.Anf~· 2. They arc at . hii COillmaud, Simile. Go n uperfect. at his comma"'d; if he woutd·doe us good, hee . never wants one t9 fend ofbise~rand ; ifheewill ' make a manrich,h~wants not wealth,,it is at his command; .if hewill_give a man friends, he can fetch them.againe; if all thy friends be prefenr, 1 ~ yet they fiirre not unleffe.he command. The rich and thepoore,theymeet together,but theLoanmakes 1 themboth. And in-this regard, richu are fa id to I benothing,Pr~.23. Riches take to them[elvuwbrgs, and Jlye t~w~ty; An_Q_"'hJ doH thouJet thy heart upon ' th4t rrllich ii nothing i that is, they goe and come at his comman~ ; and therefore theyare to bee counted as nothing. If a man feea flockeoftbe bell: wild Fowle on hi$ ~and, bee lookes upon them as nothing tohim-,becaufe they -havewings andwill flye away; fo you fhouTd thinke of all things-elfe, they have wings, they goeandcome at his command, they are nothing, becaufe they are nothing to you. · · · _A,.f,. 3· They arenothing~becaufeasthey can doe but T~ey can doe little good;foth~twhich they doe,is ofno con– ~!~::~::, tinuance; aod t·herefbre they a·re faid to bevani- · which theydo · ty~So that put the cafe that theyha~e fome effi– is of BO cend• Cacie in them, (When yet theyare a{ledby the auace. · Llrd; ) yea, put the cafe that they were at their owne command (as they were not) yet they can .dcre but little good,and that is of no fh?rt conti– nuance, and th,erefore they are vanity, tb~yare aothing; ·becaufe they are little mo~e thanno– thing; as SAlD~~Mn 'caiieth them ; .AU things under, ! the SMnllt IIYt'lJAnity; theyare empty things; and thatwhicb is tindertheSuncannot reach above the ' ~ ------~------------------------------
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=