Simplicity of Men to be more affected with the losse of things temporal, then spiritual. [ 2000]
IT is said of Honorium,* 1.1 a Roman Emperour, that when one told him Rome was lost, he was exceedingly grieved, and cryed out, Alas, Alas; for he suppo∣sed it was his Hen, so called, which he exceedingly loved; but when it was told him, it was his Imperial City of Rome, that was besieged by Alaricus, and was taken, and all the Citizens rifled and made a prey to the rude, enraged Souldier, then his Spirits were, revived, that his los••e was not so great as he imagined: Now can it be otherwise thought, but that this disposition, of Ho∣norius was most simple and childish? yet the most of Men are under the same condemnation, as being too too much affected with the losse of a poor silly Hen,* 1.2 with the deprivation of things temporall, nothing at all minding the want of those which are spiritual; If they lose a little wealth, the least punctilio of Ho∣nour, a little pleasure, a little vanity, things of themselves good for nothing, because of themselves they can make nothing good, (and then as the Proverb goeth, That is too dear of a farthing, that is good for nothing) yet for these things, they will vex and fret, weep and wail, and their mourning shall be like that of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddo;* 1.3 but when they lose their pretious Souls in the desarts of Sin, and God for Sin, when they are rifled and strip'd naked of Grace, not having the least rag of Christ's Righteousnesse to cover them, then with the Israelites, they sit down to eat and drink,* 1.4 and rise up to play; so foolish are they and ignorant, even as the beast which perisheth, Psalm 49. 20.