fz Ofthe mifereesactomparingworldything!: extremedanger gotten and obtained; yet men willingly take all this paines 'and boldly hazard themfelues toall thcfe perils : But thoughgrace be freelyoffered without money, andheatienopened to all that defire, andbut thine toenter; yet the moll ncgle& the one, as not worth the receiuing; andiofe theother, becaufe theyhadrather not haue it, then take theleafi paines in travelling to ir. Yea fo aremen befot ted with theloue ofworldly vanities, that they take all thefe paines and endure thefe re(tieffe labourswith pleafure and delight, whichothcrwife would be intolerable; and asit is laid ofJacob louing Rachel, they thinke manyyeeres but a fewdales which is fpentin compaffîng thele things which they fo fondly affeël, that ifthis dotagefupported them not, wouldbe irkfomely tedious.They are in fuchhaft in running after theft trifles, that tho,.gh they tread vpon prickles and briars they feele nohurt; fogreatly do they thirfiafterthefe worldly vanities, that though they bee made bitter with toilefome labour,yet they gt eedily fwallow Themwith plea- ting delight; andas the axe accutlomed todraw intheyoke, Both after he is loofed, againo yeeld,hisnecke vnto it ofhis owne accord,without compalfion;fothefemenbeing inured totheworlds flauerie, though they were let at libertie out ofthis thraldome, wouldagain voluntarily take vpon them theyokeofferuitude, and weare themfelues out with toile. force labour,to amine the vncertainpoffeffionof thefe mo. merrtany vanities. 1Se.S' Andthus doeambitious men takeinfinitepaines in attai. of thentifnrer pingvnto worldly glory and preferments ; for it is the feed iecident to the oflabour whichbringeth forth the fruit ofhonour ; and hee getting,of he who.will atcaine unto it mull be content to endure toiiefom aours,richer, paines, andtorunne himfelfe into defperate perils, heemull laboiisjemen, fpend the day in reflleffe traucls, and the night in care. Jis>sorit/eget. full watching, plotting thoft policies which thenext day he will put in pra&ife, for the atchieuing or preferuing of honour andaduancement;like a common feruant he is whol. ly takenvp by other mens butineffes,his fleepe isbroken by f niters,ifuot byhis ownecares; his recreations are inter- ruptedwithaf£airesof State, and wrplef3 he becommetho- riser
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