That worldly thingsarevnpretable. 51/ him ? Howmuchnow doth he preferre a dram ofgrace be- fore an earthly kingdome,and a few goodworkes, before a world ofriches?Finally,wilingl'y.now would he,ifhe might, exchange all his glory, wealth and carnal! delights, with the skorne,pouerty,andaffluions ofthc moll contemnedchri- flian, fo that alto hemight(hare with him in his hopes, and partake with him in thofeheaucnly ioyes. But though thofe earthly vanities could profit vs at our laa departure, byfweetening death, and makinghis fling 4.Seli:./2 !rifegrieuous,yet what good will they doe vs after our fe- thatmertaty paration ? Seeingnow there is no difference betweene the things profit not rich and thepoore, the kingand the begger; betweene him afterou fe_ wholauguifhed in miferie and trouble, and anotherwhich paratien. bath fpenthis life in pleafures and paflimes ? For asnature putteth nodifference.between the one and the otherin their birth; fo neither doth it diflinguifh betweene them after Ambroflib. their death : all haue the like ingreffe and egreffe,whenthey de Nabuth. enter into, and leaue theworld; alike in the wombe, and a cap.r.tom.g. likein the graue. For open the earth,and fee ifthoucant dif- cerne the rich from the poore, or the noble from the bale; fauing thatonly there is this difference, that more perifheth with the one then with the other; the rich hauing afairer tombe andfiner fheet,or more-fweet odourswherewith hee is embalmed; all which are loffest to the lining, andnothelps to the dead,feeing thefe good things are bereaucd oftheir grace and fweetneffe,but doe not inrich the deadcorps with their vertueand excellencie. Yea ifin this life wee bane let our hearts vpon thefe vanities, efleeming and louing them better thenGod himfelfe, his fpirituall graces and heavenly ioyes; ifvnrepented l nne haueaccompanied them either in their getting or fruition, then how vnprofitable (hall wee . find them after death, yea how hurtfull and pernicious to ourwretched foules?For what will it auailevs tobeeextol led where wearenot,and tobe condemned wherewearch() haue with Dines rich friends onearth;whichhaue thecorn- mandofwhole rivers; and to beour felues in hellfire,not be- ingable toobtaine a fmall dropofwaterwithcarneftintrea- tie? to haue left many delights behind vs, and to haueno- thing
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