274 Thata/lworldly things are but mereVanirïes, Harts and Bucks,Bugles and fat fowls. He had fortis thou- fans! flails ofhorfes for his chariots, and twelue thoufaud horfemen. His pleasures alto were anfwerable tohis honors Eeders:3.4. and riches, for looke what delights wit could inuent, or 1 °. wealthand power prouide,andhedenied noneofthem vn_ tohitnfelfe,nor withdrew hisheart from anyboy, as himfelf teflifieth. He hadfeuen hundred Queenestohis wiues ,and three hundred Concubines; he built great works and (late- lyhonks, beeplanted fruitfull vineyards and pleafanrgar- dens,with goodly orchards furnifhed with all manner of fruites, hee had his fountaines and delightfull.fprings, his woods and fhadic groues,hisfweete mulick, and in a word, all the delightsofthe tonnes ofmen. Betides all whichpri- txing4.z4. . uatcgood,he publikely ruled with peaceand tranquillitieal hiskingdomes,his whole life.He was.loued,feared.and ad- Chap3.zS. mired ofall his people for his wifedome and iuflice; and that allo which is the io land comfort ofa goodKing,all his tubieóshued in greatprofherity vnder him. Foral lvdaband C1121)4.2 5'. - 1frae!dwelt tbithovt fèare everyman widerhis vineandvnder hisf1 tree,from Dan eventoBeerlbe64 all thedales ofSalomon. Byail which it appeareth, that as neuer man-had the like wifedome,fo neither thclikeprofperitie and, abundance of all worldly bleflings. But hareafter all his pompe andpro. fperity what teflimony he gineth toall there earthly things, and that vpon his owne experience. Vanitieofvanities,faith Eeclefr.t. theTreacher,vanitieofvanities,all is vanitie. Yea he conclu. and ?.5I.. ' deth afterwardsthat all is not onlyvanitie,6vt a f vexationof j irit,andthatthere is noprofit vnderthefunne. Ifapoore man thoughneuer fo wife, ora fcholer out ofhisknowledgeand difcourfe had thus proclaimed the worlds vanitie, it might haue been deemed to haue proceeded from want ofex.. perience, becaufe they had neuer triall of them, or from forcemelancholike conceit,mouing them toconternne that which theyhad nohope to enioy. And thereforebecause we fhould take no exceptions againf this teftimonie, it bath pleated the Lord to teach vs this leffonby fuch an one as had notonly moll wifedome to iudgeofthem,but alfomoll trial and experience ofall chefs things, which the world'eRee,. meth
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