AMIN 524. Oft%emanfoldmiferies ofmaw life. atleafl we in Tome danger, and feare oflofing them?In ROeo 're'`a which refpe61the miferiesofthislife may fitlybe compared, prodeent iuto- dot;ote. to lobsmeffengers,ofwhichone hadno foonermadean end offpeaking,buc another prefentlybeginnethhis tale,or like veto the billowes ofthe fea, which without intermifììon cometumbling one in the necke ofanother, giuinggvnto vs. fcarce time.ofbreathing, till we ref+ in the hauenofdeath.'It istrue that forre ofthefe miferiesdo one fomuch exceed an- other,that the Jerreis (wallowed vpofthe greater,like theri- uers by the fea, and isnot difcerned, though ifit came alone, it would forcecomplaining : and fo predominant are force griefes ,that ehçjeflerappearenomore, then theStarswhen the Sunne fhineth,.not thatthey are taken away,but becaufe the greater workingamore vehement i mpreaion,maketh vs infenfibleofthe leíl'e : yeafo are wefor our fins iuflly(canted ofthings truly good, that to make Tome littleequalitieto ourowne comfort, we arc faineto fill vp thenumber byput- tinginto the rankeofgood things, chofe which we thirike leafl euill, and-things truelydefireable failingvs, to make choice offuch asare leafl worthietobe refufed. Herein be- hauingour(clues likevntopolitike Commanders, whofee. ing the armieoftheireuemiesfar toexceed theirowne par. tie in flrength andnumber, haue, tofillvpplaces, andto in. ereàfe their multitude, made Ihewof women in (lead of men, and (et vp a far offon flakes puppets and skare-crowes forfightingfouldiers, todifhearten the enemie, and encou- tage theirowne followers.Sowebeing incountredwith in- numerable euils,and hauing few things trulygood-torefrefh and aware' vsagainfi their affaults, arePaine to make'choice offhadowes in flcad offubfiances,and tomake manythings good onlyby reputation and imaginarie efleeme, whicha a found andvnpartiall judgement (carte thinketh tollerable euils.Nowifwefurther confider, thatas our miferies do in- finitly innumber exceedourcomforts; foaltooneof them is fufficient to infufe fuck bitternefl'e into a multitude ofour tnofl defrreddelights,that we cannot rellifh their fweetnes, that one ounce ofthis gall ofmiferie, makethloathfomea wholepoundofourfugred ioycs, and that a finall dramof this
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