That al/ worldly things -. re dirt were van;firs. z 9a which fhould bee bellowed on her offree gift; yea and a.. mong her owne children, commonly moll affeðchar, in the birth whereof (he bath had forefl trauell, and greatell danger. The like aIG may be faidofpleafures,which receiue their 4.Se.9. value and efleemenot front any felfeexcellencie, but from Pk.afaerare the difliicultie and paines which is taken in comming by va/urdactor- them ; neither are the fweetetl delights fauourie and wel- d: tsthepalms rellifhing, vnleffe firfl they be fauccd with the (harpe fauce whmh a kgn oftroubleand labour. And therefore as men hailing other- them. wife nogreat appetite,vfually care bitterOliues before they goe tomeate to fha rpen it,and get them llomacks : fo they would be Toone glutted with delights, ifan edge were not leton their appettte,bythofe difficultiesand labours which they vndergoe in attaining veto them. And thus meates and drinkesare much commended when as they are far fetched and dearebought,and (like the water ofthe well of Bathe- lem)procured ich the hazardofmens liues.Thusfuch loue is fweetetl in inioyiug, which bath had moll difficultie in obtaining :thus triumphs and fhewes are the morevalued kitimetrin ve- and affe&ed,becaufeof the great preparationsthat goe be ritkmferoper fore them. Yea andthus alto our delights are made much cepimufguene- moredelightful! by thofe fpirituall difficulties, the word ofá''Smmi;e- God forbidding and the confcience condemning theme for egesagris. 0- as the Wifeman faith, ftollen'tbaters arefineete,and hid bread uid.lib.3.Eleg is pleafant; or as he faith inanother place, thebreadwhich is Proa9.t7. gotten bydeceit is"'were tooman. Neither is thereany thing P'ou.zo 17. which morecommendeth pleafure to anaturali and carnall ktiodlicetin- appetite, then when it thus commeth againfl the haire, by Bratu+n e/t,quod force or flealth,and is condemnedbeforeit is inioyed.Now non liter actor what canmore fhew the worthlefnes of thefe worldly vani- zEleg uid lik. ties,then thatthey haue their Fhiefe eflimation from thofe thingswhich are fhunncd:and abhorred,, and, haue almofl all their iweetnes and delight,from other thingsbitterand loathfome,?and as well-waters having no heate in them- feiitees,arefail, toreceiue fottttlittle;warmthbyantiperiflhe- fisandtheinclofure offomegreatercold; fo: thefe vanities hauinglittie goodneffe, are made to feemegood,when as V z they
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