544 Ofthemiferies whichare incident redefteter. greatncffe ofhis care and pairies; encreafeth his feeres, and expofes him to greaterdangers, not onelyof Torraine force, but an of fecrec confpiracies, and hidden treacherie. Doth a man liue as a merchant ? hee liueth (as one faith) .neither among the lining nor the dead, there being in hisbell healthbutaninch ietweenehim and death; his per- fonand goods are often at the mercie ofthe vnmcrciful! feas,andmore mercileffe pyrats; and llandeth at the deuo- tion offorraine potentates, andbarbarous people. Is bee a tradefinan? his honeflydependethvponthe credit ofother men, failing when it falles; his f}ate is continually endange- red withbaddebters,who dccayin ,bring bins an confine, andvfuallyhe is fo prodigal! in ging creditto others, that inthe endheleaueth not any for himfelfe. Is bee a lawyer? he fcllethhis breath, ifnot his honefly and truth; hee lofetk hispcace,infinding his profit, and fpendetha great part of his time in wrangling and contending, whilefi bee preten- deth toaccorddifferences, and decide cotrtrouerfies. Is he a husbandman? his life is a continual! toile,andafter all his labour he is flill in leave oflof,ng all by vnfcafonable wea- ther,onewhile complaining ofrain,and another ofdrought, nowoftoomuch heave, andToone afterof frofls andcold; one yeereofmildewes andblafling,and another ofwormes, cankers and caterpillers. Ina word, there is in this worldno mansellatefohappie,but betides the innumerablemiferies which are incident to all mankind, he bath many cuils pro- per and peculiar to his particular callingandcondition. ii.Se1.3. Nowifanythink that chriflianity,& the true teere ofGod offome fpecialI will exempt menfrom this miferie, and aduance vntohappi- worldly mile- neffe ; let him know, that howfocuer this eflate doth bring vie speesliar with it filch inward comforts, as will notfuffr thena bymi rotrue chri- ferie,itfelfetobemademifcrable,yet in refpe&offree'dome Pans. from themifcrics ofthis life, theybane but little priuiledge aboue others,and aslittle prefermentinworldlyh3ppincfle; foas theymay truely layof their f_licitic, as Chrifl of his kingdome, that it is not of this world, but referued in the heauens. Yea rather(ferting afide our fpiriruall comforts, 1.Cor.15. rg, and future hopes) that they ofall men arc moll tciferable,as the
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