418 That worldly shing.rcannotfatisfieori ring contentment. drunke with delight ; and drunlrenneffe increafing thirft, maketh vs in the end to grow infatiable. And this emptines and infatietyBoth make vs often both to change,and alto to reiterate the fame pleafures; that they whichcannot at once fatisfie, may by our continuall feeding on them,at lean keep vs from fauufhing. For example, what doth dainty mcates bring with them, but a vaine delight, which prefentlyva- nifheth, either by renued hunger, which againe defireth them, or through their furcharging the flomacke, upon which follow crude humors and ill digefiion, which caufeth vs to loath them ? So, how vaine is the pleafure ofthe moll delicate drinks, which delightno longer then they are fwal lowing downe,anddonot fully fatisfie,but only for the pre- lent allayourthirfly appetite ? The likemay be faidofodori- ferous fmels,whichdelight then only whilefl they areat the note; ofpleafing fights, which no longer pleafe then they are in the eye ; offweet muficke, which vanifheth and lea- uethnothing behind, when the confortcea(eth;ofmetric company, andpleafing fports and pallimes, whole delight lafteth no longer,then theirprefent fruition ; and in a word, ofall otherpleafures that the world affordeth, which filling vs full ofnothing, butvaine emptines, do make vs like the thirfly grounds toopen themouth, gapingafter thepleafingg !bowers ofnewdelights. Andofthis Salomon himfelfe had experience,who though he furfetted ofpleafure, yet hewas not filled, andwhen hehadfitffered his heart to glut it felfe with varietyofdelights,yet he remained altogether vnfatif- fied,only in the end by much vie he came to loathing fatie- sie, and was vexed in his mind,becaufe he had fpent fomuch good time in thefruition ofthefe batevanities, CHAP.
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