284 That all :Ïorldl things arebat werevanities. Meth and difliketh : fovoluptuous men being di(lempered with the ragingheaveoftheir burning pallions, doe often- times affeétand deure,fitch carnall plcafures,and odiousde- lights, as afterwards they loathe and abhorre, when as the hot fit oftheirragingpallions being ouerpaft,theyare fome- what recouered to their health,and hauea freer vfe oftheir iudgetnentand reafon. And thereforePeeing all there things which the world efleemeth chiefelygood,haue theirworth and excellencienot from themfelues, but fromour opinion andconceit ; let vs no longer adore there idols whichare of our owne making, nor ßi11 fuffering our feloesto bee be- witched with our owne phantafies; let vsany more ferue and reuerence there things which are but of an indifferent nature,and meane qualitie;becaufewe hauemagnifiedthem in our conceits, and fcatedthem in the highelt placeofour hearts, which in refpeil oftheir fmall worth,fcarcedeferue any roomeat all, or toRand (fo much as)behind thedoore, vnleife it wereto be at vertues call, to performe fuch offices . andgoodduties asfheeappointech. But let vs !cattle atlaß tolet our hearts andaffc&tionsvpon.fpirituall andheauenly things,which are in their owne nature truelyand fubßan- tially good, and not like theother; therefore excellent, be- caufe we affeaand thinke them fo ; buttherefore tobee e- !teemed and much affe&ed,becaufe in truth theyare ofgrtat worthand excellencie. §.Set .5. Thirdly, thevanitic of thefe worldly things heerebyap. Thatvvortd!y peareth,in thatthey arenot commended vnto vs fomuchby things are mere their owne worth and excellencie, as by the competition of commendedvn- others who affeel and fecke them as well as wee : for had to v, by eager we no corrivals in our loueto whet our affe6lion, and (har- eompetition tbë byauy¡etfe- pen our appetite,it would foone faint and langui(htowards e c llencie, thefe earthly things,there being inthemfelues no all good whichmight ferneas fuel' tonouri(h and preferue it. But when as we fee others admire and lone them, webe- ginro imagine that there is fomewhat in them worth our liking and defiring, grounding this conceit not vpon our owneknowledge and exeperience, butvpon the judgement and praEtife ofthofc whohauc gone before vs, or that hue with
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