Ofthemanifoldmiferiesofmaxs life. I1 % this Colyquiretida, is enough todiflaflea whole potofpot- cage, snaking it to favourofdeath; then how little fweetnes ofcomfort mutt we needs haue, when as the part which,we loathand abhorre, fo innumerable degrees exceedeth that whichwe like and loue? But who feeth not that one tooth akingBoth more vex vs,then the healthofall the reft ofthe bodie candelight vs? that we are more tormented with a (mall loffe,then comfortedwithgreat poffef ions? that when butone friendofmany is taken, away, we haue more true griefs by him which is loft, then ioy and contentment in all theref]? thatweare more difquictedwith one difgrace,then delighted withmanyhonors?and that we are not fo much pleafed in the frtiitionof manythings loued anddefired, as we aredifpleafed whenwe arecut fhort ofourhopes, orare troubled and combred with fome euill which we loathand hate?and the reafon is, becaufe tnifcries doe make a much deeper imprellion in vs then our comforts, partly becaufe theybeing in this vale of teares, as itwere in theirownplace and element, haue more vigourandflrength in them,onein- creating the force ofanother,as diners flicks in thefame fire; andretaine their owne nature without alteration; whereas good things aremore weake and feeble in this placeofba- nifhment, as being not proper to them, and lofe much of their purl tie and vertue, through themixture and taintureof adhering euils:and partly,becaufe.by reafonofour vnthank= fulneffe, we are alwaies readie to extenuate Godsbleffings, andneueralmof} thinke ofthem, but when they are taken fromvs; and contrariwife,ifwehaue theleall (parkeofeuil, weare apt andwilling toblowvpon it with the flame of our impatiencie,vntillwe haue made ita great fire, which infla- meth and confinneth our hearts with.griefeandanguish But let vs defcend to forne particulars, andfor orders fake 4.9íï!$.' diflinguifh the miferies ofmans life into fome kinds; not Oftbemiferies. that itismypupae to fpeake largelyofall,feeing theyare incident anrßattoa fo many and innumerable, that it would require a mans whole life tomakebut a bare catalogue or relation ofthem: but only fo manyofthernbriefly, as mayferue toweans our hearts from the world which aboundeth with fuchmiferies ; and
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