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desire_v much_o for_o great_a riches_n be_v it_o to_o nature_n to_o have_v a_o little_a with_o contentation_n and_o joy_n for_o a_o very_a small_a thing_n do_v nature_n require_v and_o a_o little_a suffice_v she_o and_o therefore_o the_o proverb_n say_v i_o have_v not_o see_v man_n take_v any_o great_a pain_n or_o travail_v to_o live_v in_o the_o world_n but_o miserable_o do_v they_o moil_n and_o toil_n and_o fret_v their_o heart_n asunder_o that_o seek_v to_o climb_v aloft_o 78_o then_o let_v we_o well_o the_o matter_n way_n what_o if_o thou_o do_v possess_v great_a store_n of_o good_n obtain_v here_o by_o fraud_n and_o wickedness_n what_o great_a assurance_n have_v thou_o now_o that_o thou_o may_v certify_v thou_o shall_v not_o come_v by_o chance_n or_o hap_n to_o beg_v before_o thou_o die_v the_o paraphrase_n tvllie_n say_v in_o his_o philippica_n that_o the_o good_n which_o be_v wicked_o get_v will_v evil_a favour_o be_v spend_v and_o therefore_o there_o be_v nothing_o that_o can_v assure_v a_o man_n of_o the_o continuance_n of_o his_o state_n for_o a_o thousand_o misfortune_n may_v happen_v that_o may_v make_v a_o rich_fw-fr man_n a_o beggar_n and_o therefore_o seneca_n say_v that_o we_o ought_v to_o possess_v those_o riches_n we_o have_v without_o care_n so_o as_o it_o may_v never_o grieve_v we_o though_o we_o lose_v all_o we_o have_v take_v they_o not_o for_o our_o own_o but_o as_o stranger_n and_o thing_n lend_v unto_o we_o and_o for_o the_o time_n that_o we_o have_v enjoy_v they_o we_o ought_v as_o boetius_fw-la say_v to_o give_v thanks_n that_o we_o have_v be_v benefit_v by_o they_o as_o by_o external_a good_n neither_o ought_v we_o to_o complain_v if_o we_o lose_v they_o and_o this_o be_v the_o effect_n of_o the_o proverb_n where_o it_o say_v what_o great_a assurance_n have_v thou_o now_o that_o thou_o may_v certify_v etc_n etc_n 79_o how_o many_o rich_fw-fr man_n have_v we_o see_v in_o little_a time_n decay_n and_o from_o their_o great_a &_o lofty_a state_n slip_v down_o and_o fall_v away_o how_o many_o have_v be_v laugh_v to_o scorn_n for_o put_v of_o their_o trust_n in_o this_o fond_a fickle_a honour_n here_o now_o tumble_v in_o the_o dust_n the_o paraphrase_n with_o great_a wisdom_n say_v david_n in_o his_o psalm_n if_o riches_n happen_v to_o abound_v set_v not_o thy_o heart_n upon_o they_o lest_o if_o we_o fortune_n to_o forgo_v they_o we_o shall_v sorrow_n and_o torment_n ourselves_o for_o they_o for_o whatsoever_o happen_v unto_o we_o it_o be_v always_o best_o to_o say_v with_o job_n the_o lord_n have_v give_v the_o lord_n have_v take_v away_o bless_a be_v the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n for_o ever_o and_o so_o shall_v no_o man_n be_v scorn_v nor_o deride_v for_o any_o thing_n that_o he_o have_v lose_v or_o may_v loose_v 80_o and_o thus_o if_o i_o have_v tell_v the_o truth_n in_o these_o precept_n of_o i_o seek_v not_o for_o riches_n nor_o desire_n the_o thing_n that_o be_v not_o thou_o and_o if_o thou_o do_v demand_v of_o 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