haw topart,9ic inordinats ape-hoc' 241 dye: inordinate affeCtions promife profit and contentaaent,and yet will pierceyou throughwith many forrowes, that is , it takethaway the health Ssrri!e. and tranquillityof the hole; even as theworme Both cate the fame tree, that doth breedit And looke, as the inward heat ofan ague is worfe than the outwardheat ; fo thefe inwardUlcers of the foule and affeUions doe troubleus, and pierceus more than any outward grievance,whatfover , that can affault the body : let a man have houles in theCity, goodly gardens, orchards, lands and all contentrnents on every fide ; yet, his inordinate affeaions doe not fuffer him to enjoy any one of thefe, nay, not to enjoy himfelfe, beecannot con verfe, talke or meditate with himfelfe, it makes a man to be weariforne to himfelfe, it. hinders a manaltogether from doing that which is good : Simile; one difeafe of the body is enough to take away all comforts outwardly, that a manhath ; and one inordinate affeCtion of the foule takes awayall pleafureand contentment within ; let a man bee ficke, neither rich cloathes, nor a fairechamber, can comfort him ; fo let a man havebut one inor- dinatepafsion,áll other thingsare;nothing tohim ; he takesnopleafure in them. The fecondmotive is taken from that ofsalome, , Motive mans f irit will beare his infirmities , but a wounded pry sI4, , irit, whocanbeare ? that is, thisdothmake aman unable to beare any thingclfe : for example, a ftrong love fet upon the things of this life, wounds the foule; atad fo makes it unable to beare the leafs Joffeof anyofthem, it leads theheart within a
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