4tZ Ofthevanitieofwcrldlypleafisret. men toenioy their pleafures, and their appetite is no more prongto dcfircthefe fweete delights then their flomacke to digefl them; they haue no crudities in conco5tion nor fu- perfluitieofillhumours through bad digeflion; or ifthey haue, they can eafily cure themfelues with their knowne phyficke,and neuer need the apothecaries lothfome drugs. Finally, they fecurely enioy their pleafures without feare of lofing them; and when the obit& of their delight is taken away, theyhaue no carking care in feeking it, or griefe for lofing it. By all which it appeareth that the brutifhcrea- tures haue many priuiledges in their pleafures more then men; and therefore farre be itfrom vs to fet our heartsvpon thefe vanities, asthough they were ofgreat worth and ex- cellencie,feeing thevery beafls herein excel! andgot before vs: for (asone faith)if this were mans chiefe good to enioy pleafitres,in vainewas reafon and wifedome bellowed vpon Candies a. him,feeinghemight more edify andperfeNly attaine vnto pud Stoxu b, and enioy them, ifhehad onely the guide of fenfc and feu- Scrm.ts. fuall appetite,like the brutifhcreatures. g.SetI.4. Lafily, howfoeuer thefe worldly pleafures bevaine and That worldly worthlcffe inthemfelues, yet they become more bale andof plea¡uree are kffevalue, by reafon that we are ready through our corrup- eflefeefteeme tion to abufe them vnto finne; being apt in the middefl of abecauQt to febetba eyare $ $ ne $ our delightsto forget God, and leél his feruice, to vfe óufed. prophane telling, and wanton communication, intempe- rance,and excefle; and finally to remaine in our fecurity and hardneffe ofheart,puttingfarrefromvs the erili day,andto- getherwith it ourrepentanceand conuerfion vnto God : In which regardthe wife Salomon faith,that it isbetter togoein- to the heufe ofmourning then into theheap offeeffing; becaufe this is theendofall men : and the liningfhall layit tohis heart: and that anger is better then laughter, becaufe by afad looke the heart tomade better; andfinally , that it is a ligne ofa wife heart,when itfrequenteth the houfeofmourners, anda badgeof fullie,u' henitmouethvstohauntthe houfeofmirth. But ofthis I(hall haueoccafion hereafter to fpeake more largely; as al- fo ofthe vncertaintie, inutility, and hurtfulneffe ofworldly pleafures, all which proue themmoll vaine and worthleffe; and
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