0faremaNifoldmiferiesofmantl f% ç hearts arethe harborow ofalmoft all difeafes,there lodgeth thefwelling tumor ofpride,the wolle ofambition,thedrop. fieofcouetoufnefl 'e, the madneffeofanger, and burningk neroffuriousreuenge.Initdwelleth our tumultuous pafl'i- ons,which continually rebell againft reafon,.and deniefub- le&ïon to God andhis law; there is the feate ofcarnall loue, which fetteth theheart on.firewith the thing loued, andvex eth:it with continualitorment when it cannot.enioyit;there dwelleth enuieand hatred, throne tormenting a man with anothers happineffe, the other turmoiling him in plotting andcontriuing his- neighbours ruine,makinghimfelfe pre- fently miferable,becaufe bee would haueanother fo in i ime to come. In it is tnirthand mourning, toy and forrow, the onepullingopen theheart,and letting in much v. the other contra6ing and (hutting it,that it may keepe out all comfort and contentment, and both like rackets tolling a maninterchangeablie the one to theother, till heebee tired, andevenworne outwithwearinefl"e.There harboreth hope, thegreat deceiuer ofmankind, which maketh himcontinu- allyytoexpe&better, thoughhe (liltfindcth work ;and eau- kebhim daily tobeleeue it,and to refreflihis foulewith falfe eomforts,afterithach ten thoufaiid times failed him, andin- numerably oftendefrauded his hungric defires.And thereal- fo dwellethfeare, which maketh a man prefently miferable becaufehe leecha pollibilityoffuture miferie, and tormen- techhimnot onely by aggrauatingthofeeuils whichare pre- fent,but alfo by recalling thofe whichare pail, andbyanti. cipating., and prefent apprehending thole which are to come, tnanywhereofarenothing fo griettous felt as feared, andmany neuerhappeningat all : and yet thefe falle fearer beget true forrowes, and cauleno lefl'e griefe though they neuerhappen, then iftheywere already happened, killinga man withan emptie found, and as itwere with paper-Eliot, and making him miferable in truth, becaufe lice is fo in his owneconceite. Wherein we are muchmore wretched then the brutifh creatures ; for they forget euils pall, and flic irom thofe whichareprefent, and homing efcaped are"lecure fordistil= tocome, quietly enioyingtheirprefent delights M m without
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