554 Ofthemiferiesaccompanyingworldythings. byand contentment coRnting with them : for what prepa- rations are required to delightful' fhcwes,rcuels, and pa- fimes? and what running and riding, toiling and moiling, catering and cooking, is neceifary for the prouifon of vuneceffarie dainties ? In fomuch as the epicurehimfelfe who made a god ofhisbellic,and an idol ofhispleafure,pre- Hieron.lib.a. fcribeth to his difciples for their chiefe diet, motes, ap- aduerl.louin ples,and ordinariemeares, which might bee procured with tom .. greatetl cafe; becaufe exquifite banquets, anddaintie fare, requiring for their preparation great care and labour, did bring vntomen morepaine and trouble in their getting,then plealure anddelight in their enjoying. In aword, whofocuer purchafe any ofthefe worldly vanities, they are faine to buy them at fohigh a rate, that if atthe firft view the price were fet vpon thefe deceitfull wares,all would pafîe by them, and not once cheapen them. 4.Sefis.ó. And thushaue I ¡hewed what miferies accompanie thefe That mens worldly things in refpeél of the paines which are taken in Pines inget' their getting. Now ifwe further confider that thefe weari- ihiñgr istcom. Tome labours of thebody,are commonly ioyned with the fin monlyaccera. of the foule, and that as they bring to the one temporarie pantedwith troubles, fo to the othereternal( torments,iftheybe notpre.. Anne. uented by ferious repentance, we may iuflly conclude that in this refpc& alto theyare truely miferable. For what greater miferiecan be imagined then to toile for that which isnot worth ourpaines, and after all our labour to glue our foules to boot, for the procuring of thefe triflingvanities? to fell our foulcsvnto finne,andby fin vnto dcath,which the whole world cannot redeetne whentheyareonce loft ?For ifitwill not profit vs by the loflèofthem to gaine the wholeworld, Mar. l 6.t6. as our Sauiour fpeaketh ; then how wretchedis theireftate, whofuPaine by finning this vnrecouerable loffe, for the ob- taining offome (-mall pittance, & flender (hare ofthe worlds vanities ?But who feethnot that fewofmanycompaffe thefe worldly things by honer} and lawful! meanes; buttake in- dire& and finfitll courfes for the atchieuing of their ends? Some wronging others by violence, oppreflion,trecherie, and fubtiltic, fraud and deceit ; and almofl all wronging themfelucs
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