Unlike Faustus

Both Faustus and the speaker in 29, are depressed by their financial situation. Faustus had "bills hung as monuments" in his study. This is seen by the speaker in lines 1 and 2, "When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state." This man feels disgraced at his financial failure and now looks like a loser in other "men's eyes." The difference, between the two, begins in line 3. "And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless (unavailing) cries" Faustus never wanted to cry to the heavens. He solved his problems with the antithesis of God, Lucifer.
From the beginning, Faustus saw worldly possession and knowledge as being wealthy but the speaker found new wealth. If he wasn't rich or wealthy with gold or money, he was with his love. In line 13 it reads, "For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings." In line 1 his misery can only be noticed by men. In this time,men meant everyone except the upper class or royalty because they would not know what it felt like to be poor. I like the last line of this sonnet because it makes his lack of money sound unimportant by comparison with "men." In line 14 it reads, "That then I scorn to change (exchange) my state with kings." Because of his wealth in love, he feels more wealthy than a king. He would "scorn" to exchange, meaning (at least I thought meant) he was more wealthy than a king and wouldn't even bother comparing with one. I think this is beautiful writing. Faustus could never have seen past wealth that would make him powerful, a selfish wealth. The speaker could experience something more and that is how the two are unalike.