- mature death. But howfoeuer thefepleafures of theworld are mofi momentany,both in refpeêi ofthemfelues, and alto in re- fpe& ofvs, yet their punifhment when they are abufed is not of fo