156. IV/iai is riches. 107 



4 temporall lyfe, nor in the lyfe euerlastynge. Than these 



worldly possessions, that I haue spoken of, is no richesse, 



for why they be but floures of the worlde. And that may 



be wel consydered by lob, the whiche was the rychest 



8 man of worldely possessions, that was lyuynge in those 



daies, and sbdeynely he was the poorest man aga}-ne that [Foi. 71.] 



coulde be l}Ti}Tige, and all the whyle he toke pacyence, and 



was content, as appereth by his sayenge, Dominus dedit. Job i. 21. 



1 2 dominus abstulit : sicut domino placuit, ita factum est, sit 

 nomen domini henedictum : Our lorde hath g)nien it, our 

 lorde hath taken it awaye, and as it pleaseth our lorde, 

 so be it, blessed be the name of our lorde. The whiche 



16 lob may be an ensample to euery true chr}-sten man, of 

 his pacyence and good liuing in tribulation, as appereth 

 in his storye, who that lyste to rede therin. And sajoite 

 Austyne saythe : Qui terrenis inhiat, et atema non cogitat, Augustine. 



20 vtrisqne in future carebit : he that gathereth in worldly 

 thynges, and thynketh not vppon euerlastynge thynges, 

 shall wante bothe in t}Tne to come. For sayncte 

 Ambrose saythe, Non sunt bona hominis, qua secuvi ferre Ambrose. 



24 non potest: They are not the goodes of man, the whiche 



he can-not beare with him. And sa}'nte Bemarde sa}'the : Bernard. 

 Si vestra sint, tollite vobiscum : Yf they be yours, take them 

 with you. Than it is to be vnderstande, what goodes a 



28 man shall take with h}-m. And these be the good dedes 

 and warkes that thou doste here in this temporall lyfe, 

 wherof speketh Crysostome : Fac bene, et operare iustitiam, Chrysostom. 

 vt spem habeas apud deum, et non desperabis in terra : Doo [Fol. 71^.] 



32 well, and worke r}ghtw)'sly, that thou mayste haue truste 

 in god, and that thou be not in despayre in this worlde. 

 AccordjTige to that sa}-the the prophete Dauyd, Junior Ts. xvcni. 

 fui, etenim senui, et non vidi iustum derelictum, nee semen (I's. xnvi. 



36 eius querens panem : I haue ben yonge, and I haue waxen 

 olde, and I haue not seen a ryghtwyse man forsaken, nor 

 his chyldren sekynge theyr breade. 



