¶18 ©fthe manifoldmifiries afmans life. ttenlyoraciesofdiuinctruth,agreethe manifoldtefiimonies ofthewifer fort ofinen.TheSonneofSyrach faith,that great feel, fiafikus. trauaile is created forail men, and an beanieyokefor thefonact 40.11.3 ofAdam, from theday that theygoout oftheir mother., Nrm6e, tilltheday that they retorne to the mother ofall things. Namely their rhoughrs,& feare ofheart,& theimagination ofthe things theywait for, & thedayofdeath.From him that fttethvpon the glorious throne, votohim that ti beneathen theearth and allies. From him that is clothed withblew Rh." andweareth aerowne, cuen vetohim that is clothedin *pie /Melon: wrath andeouse, trouble andvngtetetnefé, fcareofdeath, rigour, ffrife, &c. With him agreethartother,who was herein more wife and learned, becaufe he law and acknowledged his owne ignorance; O Jdiora inter or- LordmyGod (faithhe) this lifeprefent is full oflabour and tbodosngr.de u ibulation, asbcing led with bitter mourning, and lofiwjth patient, verx bracktfh teares; yea logreat is the afflitìion of thiswretched ca tamplat b life, that it deferueth tobe called rather a death, then life; or p Lome thing ellewhich isworts then death ; feeingscarce any manpafleth a day thereof, without comberfome croffes, and sauteofgriefe. Behold (faith another) the world in palling bytroublethvs,and yet weloueit; it deceiueth vs, and we account it faithfull; it killeth vs, and yet aside it Idle it isaf- AuguG.Tom. feéied and defired ; it windeth from vs,and we embraceit.O to.Serm.3i. defiling world, how wouldefi thou rauifh thy loners with stond to delight,ifthoudidde[i flourifh? but flourifh thou doefi not; fecing thou hall no fincere ioy, or liableconflancie, but thy hony and fweetneffe bath itbitternefe, falle delights, cer- taine griefe, vncertainegladneflè,hard labour, feat efull refs, replenifhed mifcries,and anemptiehope ofhappincffe.And lingua. adfra- ellèwhere, This prefent life is fraile and miferable; vnccr- tres an creme. taine, deceiving, and vnfatiable :weare borne in paine and Serm.e, forrow, wearenourifled in miferieanddifiïcultie,we hue in labour and die in griefe; and in theend («hick is moli to be lamented) ifwedepart impenitent, we plunge our foules in- toperpetuall torments. 4.Seíl.3. But this miferieofmans lifewill better appeare,ifwecon- 7be miferiea of ¡der it in theparts thcreof,which arechieflytwo,fin and pu- vnaut lfein re nifhnic r; for the former,wearecuen inour firfi conception, pea offranc. fo
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