668 'nut theworldandworldly lTiiii saremomentary; §,Seta.;. Andas the world s momentanyandcorruptible; Co much That all wer1Aly moreare al thethings therin contained, efpecially if wecon- things areme- fiderthem inour vfe and fruition ; for whereas all things in wrrw abietd the world arepaft,prefent,orto come; that which is pall is P perithed, and as though it werenot; that which is to come, is vncertaine, hauing not yethis being; and therefore we can truelybePaid onely toenioy theprefent, which ismomenta- ny and ready to vanifh.In refpeet ofwhichmomentanycon. tinuanceofworldly things, they may fitly bee compared to fieriemeteors,which make for the inftant a glorious thew, but are inflamed andextinguithedin the fame moment; to the vncertaine winds,which.ftddenly blow, and fuddenly ceafe ; to deceitfull dreames, which bring a feewing fhort pleafure, but vanilla whenoneawaketh;and to the houles, eaflles,and chara6ters which children in their playdoe make in the fands,which eitherare ouerthrownc and defacedwith Nazianz.de eueryblaft ofwind, or wathed awaywith the next tide. The pauperum author of the booke ofWifedome hkeneth the riches, smote. pompeand gloryofthe world, to the palling awayofa fha- dow, or poft, andto the paffage ofa fhip which glideth ouer the waucs,and being gone by, leauethno trace or path be.. hind it in the flouds, ortoa bird that flieth in the aire,andno Wifd4.8,9,to. man feeth any token ofher paffage, orfinally to an arrow t t.ts. (hot at a marke, and parting the aire, which immediately commeth together againe, fo that no mancan know where ChryfolLin itwent thorow. Another demanding what humane things Hebrzos6. are ; anfwereth,that theyareas duff and afhes before the face üomtl.p. of the wind, a fnoke and a lhadow, flowers and falling leaues, adreame,and tale told, awind andloft aire fiuidenly vanifhi ng, flying wings, and running water, or fo neother thing yet more momentany and vncertaine. And in truth who Teeth not that thefe worldly things do flow and reflow like the fea,there following prefently after afull tide ofprof= peritie, a low ebbe ofaduerfitie ; after a bright day ofioy,a darke night of forrow; after faire weather, and apleafmg calme ofcomfort,a bluflering florme,and turbulent tempeft ofcroffes and afili&ions, afterabright full of mirthand de- light, the darke waine offorrow and difcontentment ; in re- gard
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