1Again, Spiritual things God would have to be esteemed as the cprincipal, and to be set in the first place; and temporal things to be reckoned of as dsecondary matters, as things accessory unto them. Whereas worldly men generally take a direct contrary course. They eset the cart, as we say, before the horse. They fmake Sarah tend on Hagar; the Mistress wait on the hand-maid. gThey make the principal the accessory, and the accessory the Principal. Take most pains in that, that God would have them to take least in; and take least pains in that, that God would have them to take most in. First Gods Kingdom and his Righteousness, saith Christ, and then Riches or those other things, hmeat, drink, and apparel. But i first Riches, saith the World, moneys and means of maintenance, (for k these must be had howsoever) and l the Religion and Righteousness may a little, time enough, be looked after, when we are once furnished of the former.
1Againe, Spirituall things God would have to be esteemed as the cprincipall, and to be set in the first place; and temporall things to bee reckoned of as dsecondarie matters, as things accessorie unto them. Whereas worldly men generally take a direct contrary course. They eset the cart, as wee say, before the horse. They fmake Sara tend on Hagar; the Mistresse wait on the hand-maid. gThey make the principall the accessorie, and the accessorie the Principall. Take most pains in that, that God would have them to take least in; and take least paines in that, that God would have them to take most in. First Gods Kingdome and his Righteousnesse, saith Christ, and then Riches or those other things, hmeat, drinke, and apparell. But i first Riches, saith the World, moneyes and meanes of maintenance, (for k these must be had howsoever) and l the Religion and Righteousnesse may a little, time enough, be looked after, when wee are once furnished of the former.
- 1Error. 2.
- c[Greek or Hebrew].〈non-Latin alphabet〉.
- d[Greek or Hebrew], Chrysost. in hunc locum.〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Chrysost. in hunc locum.
- e[Greek or Hebrew], Lucian. Terpsion.〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Lucian. Terpsion.
- fSi caro famula anima domina, non oportet posteriore loco nos dominam ponere, ac famulam iniquo jure praeferre, Eucher. ad Valer.
- g[Greek or Hebrew], Agatho apud Clem. S•rom. l. 5. Vel ut apud Athen. Dipnosoph. lib. 5. [Greek or Hebrew], Sic enim utrobique interstinguendum, ne suus sententiae lepidissimae lepos intereat. Vise Hadr. Juni•m in Adag. Cent ▪ 3. Adag. 79.〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Agatho apud Clem. S•rom. l. 5. Vel ut apud Athen. Dipnosoph. lib. 5. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Sic enim utrobique interstinguendum, ne suus sententiae lepidissimae lepos intereat. Vise Hadr. Iuni•m in Adag. Cen• ▪ 3. Adag. 79.
- hVers. […] cives, cives, quaerenda pecunia primùm est. Virtus post nummos.— Horat. […] Lucri•••us est od•• ex re Qualibet.— Vade habeas quaerit ne••o; sed oportet […]. Sat. 14. —facias rem, Si possis, rectè: si non, quocun• mo•• re Horat. ep. 1. […]; cum omnia haburis, tunc & sapientiam habere voles. Hoc rit ultimum vitae inmentum, &, ut ita dic, […], Sen. epist 17.
