That all rrorldly thingsaremeere vanities. 271 lent perfonagc,whereas if you examine them any further then the very fuperficics and outride, you (hall finde them nobetter then flocks or (tones. So thefe worldly vanities feeme to thofe whole weake fight can pearce no deeper then theoutward Phew, beautiful! and glorious; whereas in truth if wee could behold them inwardly with the eye of a found iudgement,wee (hould eafily difcerne them to bee contemptibly bafe,andofno value. In this refpeót l ike thofe goodly and beautífull pageants which being outwardlie adorned and fit forth with gold and painted colours,moue multitudes ofpeople to runne after them, and to behold them with ioyful admiration and rauifhing wonder;where- as ifyou lookeinto their infi de,you (hall findenothing but a few flicks,ragges,and patches; and in relpeét of their fub- fiance and durablenes fo flight and weake, that they are only fit fora vaine fhew,and to ferue for adaiesfport. "But'this vanitieof the world and worldly things maybee sell .a shorefpeciallyfhewedbothby tef imonies,and alto euident rbevani ireof reafons: for the former, Dauid affirmeth that man in hit bell worldly things gate isaltoóether vanitie; that he walketh but in a /badawandprovedby tefii- dirquietethhtmfe1fe in vain. And elfewhere hee compareth Pfliey this worldlyprofperitie to adreame,which delightethwht- Pfa1 6 3.zo. left a man fleepeth,but whenhee awaketh vanifheth away, and leauethnothing behinde it, but forrowand difcontent, bedufe their ioyes and hopes are fru(trated. So the holie Ghoftfaith, that the power and profperitie ofthe Churches enemies,/ballbelike asanhungrieman that dreanseth,and be- Ela.z9.8. holdheeat eth, andu hen he awaketh hisfaille is emptie: and like as a thirflie man that drearneth,andloe he isdrinking, andwhen heawaketh, behold, he is faint, andhis route /once/ h. In which refpeet one affirmeth that the Apofllefaiththe figureof this r.Cor,7. world dothpatfe atbay; intimatingvntovs,that all u'orldly things are but to fhewandfiQurc one! like a fbadow or a dreame Clwryfo(!.in which vunifhaúav, hawing nothing in them fnbsItnrirdl and in Ciro. i q.Ho- truth. Hoa childifh therefore is that mindwhich ref eElerh /ha- "13 s. doves, and is proudof dreames, fts'inQ itfit fe upon thar'which foone after'ball pa(feawav ?The ProphetEftycompareththe worldlings cndeuours in hunting after there earthly vani- ties
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