Ofthevornitie oflborldlypleafures. 409 conclufion found, that there was nothing in them all, but meere vanitie, andwhich is worfe, vexationoffpirit. But how vaineandvoid ofexcellencie there worldlyplea §.Sefí.L. lures are, it may hereby appeare, in that ifwe take themat That worldly the befi, they are but of ameane, inferiour and indifferent Pleafares are nature ; whole goodnes chiefly confrlieth in theirmediocri gáftsofan fo. tie and meafitre rather then in the pleafures themfelues y 'r °urnarure, in P whicó arebe_ which.meafure being exceeded,they becomecull and loath- flowed raoft fome, as wemay fee inthe exceeffeofeating, drinking,play_plentif+lly vpon ingand the refs. Nowhow bate andmeane is that good to the wicked. be efleemed, whole abliemious vfe is bitter then full fruiti- on?and whole limitedmeafure ismore commendable, then plentie and abundance? yea how voidofexcellencie, and nearevntonoughtis that to be accounted, which becom metheuill byincreafing, and when it bath greatneffe, loleth- goodnes? And hence it is, that theLord, whole moll wife judgementis the true ballance, that difcerneth folid good, from light vanitie, efleeming there worldly pleafures, as vaine and worthleffetrifles, careleflfelycafieth them incom- mon amongall,and fuffereth the badas well as thegood,his> enemiesas well as his friends to communicate in them : yca feeing that the wicked let their hearts vpon them, and loue themmuchbetter then their Creator; and his ovine chil- dren, being toocarnally licorous, are readie to furfet vpon thefefweet meatsofworldlydelights;hauing fcatteredthem in common among all, in his iuli iudgement to the one, he leaueth them to theirowne libertie, andletteth them ga- . ther their fill; and in his richmercie to theother, he holdeth them backe,when they run after them.with.too eageran ap- petite, and fuffereth them to feed vpon them but fparingly, and in finall quantitie, and becaufebeing tainted with the fall ofour firil parents, as they fhll retaine fome goodnes of their creation,fo there is infufedinto them amalignant qua. litie,which filleththofe who too muchfeed vpon them,with thegroffe and dangerous humors of corruption : therefore the Lord the wife Phyfition, either refirainethhis patients, whomhe intendeth to cure, from their vfe, or if yeelding fo much to their appetite,hefitffereth them tofeed vponthen; he.
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