TñevneertAinyofobta iningtrorldlythings. 589 to the fpirituall man, and toomuch difcomfort him in his way toheatten, being to trauellas in. adefolate vt'ildermeffe, and hauingno hopeofconuenient lodging, and comforta- ble entertainment as he is going on his iourney. Whereas hauing for the prefentbut an ill welcome to the world, and many an hungriemeale andhard lodging, yet frill being in hope ofbetter it leire firugleth and refifleth, but fuffereth him to goon,ifnot with morepatience and agreement, yet with leffe impatiencie andoppoliition. And thus you fee that though we fhould let our minds lf . vpon thefe worldly things, and purfue themwithall our en- That dlinge deauours and delires, yet wee are not lure to attaine unto do oftenby their them. But I may adde farther, that thefe who earneflly la- too earneflla- bour after thefe vanities,.donot onlymanytimes faile oftheir booring lofe the hopes, but doe therefore falle moll commonly becaufe of fruit Oki"' their too great earneflneffe, their toomuch delire hindering.bours. their obtaining the thingdefired, and their ouermuch halle volantas nîmia, in running afterthe things theydote vpon, making them to grain/pi neeat> hauebut the worfe (peed, whileil either they fall for want of takingheed, or runue pall the goale at vnawares, whilefl with vnprouident eagerneffe they thinke to preuent allo- ientament thers. Wherein we may fee the Wife mans obferuation veri.- fccedane. fled, Ireturned (faith he) and ffa:v under theSx0ne., that the EccleCS.rr. race isnot to the finift, nor the battaile totheflran , &c. For thofe whografpe mot}greedily thefe waterifh vanities, do hold leafi of them in their hands; and they who ferue the world with all paines,and laborious induflrie,areoftentimes by this vnthankfull mailer punifhed for their ouermuchdili- gence, andlofe their reward, becaufe they haue bin tooear- nefl intheir butnes, and ouer laboured themfelues in doing their worke, hauing now only their labour for their paires, and infiead oftheir wifhed wages, nothingelfe but griefe andmiferie.. Others there are whom theworld feentethto vfe with more fauour in the beginning, not only gluing them intertainment with a fmiling countenance, but alfa putting carnet} into theirhands, and afterCome feruicedone unto ir, payingthem liberally (as it were their firfl quarters, wages :but after they (being incouraged with this liberali pay)
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