PROVER 1 S. Chaps, medof, and who would not gladliecnioy it ?. andyetit were better phrenticke perfons,and madde men to bewithout it, as ,t, s, thatpoorepoifeifed perfon felt, whichpluckedhis chain( .1' afu;f., der, andbrakehitfetters inpieces, and /froeke himfelfewith fora:f, The greater part of m^nkindedoth thirf} for golde and Lìl- uer,and money, it is theearthen God,almol} of all the inhabi- tants ofthe earth , cuc ryworldlingdoth adore , andworlhip it, ch. 7.19. -and yetEz°chiel fpakethofa time when theyfh.3ll thew uer in the, reetes,an 1 tI2 srgolde f arrefrom them,beingopprelfed with feareand raror. It is nor vcr' d I ightfull and pleafant,enen a mattFr ofcon- tcntm rat to m«Ì mersappetites, to lit ar full cuppes ofwine and ±trongdrinke,with varictie,and abundanceof di. 1hes,:and fuchcompanionsas theybet} like of Andyet thinks howBliba,z,z.ar thatcurfed kingof 8,1be1, could rellilh all his delic:atcs, when he faw thehand writing his ruineand deftinie Dar.. vpoith. Nall : when the interpretationof it was tolde him: when hcebeheld thecnemie ruffling into the houle with.a na- ked fvord in hishand, to flay him. rind then his pompe, and then his power, anda en his dignitic , his large dominions, andample- polfeflions , thoughall of themwere lush as were admiredof all,couldyet bring nocomfort at all vnro hina. Reajt. Fìr, difappoinrmentis a torment vnto them, when they fails of that felic:tic, which their delights feemed to be great with , and rcadietobring forth into their lippes, and in piace thereof, !hall finde fomany annoyances and troubles, which they neuer fomuch asfùfpeacd. Secondly, God by a wife prouidence, will haue all worldlic delegations fubiec4,as it were,to putrifaâion, & loathfomncs, that becóming fornrimesvnlauory ,they might at no time befo vehemctly longed for. We fee now(notwirhilanding that they proue tobitter,& all thegriefs wherewith they fill manymens hearts) that fewe arc to befound whohungernot after them with agreedie appetite,and what would theydoe then, ifthey werepriuiledged fromall inconuenicnces,yecldingpureplca- fures, without anie mixture ofanic trouble or vexation ? And withal!, heereby hce fupporteth the hcartcs ofhis people, AIM
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