i 2 tí1Difcourfe oftrue b pinele. that pafl'et hover the waves ofthe water , which when it isgene by, the trace thereof cannot befound, neither the path ofit in the fonds : or as abird,thatfieth thorow the aireandno an canfee any tokenof herpafage, but only heare thenoyfe of herwings, beating the light wind, parting the gyre through the vehewsencie ofher going, and f`lyeoth on)Gak,nf her wings, whereas afterward no tokenofher way can beefound. If then the expirationofall worldlycomforts bemoft certaine and inevitable,at the fur- theft at our departure from this life ; it is impof(ible there fhould beany abfolute joy found in them : for there is wan- ting the very life and accompiiihment oftruehappineffe, af- furance ofperpetuity. Imagine therefore a man to be abun- dantly encompaffed even with all the delires of his heart;. let him wafh his paths withbutter; and let the rocke powre himout rivers ofoyle;let him heape up filver as theduft,and gold as the mire in the ftreets; let himdecke himfelfe with majeflie and excellency, and array himfelfewithbeautyand glory; let him drinke up the pleafurs of this world in as great abundance as Behemoth the river Jordan ;_ yet all is no- thing,himfelfe being covered with corruption, and mortali- ty;and the fruitionof themwith vanity and change. One generation paffethaway, and another generation commeth. He matt at lengthneceffarily make relgnation ofal into the hands of a newfucceffion : and hee (hall take nothing away whenhe dies ; neither (hall his pompe or plealures defcend after him. Yet ifa man betides an entire and interrupted pof- feßïon ofhis worldly contentments;. which is never to bee looked for in this life,for,as fob fpeakes, While hisfefh i upon Cs 4 ,2.2. him, hefhall beferrowfu/l;, andwhile hisfoule isin him it fhall mourne ; yet,Ifay, ifbetides hewere able toextend his life to many millionsofyeares, the matter werea little more tole- rable. But alas, the lifeofa man at the moft is but a hand- bredth, or a fpan long; and that whichmakes it much more miferable, heknowes not in what part ofthat(host fpanne, howfuddenly, or howfoone he fhall be.cut offfrom theland Iobto.f, ofthe living ; and goe, and fhall not returne, even unto the &c. land ofdarkeneffe, and fhadowofdeath. For the rejoycing 1% S o i the
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