93 Ofthe manifoldmiferiesofawnslife. cdiais yerefiaa vnto any;though theybe not yet happened :let them call tvi cidtregaodcni- mind, that commonly after a faire rummer, followeth afoule gaaasp17. winter, andabl uftringftormeafterafun-fhinecalme; that profperitie and aduerfitic haue their changes, and that na man but the true Chrittian canbe Paid to be happie before his death. But betides there miferies which refpe&iamans felfe, there are innumerable more whichrefpeEI his friends; and to fay nothing offall and pretendedloue,wherebymen proue molt pernicious enemies, whilef} they profetfe the greatefi friendfhip; to fay nothingofthe breaches, fallings out, andhot contentionswhichfometime happenbetweene thofe who are coupled in the neerc lbondofatnitie; and to paffe by all thole difcontents which are caufed through the default ofanypartie :howmany are the miferies which ac- companie true frienc'thip, cuenwhen it is mot}wifely inter: tained, and religioufly oblerued ? For whocan fee hisfriend thunder-itrucken,and not tremble at theblow?who canbe- hold himplungedinto anymiferie, and not in compaffîons, and fellow- feeling communicate with him in his griefes? who forroweth not at hisfriends loffes; who groneth not in his ficknclfe,and bleedeth notat hiswounds?Or though any manihouldbe Co happieas tohaue his friends alto exempted from there miferies, or fo potent to deliuer them; yet how is he affliéledwith his death, grteuing.with fò much more for- row, by howmuch he was more:worthie ofhisloue;andne- tierreioycing that he fo long had him, but lamenting-thathe bath now loft him, and that Tweet comfort which he took in his fociety?all whichmiferies though theybefomwhat eafed wish the contrai ycomforts, yet confidering that thegriefes ofthis lifedo fofarre exceed the ioyes,and thecroffes and af- fli6lion, the profits and delights,therefore it mufi needs fol- low, thathhewho hath moll friends, communicatesin moil miferies, and by compaffion and fellow-feeling participates inmoil griefesand perturbations. CHAP.
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