6o Luctibria forma. Ptut.de quæft.Rom.; 9076. Moles lais Sefa;- de»yafl. mighty Potentatesof the world have been hdibria fortuihe, the very korn of fortune: all the choife things that the world affords, are as water in broken ci(fernes, nothaving any fpring ro feed them, and the ciflerne being broken will let out all ; they arebut as a thing without a foundation, which cannot Oland long. That is obfervable that we finde in theEpiftle to the Hebrews chap. tz. y io. It is laid of Abraham, that befoesht a citrctlaat hadafew dation : no ting thereby , that all onccr cities, though never Co' i glorious, and bycon- fecluerce all other worldly th. ings,have no foundation to uphold hem. Hence Plutarcb teils us that the ancient nobi- lity of Rome and Arcadia; were accu$fo@ cried to wear moons upon their fhooes, that they might have alwaie s the mu- tabilityoftheir profpericybefore their eyes. That which Saint Paud faies of riches, i Tirn.6.1 ¡. is trueofall world- ly things;Pt/pot istt certain riches fo it may befaid,truft not in.uncertaiti ho- flours, nor in uncertain pleafures. Hence it was that Solon, when hee foT eyeful puft up with his great ri- ches.
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