That bodilyhealth is not mach to bee;leemed. t 45 euermuch heate,it is refrefhedwith t hefanning ofthecoole acre. Andhawingfound troublesandgriefes in that wherin it thought to haue auoided them, beingforewounded (acs lmay fay) it /an- guifheth,andìbaxethweaker with the verymedicine, that lhould haue cured it. Though thereforefeatters beadfcnt, andgriefes ofbodie ceafe,euen our veryhealth is no better then a ßcknes,vn- to which neceffitieofcure is neuer wanting : for looks howmany helpesand comfortswefeeke outfor theof oflife, cuenfo many medicinesdoe wefind tofreevsfromdifeafes; andoftentimes the falueitfelfeturneth toaìbound; becaufe vfnganexcellent re- medrea little too long,weare much impaired by that, whichwee prouidedforour cure. To the famepurpofe another faith,thar Augafi.in Pfal. that Which is called thehealth ofthis life, to them that voider- 37.enarrar. fraud itaright,anddo compareit withthat which thefhalinioy in torr.8. oureternallrell,itisnot eft conedworthie the nameofhealth. For i fwedoenot eate,hungervexeth vs,andwhatis this hunger, but anaturalldifeafe?becaufe natureit felfe by Gods iiiS1,venge- ance ismade unto vsapunifhment ; andthat which to thefirs`p manwar punifhment,is ontovsturnedinto nature,&c. Secondly,it is moil imperfe&, our whole life being like 4,Secá`.4. acontinuall ague, which, euery fecond or third day, inter- That bodily changethhealthwith fickneffe;ncither isthereany fo f}rong heath isimptr- and healthie, that hath not fome griefes and infirmities [di. andfullof which often vexhim; although the pleafures and bufineffes infirmities* ofthe world giue him not leafure to take great notice of them ; andthe youth and ftrength ofhisbodie doth enable him to beare hisburden with morecafe and cheerefulneffe. Or though it fhouldbe granted, that a man were quite free from all thefebodily infirmities; vetifhehath manydifcafes in his foule, heecannotbee fail to haue any perfèólionof health, whenas hisbea part is thus affeó ed:forasit were ridiculous,ifa man fhould glorie in his health, becaufe hce isfound in his outward lims,when in the mean time he bath themegrim inhis heard,theconfitmption in his lungs, and incurabledifeafes about his heart,and otherchiefe and vital parts;fo is it no leffeabfurd to be proudofour bodily health, whenas ourfoules which arc the chiefepart ofman,and the life ofall therefi, are defperately ticke in thedifeafes offin. L For
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