Parc.~.SeC!.3. :CureofMelancholy. Memb. 3 • 328 t Etmhtlinvemqttod 1111ht ferret opem. ~ We havetryed all means, yec finde no remedy:Noman living can expre!fe the anguifi1 and biccerneffe ofour fouls, but wee chat endure it; wee arediflreffed,forfaken,in torture ofbody andmind,in another hell:& whatfhall •PLut., ,b.vit . we do? When* Cra/{m the RomanCon(ull warred againft the Parthians craJ!i. after anunluckybattellfoughc,hell.edaway in the night,& left foure thou: fand men fore ficke and wounded in his tents , to the furie of the enemie · whichwhenchepooremen perceived, clamgribm & ululatibmomnia con:. plerunt, they made lamentablemoane,and roared downe righc,as lowd as H omert Mars when hee was hurt,which the noyfe of a roooo.men could not drowne, and all forfeare ofprefent death. But our eltateis far more tragical! andmiferable,much more eo bee deplored, and far greater caufe have wee eo lament; the devil and the world perfecuteus, all good for. tune hathforfaken us,weare left to the rage ofbeggery,cold,hunger,thirll nafrindfe,fickneffe,irkfornneffe,to continueall torment, labour&paine,ro derifion and contempt, buterenemtesall, and far worfechen any death· Death alone we defire,deach we feek,yetcannot have it,&what !ha! wed~ . ~od malefers,ajfue(ce ;feres bene-- accultome thy felfe tott, and 1t wtll be tolerable at lafr. Yea but Imay not, I cannot, Inmeconfumpjit vires fortunanocendo, I am in rhe exn·emitie ofhumane adverfitie, and as a !hadow leaves che.bodie when the Sunne is gone, I am nowleft and loll:, and quite forfaken of the world. ~ui jacet in terranon habet tmde cadat; Comfort thy felfe with this yet, thou art arche worll:,andbeforeitbelongit willeitherovercome.theeorchO'u it. Ifit be violent, it cannot endure, autfolvetur,aut folvet: Let the devil himfdf and all the plagues of Egypt come upon thee at once, Ne tucedemalis ,fedcontraaudentior #o, , Lt~<nll.lib.9• be ofgood courage, mifery is vertues vvhetfrone, ---*ferpens,Jitis,ardor,aren£, . Dtdcia virtuti, as Cato cold his fouldiers mar£hing in the de· . farts of Lybia, Thirll, hear,fands,fcrpents vvere pleafanc eo avaliant man; tAn f••m(•- honourable enccrprifes are accompanied wirh dangers and dammagcs, as )'t"' fod<t experience evinccch, they will make the reil: ofrhy life relli!h rhe better• • ~;;~"Jft.u, But put ea te they continue? thou arc not fo poore as thou wall: born,and as diabot~, & c. fomehold much betcerco bee pitied, then envied. But bee it fo thou hall: f::JJ:,f.:••- loll: all,poore thou art, dejeC!ed,in paine ofbody,griefofminde, thine eneJeohabuit, om- miesinfult over thee,thou art as badas 'Job,y_ec tell mee(fatth Chryfojlome) ""j,'fituropre-w.u Job or the devil thegreater conquer our~ Jierely Job; Thet devil had his -~~;;',Z:J..,., goods,hefate on the nJflck-bi/1 & kept hisgoodname;he lojl hi1 chitdren,health, fPontepbiloji- friends,br~t he kept his innocency;helojl his ntony ,buthe kept his CDnjidence in PJ;:::::'.;.- God, whi<h was better then any treafore. Doe~houthenM Job did,triumph .u [embus agire- Job dtd,*and be not molell:ed as every foolts.: Sedqua rattonep~tero~ Ho1v ~ur. 8 !hallchisbedone?Chry(ojlomc anfwers,focile.Ji ca:lum cogitaveris, with ,j.S,:,:·::~.' great facilitie, ifthou !hale but medicate on heaven. • Hannawept fore,and My brc<h~en, troubled in minde, could not eate; but, why weepejl thou,[aid ElkarJ4h her ~~,';li~~ j~y,"· husband~ andwhy eateH thou not? why is thine heart troubled l Am not I be~. whmyou &Il ter tothee then tenfons land !he was quiet . Thou art here' vexed in thts into dim• world, but fay tO thy felfe, WhJ artthoutruubled, 0 my foule~ Is not God t=pcmons. better
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