Ofthe vanity oflborldypleafures. 45 t rotes in flead ofclothes; and being famifhed with hunger cannot haue thecrummesofhis table,or the leaf+ partofhis needleffefuperfluities. Byall which it appeareth that thofe worldly pleafitresare of little worth, Peeing the Lord doth foplentifully bellow themvpon thofe who are moll vnwor- thie; and that they haue little goodneffe in them ; becaufe witha fparinghand he impartech them vnto the good, and fuffcreth thofe who arc voideof goodneffe to bee glutted with them. But how vainc and worthlefhe thefe worldlypleafures are, 4.Sec`1.3., it may furtherappeare, in that the Lordmore freely, and in That thebrtt. greater meafurebefloweth themvpon the brutifh creatures, tip creatures then vpon thofe who are reafonable ; implying thereby that geßPt e laar- theyare fo baie and contemptible, that they are fitter for eartbyplea. heath then for men. And this mayeafily appeare, ifweecon. fares. iider that thebruit creatures hauefull freedome in thevieof their delights,hauingno law to limit them but their owne appetite, and confequently are priuiledged in their plea- fures fromall finne, guilt and punifhment; whereasman is limitcdby the law,io as he dare not do what heelifl,butis pulled backe with feare when his appetite moil draweth him on, being fubiedlto punifhment when in his delights heexceedeth due meafure. Or if he defperately goe on, hee hath all hismirth marredwith thepangs ofan accufing con- fcience, and lofeth much of his prefent delight, through feare and expeélation of future punifhment. Againe, they are foguidedby inflintt of rature, and haue their appetite fo fully conformable to it dirc&ion, that they takedelight in thofepleafures,whichare vnto them moll gbod and pro- fitable; they ioy in that food which is moll fitfin. their non- raiment, and take plcafure in no more then will do them good ; they fatisfie in feafonable time their naturali lufts,and enjoytheir fportswhen itbefl pleafeth them ; they doe not compaffe their pleafures by fraud or iniurie offered to thole oftheir owne kind, norenjoy them enuying, orbeing enul- ed; their pleafures are free ¡from flame, becaufe they are free from fin,and hauenot like men their delights damped with lookerson. Theyhaue more flrength and health then men.
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