Thevncertair .tieofobt:tiningvnorldlythings. 5 g have had in themfelues from time to time ; (}ill hoping for better, till they ceafc to bt-:. And though hauing pafi a great part ofiheir life they haue found no caufe why they (hould How men de. defire toflue ; yea haue inioyed fo fivall comfort andbeen lud.eih mes turmoded with fo many miferie=,that ifit were put to their wi rtu tbfol/ebopet. choice they would not care to hue, if they might hue no better; yet in hope ofamending their eftate, andofattain - ning vnto Tome new happineffe, which they haue not yet inioyed ; they are in lone with life and the world (fill; thoughcommonly they neuerobtaine the things hoped for; or iftheydo, yet they haue their new hopes fo attended on withnew miferies, that when they come they bring little comfort: for vpon the acceffe of new benefits which they haue long defired, either they lofethe old,which were more in number andbetter in worth ; or elfe are ouertakcn with forte vnthought ofeuils,which difWelcotne their new come guefts,and turne all their fweet intogall and bitterneffe.And as tholewho trauel,though theyhaue found thewáics which . theyhaue alreadie paffed,fouleandvncomfortable,and thole in which theyprefently arc, no more faire and pleafant, yet calling their eyes a good dillancebefore them, and teeing the fields greene and plaine in thew, conceive hope ofa- mendment,and imagine that they (stall end their iorneywith more delight; but all in vaine : for when they comevnto it, theyfind the groundwet androtten, and many flowes and lakes which before they approached them, they could not difcouer :fo we trauailing in ourpilgrimage, anti hauing in our traue ! experienceofthe miferics which we haue found in our childhoodand youth; feeingbefore vsriper and elder agefeemingly pleafanr, inrefpe&ofthatplentic and autho- ridewhich dothaccompanie them, together with the com- forts ofwifeand children, and fuch otherbenefits; doepre- fentlyconceivea deceiving hope offorce future happineffe,, , whenwe (hall enjoy thole things which fo long before we did expeei: but often we are altogether frufirateofour de- fires,orifwe actable vino them,wefind the fairefield in Phew tobe nothing inproofe burbogs and marifh grounds , and that the life which we fomuch liked, is fo full ofcares and feries,
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