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[ 1663] The Heart of a VVorldly-minded Man, never satisfied.
ALexander on a time having many Philosophers with him at a Banquet,* 1.1 would needs have it put to the question, what was the greatest thing in the World? some of them said, the hill Olympus, some the Sun, some the Earth, some one thing and some another; but one of them said, that surely the Heart of Man must needs be the greatest, because that in a moment it passed through the whole VVorld, Heaven, Earth, Sea and all: And such is the Heart of every Worldly-minded Man,* 1.2 though in the substance of it, such a bit as will hardly give a Kite a breakfast, yet of that extent as to the desires thereof, totus non suf∣ficit Orbis,* 1.3 the whole World is not able to satisfy it; If an Earthly-minded Man should gai•• unto himself the whole World, and being placed in the mid∣dle of it, so that, if possible, he might at once view his purchase, he would Alexander-like ask whether there were any more Worlds, any more land, any more Wealth that he might grasp that into his hands also.