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thofe, faith he, that are given wholly to the Jove 
of riches * bnc thofe that had bought the Oxen, are 
thofc that are ambitiourof honours and dignities; 
but he that had married a wife, are meant thofe 
that arc addifted to the unlawful pleafures of this 
world, which three fins were the caufe of their ru- 
ine, and indeed they are the feed that all manner 
of fins do come from, and of the ruine of moft 
men in all ages of the world ; for Adam was drawn 
to his fin by pleafure, the Devil by honor and 
ambition, ini Judas by covctoufnefi ; we have 
many examples of this in Hiftory, but I fhall in- 
^arge no further. 
G H A P. XIV. 
Of the Afs. 
W E read Dtut. 22. 10. jhalt net plow 
with an Ox and an Afs tegtthevy which words 
are fpoken allegorically, to fhew that we fhould not 
Compare fools with wife men, nor timerous with 
valiant men ; now as to the feveral properties of 
this bead. 
I. It is a very timerous fearful Creature, he hath 
a very large heart, but no gall at all, and there- 
fore it is that he will endure more hardihip than a- 
ny other Creature ; he i* content with his Proven- 
der, let it be what it will ; and if you lay upon him 
more than he can bear, he wiU no wayes co.mplaia, 
