Ofthemanifoldmiferie.r emusl fe. S31 firength,which is allotted to indufirie and labour; and yet whenwe haueputour band vpon the plow,pleafiireclapping vs on the backe,maketh vs looke behind vs, and leaning our profit to follow our delights. Thuswe delire theeafe ofa fo- litarie life, but loath,negle &and contempt, and are in loue with the refpeI that accompanieth a6lion,but hate the care and labour. Thus wie delire the multiplication ofour yeeres, but feareoldage and death, as thoughwe would be aiwaies trauelling,and neuerbe the forwarder in our way, and baue a dailyaddition, without any increafe; for what is old age but the multiplication ofmany yeeres?and what is death but the hauenvetowhich we faile, and the iorneyesend vnto which weare alwaies trauelling ?Thuswe louelearning and wifdome,but loath the paillesofiludie and obferuation ; we delire to be ridofthe tedious troubles oflife, but prefent- ly vnfay that wee haue laid, being incountred with the feare ofdeath. And finally, we are rauifhed with ioy when we thinke ofthe fruitionofGod, and the kingdomeof hea- uen, but whenwe heare that wemuff: fell that wehaue, and giue to the poote, foi fake all, take vpour crofhe andfollow Chrifi, we go away forrow full ; we would be conformable vnto Chrifi in glorie, but not in his fufferings, and fit vpon his throneon his right hand andon his left, but we cannot indure todrinke with him in the cupofaf liaiontand tocon- elude, we do not fooner with oneaffeólion delire any thing, thenwe are firaightready to vnwifh our wifhes,by reafonof fome inconueniences whichcroffe another. And thus haue I fhewcd the manifold miferies which are §.Sec! i generally incident to mankind, in refpe& of themfelues. olti-emifcries From which ifany plead immunitie,andthat hebathnot yet ofman, life in drunkeofthisbitter cup, let himknow that he is only rcpri- rrIpeaof His tied and not acquitted; andhowfoeuer he is not brought out fritnds to execution, yet thefentenceofcondemnation beingpalled vpon him,asw'ell as vpon others,he doth but flay the lunges .pleafhre till he calleth him forth. Let himconfider that lay- ling in this world, as it were in a feaofmiferies,bemay fora timeefcape the tempefi, but neuer the feareand danger; and that thefemiferies which are incident vntoall, may happen Mm 2 unto
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