28 That all worldly things arehot Naerevanities. CHAP. IX. That thef *aridly thingshome their goodneleonely from opinion,andfrom competition ; from4614114 in abtatning,andfrom their rare- neffe in inioying, Secondly, thevanitieand worthlefneffe ofthere worldly things appeareth, in Thal worldly thing.bare that they haue in them no found and ibeir cbrrfees_ e' fubfiantiallexcellencie,but what they atlantic flow :a haue from their opinion who info opinion. ( p them : being meane to thole, who meanely account ofthem, excellent to thole who admire and adore them, &bafe,andofno worth to thole who -contemne and defpife them ; fo that their goodnefle is notin truth, but in conceit; and ifyou would knowof what value they are, you mull not confider them in;themfelues,but bring them to be meafuredbythe decei. uable cine ofmans phantafie, and waigh them in the vaii e andvnconfianr ballante of humane opinion. In which you fha!! findnocertaintie, feeing euery one varieth fromano- _ther, yea oftentimes from himfelfe, now efieeming that which erewhileheecontemned; anddefpifing that, which not long lince heloued and admired. One makethhonour his idol,afcribing vetoit the chicle excellencie,and i.n corn- pardon thereofbafely efieemeth ofriches, andnegle6ieth plealures; anotheradoreth gold as his God,andcareth nei- ther for his creditnor delight, to as his idoll be propitious veto him; a third chieflydoteth on ,voluptuous pleafures, bauocking his cfiate,and letting hisgoodname and reputa- tion to Isle for a daiesdelight,or anights pleafure; yea wee may often fee thefame man one while railing the prizes of there earthly coines, and foone after crying them downe a- gaine; in his childhood andyouth, her chiefly eficemeth plealures, in his riper yeeres and full firength, his honour and reputation ; and in his old daies dcfpifingboth there, he-
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