ll. Command. vpon the C ommandements. ,Quefl. What h the chiefei thing that emery one ought todernáftcarefslloffolougasthey lice ? Anfw. Eucry one ought tobe moil carefull of thefe two points :firfl and chiefely' how to be fatted in the day of Ìudgerrient, before Gods itidgcmcnt featc,& fo to corn to life cuerlafling. Secondly, how to hue according to Gods holy will during our life. In which two points wholy flandeth the glory of God,fo much as ofman ought to he fought for. weft. Flow may thefirffhepraised? Anfw. The great vanity of all earthly thingswhich men fo hunt after ;dóth lu cv, Thcfúk that our care fhould not be fo much of thefe matters as it is, but rather how to haue ceatondrawe. our foules faued when all thcle (hall haue their end. For confider curo the chiefeft de- ófche vanüio ofallthdnges. fires of men feucrally, and fee how in theattaining of themthere is no (laded comfort, and yet often doe men tayle after much cndcauour,and not aitaine to them. Qucll. What cbiefe defter ofinencanyou name vntome? Anfw. Mirth and ioy, a light and a chearefull heart is greatly willed and fought Mirth &ioy. for of all men, by Muficke, by Idlers, by fports, and Player ;, by much coil and many ineanes as they can, and are able : neither is this fimply to be condemned in all : yet heare what fenrence the Spirit of God bath giuen of it by the mouth of his feruant, who tried the faine, and let his experience be Mir knowledge: I faid to my heart, faith Ecclef.2 r. heg«e too 715W, Iwill prone thee with ioy, therefore take thou pleafurern pleafentthints,aud behold this alfo is vanit ie : I faidof laughter thou art mad, andof ioy, what is this that thou doe(!? And in another place, Better it is togoe into the houfe of ramming than o f feaf?i d, kecau fe this is the ena'ofall men, and the liuiicgg f'hal!lay it to bis heart. Anger is better then 7.4; laughter, for by a file? looks the heart is made better.Theheart of the wife Arm the houfebf snourning,but the heart of thefoules is in the houfe of mirth. Mi11epant luaus tnortalibus vna voluptas. For ewer) lay that man doth here poffebe, eiithoufand woes bis miede do da ilie pre f fe. Secondly,to rake vp riches al fo intl.-11s world, and to poffefic great wealth. lth, it is a thingcndcuored atmoflofall. Happie is he and wife accounted, who can fafief at- Riches. Caine vnto it, yet hcate and note the fpeach of lames amongfl numbers moe to the fan -w cod. Goeronew, faithhe, yerichmen, weepeandhowlsfory otermifriesthatfl,alllamestf.Z° come vpónyou, your richeiare có9rupt,and your garMents mot heaten, yourgold and( luer ¿o c.tncred,.s.d the rat; Of therJhall witnes aganf ;you,and!hall eateyour file fh as it were fire; To build and inhab'ite great and goodly boules, how many be witched with vanitie, Buildine . delight in it, and withntueh Care and con applic themfelues unto it? yet fee they, or May fee the (peach ofSalomón vpon experience, laying, Ihaue mademegroat ucr,(er, l Ecclef. 2. . Lame built m e houfes,I haue planted me vineyards,I haue made me gardens and orchards e'J' planted to them trees of allfruit, and fo fourth. Tea mien what foeuer mine eyes defired, I wit hbeld it not from them,neither withdrew I my heartfrom any icy, then Ilooh. din all my monger that my hands had wrought, and on the trauell that I had lab oared to doo,andbehold all Osvariátiv, and veirationofthe fpirit, and there is no profite 'coder the San. When it thin be laid to them as it was to the putpofing builder in the Gofpell. no's. foule Lnite FY. thisn, htflialltbgtedrawaythyScale, then May italfofollowe, and fitly bedeman- 20' ded, whofc ilall thcfe flatciy houfes be? Thus either may they knowe the vani- tie of their dealing, but yet will nor, or elfe doo they knów it, bit regard it not. Apparrell againe is àroother óf the raging defires of Many. Eden a world íc is Apparill to fee how all, as dead, dao tafle no lin iii it , but fpend and (pare not What pofsiblye may bee gotten to beflowe on it, yet what beginning had it Was it not then inueitted, when man had finned, grieuouflic offended God, and call hitnfelfe away both body and foule i! Seeing. then in our into ritte it was not vied,: but after finne, bellowed on man to hide his Chan* wlrhill, what may it euer beate into vs , but our rebellion againft" the Lord, our finne and coiled difobedience ? Höw fhould the fight of it and vfe of it humble i
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