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So Proverb. 21. 20. In the house of a wise man is a pleasant treasure and oil, but a fool devoureth it. A wise man that is a godly man, doth not only seek and bring into his house, but will also keep in his house, a pleasant treasure, delightful riches, such as being gotten without any stain of uniustice, he ⟨p. 76⟩hath delight and comfort, and a blessing in the use of them, and he hath not for necessity only, but also for delight even oil and things for refreshing and recreation. But a fool that is a wicked and an ungodly man, he devours all, what ever it be left him by his parents, given him by his friends, or gotten by his labour, all goes one way, all is devoured, all is spent idly, and without any discretion, for he serves such a chargeable master as will leave him nothing at the years end. Other masters use to give their servants wages for their work, but the devil and lust whom wicked men serve, be both costly and hard masters, they will take all; and so long as there remains any thing to be had, they cease not calling for it, but all this hard and chargeable pains shall be rewarded with nothing but want and necessity at the last. So that a good man must be as well a keeper as a gainer, he must know how to bring in lawfully, and how to lay out with such discretion, and to dispose things in that good order, that he do not bring himself into unnecessary wants and troubles, but that he may have both to comfort himself, and also to refresh others. Thus much for thriftiness.

So Prouerb. 21. 20. In the house of a wise man is a pleasant treasure and oyle, but a foole deuowreth it. A wise man that is a godly man, doth not onely seeke and bring into his house, but will also keepe in his house, a pleasant treasure, delightfull riches, such as being gotten without any staine of vniustice, hee ⟨p. 76⟩hath delight and comfort, and a blessing in the vse of them, and he hath not for necessitie onely, but also for delight euen oyle and things for refreshing and recreation. But a foole that is a wicked and an vngodly man, he deuoures all, what euer it be left him by his parents, giuen him by his friends, or gotten by his labour, all goes one way, all is deuoured, all is spent idlely, and without any discretion, for he serues such a chargeable master as will leaue him nothing at the yeares end. Other masters vse to giue their seruants wages for their worke, but the diuell and lust whom wicked men serue, be both costly and hard masters, they will take all; and so long as there remaines any thing to be had, they cease not calling for it, but all this hard and chargeable paines shall be rewarded with nothing but want and necessitie at the last. So that a good man must be as well a keeper as a gayner, he must know how to bring in lawfully, and how to lay out with such discretion, and to dispose things in that good order, that he do not bring himselfe into vnnecessary wantes and troubles, but that he may haue both to comfort himselfe, and also to refresh others. Thus much for thriftinesse.