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[ 1620] The moderate use of Worldly things.

PLiny maketh mention of Cranes, that being about to fly over the Seas, they take up stones in their feet,* 1.1 and sand in their throat, to poyse them against the wind, and as they come near the Land, by little and little cast them down; so lightning themselves, that the desired shoar seeth the last stone not ••aken away, but let fall.* 1.2 Thus it is, that good Men use the World as if they used it not, they take up the care of Riches as a Viaticum to serve them in this life,* 1.3 they know that en••ugh is useful, too much a burthen, and therefore as they come nearer and nearer to their desired R••st, they more and more disburthen themselves, and cast off every thing that hindreth in their way thither.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Nat. hi••••. lib. 10. cap. 23.
• * 1.2

  —Quanto ••aelicior hic qui.
• * 1.3

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 cupere•• quam qui totum 〈◊〉〈◊〉 posceret orbem. Juve∣nal.