53$ Of themanifoldmifriesnik choreincidentto.Raazet. (Lifer - fhipwracke, and are deuoured.of thefe inticing Sy- rens:;and they whoefcapewith life, are fo {baleen andflhac- tercd, fo full of'cakes and rifts, that with much paines and diffrcultietheyarriue at the hauenoffafety; wheretheyhaul iufl caufe to fpend the remainder of their daies, in bitter re- pentance_lamenting the errours, and ill-guided courfesof their finfull and vnbridledyouth. OrifGodgiue themgrace to:refrlltheir paillons in their full flrength; how tediousaud troublefome is their taske ? with how many folles and wounds doe they obraine the vielorie? howoften are they ready toyeeld, and to Tookebacke to Sodome with firong defresof inioying her finfull pleafures? Finally, howhard and,difl?cultdoe theyfind it to refifl:their naturali corrupti- ons in theirfull vigour,to fpend theirtime in falling, watch- ing,reading, hearing, and praying, when as corrupt nature withher full flrength haleth there tovaine pleafuresatad fin- full delights ? it beingas our Sauiour Chrift faith allone, as iftheyfhouldpluckeout theireyes, cut offtheir right hand and Foote, mortifie their members, denie themfclues, and voluntariliebeare the croflc,.vpon which their owne bodies mull be crucified. 4.S c74. And thefe,with manymore,are theerrours, vanities, and ofrhemiferies euils which accompanie youth, wherewithmen beingtired incident unto and wearied doe delireto attaine unto ripe and erfe&a e man an basperS that they may hake offall thcfe infirmitiiesandinconueni- jeRage. ences, andfpendthe remainderoftheirlines in a Cededand well gouerned eflace,vnder the guideofreafon,and conduót ofwifedome.Butwhen theyhaue their wifh,they find them- felues no more happie, orieffe miferable then they werebe- fore,hauing onely changed theirculls and troubles for thcfe which aregreater, leffe pleafant,andmore burthenfome and intolerable. For(till they remainefubie6t,and inbonda eto their affe6tionsand paffions,and are notfreed from the ferui- tude ofthem all,but onely haue changed their mailers : And this alone difference there is,that thepallions and affe6tions ofyouth arcmore hot, raíh, and violent, and confequently morevnconflant, fhort and momentanie ; whereas thofeto which thisperfetage is fubief, are fomewhac more flayed and
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