Downame - Houston-Packer Collection BX5133.D76 C552 1611 v.2

. Of the. manifold wifi ries*foramlife, 541 as becaufe we feare and fhnnnepouerty;"thus hónöursate efieemed,becaufewefearedtfgrace ;thus meate.hatlfonely fo much goodoeffc in it;as men ha.:e hunger that feed vpon it, and drinke hath it worth froh thirfl; thus fumrner is commended vnto vs, by winter, warmethby our cold, and the coole aire,by intemperate heart. Insword, nothing in the world is efleetncdgood, butonely fo far forth as it brin. geth letters ofcommenda donsfrom necefüíy,and ferùethas aprefent meanes to free vs from Tome euill, and tomake vs . leffe miferable.Andifwanting theprailewhichneed impar_ tethvnto it, it offerit felfe vntovs, it is vnwcicome, andwe forthwith loath anddifhke.it.Ifmeet come before hunger hauemade way for it - inour deliires, who is not glinted"with the fight òfit?Ifdrinkebe notcommended by thirP4whore= gardech it?Ifwe hauemore clothes laidonvs whenWee are hot enough,we efleeme it aburthen and not a benefit: If a_ bundanceofwealth were offeredWHO vs,not battingbefore anyWant ofit, andconfequentlync3 defire,wee*touldt(bt tnuchktttlueit "Finally;fermuch Worth and- efii liie thefe worldly things haue, as we haue firfi want and` iüiferie. Sa that intruth hewho hath moll need,and ismof ätretched,_ he hath moll ioyand comfort by thefe eárth_lyvanities when he hathliberty to inioythem; hewho"is'fidfi hungrie,hath alfonioflpleáfure bymeate;heethátisthirfiiefi, bathmóff delight in drinke; and wemuti fitti wànt'inRite; ,oritleàfi' in mind, before riches haue anygreat welcome : yea plea--. Lure it felfehath nofweerrellifh till'our appetite bee fharpe_ tiedby the fharpe fauce of miferie and áffli&ion, neither would anyman thinkehimfelfemorehappic for the accceffe: ofworldly things, vnleffe it were for former felt, or future fearedvnhappinefTe: Inwhich refpeaour life ismoil fitlycompared to aconti 4,SeEI. 5,, nuall difeafe:for whewwebegin to liue,webegin tobe ficke;Tbat mans life and thefe Worldly/things which we fomuchefieerne, are but is acontinua medicinesfor ourmaladies,and plaifiers for ourfores,whieh drfeare,and donot perfec`ilycurevs,butonely ggtítevs fomeprefentcafe. fined `sñusaga, For intruth thedifeafes arenatural,hereditarie,rooted inour eaten; . ftr(iprineiples,&.having fettledthetiifelues inourbones and,Nafci hie in. maltow corpora nwrlals I.

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