450 Thmlborldly thingsbring anendlefedefireefchange, whoarefickeofaburning feuer whèn they cannotfatilfie theirvnfatiable thirfl,.doe often change their drinke, -one while longing afterthatwhich is tart and fharpe, andano- ther while after that which is coole and finali; now afe- ¿fing that which not long lince in their healthwell pleafed them in their neighbourshoufe,as though it would nowal- fo bring the fame delight; and anon not finding theirchit£+ quenched by change ofdrinkes,defirewine orwater. Butall in vaine; forhailing tried all,theycomplaine that theyareal fobitter, that they doe not quench their thirfi : whereas in truth it is the bitterneffe oftheir mouth diiafled with cho- ler, the caufe oftheir difeafe,andnot the faultoftheir drink, andnot becaufeit is vnfit to quench their thirll, but becaufe their burning heateflill renuingand augmenting it, maketh it unquenchable : So wee being ddèafed with the burning heate of concupifcence, chilli afterworldly vanities, thin- king by themtohaueour heate abated; and after wee haue made triall.ofmany,and yet findour thirfl nothing quench- ed,we long after endleffevariety, neuer calling tomind that it proceedeth from our inward difeafe, and not from the Ecclef.zt.z. want ofoutward things. A notable example whereof wee haue in Salomon, who labouring to find contentment in worldly things, and not finding it inany oneofthem, gi- uethhis heatalibertyto runne ouer all, making triall ofone thingafter ano.her,jlin the endhewas tired withall He foughtfor it in mirth,and findeth in Beadofit madneffe; in pleafure,and difcouereth nothing but vanity : Then he fhif- teth frotn one thing to another; andlooketh for it, in great workes and(lately buildings; where millingofit, hcegoeth to leeke it in fruitful( vin, yards, in delightfull gardens and orchards, infountaines, fprings,andpleafant grones ; where not finding it, he proceedeth in the purfu;t, and looketh for it in the multitude offiluer,gold,and princely-trealures,then indelightfullmuficke, rhea in many feruants andgreat at- tendance; voto vk hichwe may adde that which fhamemade -hamcone(ale, his multitude of wines and concubines: but hauing-tried all zhefe and nany other, withholding nothing fromhis eyes which they dcfired, nor withdrawing his Heart 4Flpifiq
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