Ofthemanifoldmiferietafm:sr:J fe. Std comforted and refrefhed, as though they were let atlibertie, and think a little bettering oftheir (cant &hungrie meales, a great fcafl and daintie banquet : whereas thofe who have binbrought vp in great plenticand full hbertic,forow at the others ioyes, and are tormented with Briefe, in the middefi oftheirwretched comforts. Sobecaufe weare from the firfi moment ofour birthbrought vpand inured to this nodeof miferies; becaufe wehadout firli being,and breeding in this wretchedprifonof thewotld, we are readie to loueandre- ioyce in our little inlarged imprifonment, as though wee had attained vntoperfe& libertie, and to account our Ieafi miferies our greatefl happinefiè : whereas ifcitherwith our firfi parents we had euer tailedofthe ioies ofParadife,or had but only invifion with the blefked Apofile, the lealiglimpfe ofour heauenly glorie, the worlds greatefl libertie would appeare to be a thraldome, and his moil delicious fweets would beas bitteras gall, and as loathfome to our tafle as the infufionofwormewood,yeain trothas the chymicall ex_ traélionofColyquintida. But themiferies ofthe world and worldlythings maybe 4.Sd?.2. more clearely (hewed, by confidering the teflimonies of The miferies of thofe whohaue_fpokenupon their owne experience, and as mnrfril) things theyhaue been guided by Gods Spirit, which can neither ihewedyter7i- deceiue nor be deceived; asalfo by infrfling inTome fpeciall "e5° inflancesofthefemiferies, wherewith all men generally are acquainted. The holy Patriarch Jacob fpeaking as he had found by lamentable experience, telleth Pharaoh, that the Genef. datesofhirlifehadbeenfewandend: and this 'I°binlargeth to 47.9 all thefonnesofinen, "laying, that man *hi, is borne ofawo_ lob 14.T. man, is ofJhèrt continuance andfulloftrouble : yea the Wife manhimfelfewho had taken the deependraught in the gol- den cupof theworlds profperitie, euenafter he hadglutted Ecdefs,r;.ï;. himfelfewith voluptuouspleafures;concludeth that all isnot only vanitie, but an vexation offpirit, and that all mans dales arc forrowes, and his trauaile griefe, fo that his heart can take norefi, no not in thenight,which time ispurpofely deflinated to ref' and quietneffe:and elfewhere he aflïrmeth, that the 'vilify of man it great upon him. With whichhea- Ecdef.8.6. L 1 5 uenly
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