Englands sickness, comparatively conferred with Israels Divided into two sermons, by ThoEnglands sicknes, comparatively conferred with Israels Diuided into two sermons, by Tho

It breeds a disease in the soul, like that in the body, which they call Caninum appetitum, an immoderate desire of meat; whereafter the body looks thin, wan, sickly, as if it were starved. The cold, feculent, viscous, vicious humours of covetousness, desire an unreasonable quantity of worldly goods; yet leave the soul more weak, warish, ⟨p. 76⟩sickly, then if she neither had, nor had will to do any thing. This is the infallible effect of these coveted vanities, vel sequendo labimur, vel assequendo laedimur, the soul either falls in the seeking, or fails in the finding. She is not the better, nay, she is the worse for her longing after them. ¹Luxuriant animi rebus plerunq, secundis. The mind may riot and grow rank for a while with these puffings up, but how soon doth a tabe and consumption take it down, when the joy answers not to the expectation of the heart? ²The world may set such a man in high estimation, The rich hath many friends, but the poor is separated from his neighbours. Aspicis ut veniant ad candidatecta Columbae, Accipiet nullas for dida turris aves. But all this while others are more satisfied with the sight, then he with the possession of his own Still his soul is hungry, and he knows not how to appease it.

It breedes a disease in the soule, like that in the body, which they call Caninum appetitum, an immoderate desire of meate; whereafter the body lookes thinne, wan, sickly, as if it were starued. The colde, feculent, viscous, vicious humours of couetousnesse, desire an vnreasonable quantity of worldly goods; yet leaue the soule more weake, warish, ⟨p. 76⟩sickly, then if shee neither had, nor had will to doe any thing. This is the infallible effect of these coueted vanities, vel sequendo labimur, vel assequendo laedimur, the soule eyther fals in the seeking, or failes in the finding. She is not the better, nay, shee is the worse for her longing after them. ¹Luxuriant animi rebus plerunq, secundis. The mind may riot and grow ranke for a while with these puffings vp, but how soone doth a tabe and consumption take it down, when the ioy answers not to the expectation of the heart?