Seventhly, The righteous man enjoys his little with a §7great deal of comfort, peace, quiet and contentment: the righteous man with his little, sits Noah like quiet and still 1in the midst of all the hurries, distractions, combustions and confusions that be in the world. Though the righteous 2man has but from hand to mouth, yet seeing that God feeds him from Heaven as it were with Manna, he is quiet and cheerful: but now wicked men have abundance of vexation with their worldly abundance: as you see in Haman, Esther 5. 9, 11, 12. 13. Then went Haman forth that day joyfully and with a glad heart. But when Haman saw Mordecai in the 3Kings gate, that he stood not up nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai. And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the King had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the Princes and servants of the King. Haman said moreover, yea, Esther the Queen did let no man come in with the King unto the Banquet that she had prepared, but my self; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the King. Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the Kings gate. It is seldom seen, that God allows unto the greatest darlings of the world a perfect contentment. Something they must have to complain of, that shall give an unsavoury verdure to their sweetest morsels, and make their felicity miserable. It was not simply Mordecai's sitting at the Kings gate, but Mordecai's refusing to stand up, or to move either Hat, head, or hand, or to bow any part of his body, that damped all Hamans joy, and that filled him with rage and vexation of spirit. The want of little things, viz. a knee, a hat, will exceedingly vex and discompose an ambitious spirit. So Ahab, though a King, yet when he was sick for Naboths Vineyard, his heart did more afflict and vex it self with greedy longing for that bit of 4•arth, than the vast and spacious compass of a Kingdom could counter-comfort. And so Alexander the Great in the midst of all his glory, he was exceedingly vexed and discontented, ⟨p. 206⟩because he could not make Ivy to grow in his Garden in 5Babylon. Contentment is a flower that dos not grow in Natures Garden.
Seventhly, The righteous man enjoyes his little with a §7great deal of comfort, peace, quiet and contentment: the righteous man with his little, sits Noah like quiet and still 1in the midst of all the hurries, distractions, combustions and confusions that be in the world. Though the righteous 2man has but from hand to mouth, yet seeing that God feeds him from Heaven as it were with Manna, he is quiet and cheerful: but now wicked men have abundance of vexation with their worldly abundance: as you see in Haman, Esther 5. 9, 11, 12. 13. Then went Haman forth that day joyfully and with a glad heart. But when Haman saw Mordicai in the 3Kings gate, that he stood not up nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordicai. And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the King had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the Princes and servants of the King. Haman said moreover, yea, Esther the Queen did let no man come in with the King unto the Banquet that she had prepared, but my self; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the King. Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordicai the Jew sitting at the Kings gate. It is seldom seen, that God allows unto the greatest darlings of the world a perfect contentment. Something they must have to complain of, that shall give an unsavoury verdure to their sweetest morsels, and make their felicity miserable. It was not simply Mordicais sitting at the Kings gate, but Mordicais refusing to stand up, or to move either Hat, head, or hand, or to bow any part of his body, that dampt all Hamans joy, and that filled him with rage and vexation of spirit. The want of little things, viz. a knee, a hat, will exceedingly vex and discompose an ambitious spirit. So Ahab, though a King, yet when he was sick for Naboths Vineyard, his heart did more afflict and vex it self with greedy longing for that bit of 4•arth, than the vast and spacious compass of a Kingdom could counter-comfort. And so Alexander the Great in the midst of all his glory, he was exceedingly vexed and discontented, ⟨p. 206⟩because he could not make Ivy to grow in his Garden in
- 1Phil. 4. 12, 13.
- 2Prov. 10. 22. Chap. 15. 16, 17.
- 3If I had an enemy, saith Latimer, to whom I might lawfully wish evil, I would chiefly wish him great store of riches; for then he should never enjoy quiet.If I had an enemy, saith Lat•mer, to whom I might lawfully wish evil, I would chiefly wish him great store of riches; for then he should never enjoy quiet.
- 41 Kings 21. 4.
- 5•h•raulus a •oor man, was wearied out with care in keeping those gr•at •i•hes which Cyrus had bestowed upon him.
