52.8 Ofthemanfoldmiferiarofmot! life. fomeefcape,yetfewor none are exempted from them all ; it beinga thing impollible,though we were all an eye,to keep fuchnarrow watch ouer ourhealth as may bee fuflicient to preferueit from the violenceoffo many enemies which af- fault vson all fides,within vs without vs,attd round aboutvs. Vntowhich wemay ad-de the tedious trouble and loathfome remedies which we arefaine tovfe whenour health is impai- red,when as weare bound toforbeare the things whichwets chiefly defire,and tovie thofe which ournature abhorreth, pining our bodies with abfünence, which were oppreffed with fvineffe,and fwallowing into ourliomackes loathfome medicines,whichwee haue fira diflempered with licorous meares. Whereby it is hard tochufe whether thephyficke or difeafe,the medicine or themaladiebe the worfe :feeing our cure itfelfeis.a fickneffe,our helpes hurts, and our medi- cines torments; neithercanwebe deliueredfromour griefs, but by, fufferingmoregriefe, nor freeour felues from thcfe kinds ofpunifhments, vnleffe webe contenttobee further punifhed. 4.Sec!I.IO. And thefe arefome offhdc manifold mifcrieswhich are Oftbe.mmrifold incident to thebody; the whicharcnot more in number, or arteries ofman fo grievous and pernicious in their nature and quality, as ix refPcEi of thofewhich trouble andtorment the mind. For finne is the bwjouh. fickneffe ofthe foule, and_therefore lookc with how many IobS.g. corruptions itisinfc&ed,and with fo many fpiritualldifez. fes it is endangered. The vnderflanding is fubieíl to the Icrao.t} blindneffe ofignorance; fo as wemay fay with theProphet, that we are beafis by our owne knowledge; feeing we nei- ther knowGod,nor his will,ourfelues,nor our owne foules. Ourwilles arecrooked and rebellions,and fowhirledabout with awilfull frenfie, as neither reafonnor religioncan rule or gouerne them.Ourmemories are fubiet4 toa fpirituall'le- ahargie,forgetting 11111 what we fhould remember, and-re- membrittgwhatweIhould forget. Our confciences areei- ther fickeofthe deadpalle, hauing no fettle or feeling of Godsmercies or judgements;or elfe full of melancholicke Teamsand terrours, fores and wounds, fo as they are ready .defperately tocrieout,when they haue the leafitouch. Our hearts
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