' 448 That allworldly thing,6rinQwith them loathingfatletit. longedafter, and being cloyed with thofe drinkes, which when he wasat another mans table, feemed moll delicious. Thus hewho delights in vaine (hewes, fports and paflimes, taketh amonthes paines in preparation,and (pares for no col+ tomakethemmoR delightful]; and though both thefe let an edge on his appetite, yet he is often wearie ofit before it be done, though it be butoffome fewhoures continuance,and not finding that ioy and contentment which he expeéled, wilheth that it were pail. By which the great vanitie of worldly things, and miferie ofworldly men plainly appea- reth ; for what canbe more vaine then they, whole expeela- tionwas betterthen their fruition, and whole worth ceafeth when they are inioyed? what can bemore voidofexcellen- cie, then that which is onlyprecious when it is abfent, and lofeth all it valuewhen it commeth tovfe, experience fpoi- ling it ofall that worthwhich a falfeopinion had inriched it Pnetipitatquif. . with. And.confequently, what can be more miferable then que triton; juä, a worldlyman, who fpendethhiswhole life in the defireand dafuturorum purfüitof things future, andin loathing things prefent, and defideriolebo who fetteth his heart vpon filch vanities which are more rapt/046m p tedie.Senee. clleemable in their want, then in their inioying, and being de breuie.vitz. obtained with great care, paines and labour, when they cap.7 lhouldbe the rewardofall, become contemptible trifles, if not troublefome burthens: in which tefpe6-1 it were much better for him to fpend hiswhole life in:feek ing,then to ob- taine that which he could find in his heart to call away a,- gaine, but that he would not time tohaueloll all his la. bour; muchbetter were he to be fill fuing, then euer to in- ioy, becaufe in the purfuit he is delighted, and as it were fattedwith his owne opinion, whereas fruition makethhim more leane and comfortlefie then he wasbefore, becaufe ex- perience teacheth him that he hath (pent all his fweate in huntingafter a feather, and tired himfelfe infeeking a vani- tie,whichbeing obtained bringeth no pleafure or content- ment; andin (lead offatisfyingcaufeth loathing fatietie. 4.Se11.6. Thirdly and laftly, from this infuliiciencieof worldly From the infuf things to fàtisfieandbring contentment,proceedethan end- ficic cieof leffe defire &affeaationofchange:. for though theft earth- ly
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