For saynt Gregory saythe, _Nullum sacrificium ita 24 placet deo, sicut zelus animaru_m: There is no sacrifyce that pleaseth god so moche, as the loue of soules. And [Sidenote: Gregory.] also he saythe, _Ille apud deum maior est in amore, qui ad eius amorem plurimos trahit_: He is greateste in fauour 28 with god, that draweth moste men to the loue of god. Wherfore me semeth, it is co_n_uenient to enforme and shewe them, how they maye gette heuenly possessions, as well as I haue shewed them to get worldly possessions. 32 Than to my purpose, and to the poynt where I lefte, ‘nowe thou art ryche.’ 156. ¶ What is rychesse. [Sidenote: What is riches.] It is to be vnderstande what is rychesse; and as me semeth, rychesse is that thynge, that is of goodnes, and can-not be taken awaye from the owner, neyther in his temporall lyfe, nor in the lyfe euerlastynge. Than these 4 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 Iob, the whiche was the rychest man of worldely possessions, that was lyuynge in those 8 [Sidenote: [Fol. 71.]] daies, and sodeynely he was the poorest man agayne that coulde be lyuynge, and all the whyle he toke pacyence, and [Sidenote: Job i. 21.] was content, as appereth by his sayenge, _Dominus dedit, dominus abstulit: sicut domino placuit, ita factum est, sit 12 nomen domini benedictum_: Our lorde hath gyuen 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 Iob may be an ensample to euery true chrysten man, of 16 his pacyence and good liuing in tribulation, as appereth in his storye, who that lyste to rede therin. And saynte [Sidenote: Augustine.] Austyne saythe: _Qui terrenis inhiat, et æterna non cogitat, utrisq_ue _in futuro carebit_: he that gathereth in worldly 20 thynges, and thynketh not vppon euerlastynge thynges, shall wante bothe in tyme to come. For sayncte [Sidenote: Ambrose.] Ambrose saythe, _Non sunt bona hominis, quæ secum ferre non potest_: They are not the goodes of man, the whiche 24 [Sidenote: Bernard.] he can-not beare with him. And saynte Bernarde saythe: _Si vestra sint, tollite vobiscum_: Yf they be yours, take them with you. Than it is to be vnderstande, what goodes a man shall take with hym. And these be the good dedes 28 and warkes that thou doste here in this temporall lyfe, [Sidenote: Chrysostom.] wherof speketh Crysostome: _Fac bene, et operare iustitiam, [Sidenote: [Fol. 71_b_.]] vt spem habeas apud deum, et non desperabis in terra_: Doo well, and worke ryghtwysly, that thou mayste haue truste 32 in god, and that thou be not in despayre in this worlde. [Sidenote: Ps. xxxvii. 25.]