Ofthe nsiferiet which aecaaapanieworldly things y77 ing their pleafures, they lofe their credit and reputation, wheneither they are in themfelues vnlawfull, or in theirvfe immoderate ? What inward pangs feele they, when their confciences tell them that their voluptuous courfes will not agree with religion, and the feare of God, no noryet with ciuilityand common honefly? and what remorfe and flings ofrepentancedoe they endure, whenthe fwectneffè oftheir pleafures are ouerpaft; though they are fobewitched with thelepleafingforceries, that with the drunkard in the Pro- uerbs, afterthey haue found themfelues ficke, and furfettcd Pro.n3.3 f. - oftheir delights, andeuenbeaten with the fcourges ofmany miferies, they continue in their voluptuous courfes, and with no leffefondnes then beforedote vpon their pleafures? Finally, whereas the temperate man who hath learned to abound and to want, cloth fecurely enioyhis delights, as not greatly valuing them, becaufe bee can as well bee without . them as with them; contrariwilehee that is voluptuous, ha- cling lèthis heart vpon chele bewitchingvanities, and made an idoli ofhis pleafures, is in continual! feareoflofing that which hee fo much loueth; andwhen hee aboundeth with thofe thingswhich his heart defireth, his reioicing is not fo great in their fruition, as hisfeares, ieloufies, and fufpitions, left in time to come,hee fhouldbee depriued of them. And howfoeuerchelecarnall pleafures are but bale vanities and childifh toies ; yetmen fetting their hearts vpon them, they become great,not in themfelues,but inopinion,which is the chicle mealureofworldly exceltencie. Which opinionas it maketh them to inioy themwith loue; fo it caufeth them to keepe themwith feare; like little children,whichwith no leffe care watch ouer their worchleffe trifles, then if they werethemoft precious iewels,and richeft trcafures. But hauing fufhicientlyfhewcd the miferies whichare in- 4.Se0. I7. cidentvntothefeworldly things, whilefi they are incufiody71)wirer andpoffffion ; let vs now in the halt place confider, that as uie =oorlà theyare gottenwith labour, andkept with care, fo they are Pÿ¿,,,,5 rohe>, loll wichforrowand bitter griefe; for men hauingaduan - thìyare loft. ced them infinitely aboue their worth, both in their judge- ment and affedlion, and made them their Idols, vponwhom P p they
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