610 That worldythings arentementanyandcorruptible. euery manwhoentrufleth thofe things which he gathereth &raard.in tothe earths cuflodie, is tterly ignorant towhom hegathe- Cantic.Serot. reth them,whethertothe confuming moath, or to ÿ vnder- So. mining theefè, or fpoylingenemy,or deuouringfire. In re- gard AA hereofhowfoeuer we may for force time bepoffeffed Nulls refrai ofthefeearthly things,yet we cannot hauethe fruition ofthé for anima cum with any quietnes of mind,or peaceablecomfort ; for asone libertate,nifi y++a frustur cum faith,thefouleninethnothi,oK \bithlrberty,vnlefreit enioy it with fecur tate:nemoÎecurity,&nomä cabefecure on thefruitio ofthore thins which asternfecurus ,ye efieemeth good; ifbee may lofe themwhether hewillor no. eflinyrbonis Seeing therefore thefe worldly things are momentanie gun pole') laut. and vncertaine,fromhence we gather that theyare not true- tu, e lib, great worth or excellencie ; for that Augutt.delib, ly good, nor of' any which is truelygood, as it cannot be receiucd vnwillingly, cap14. fo neither can it be vnwillinglyloll,but remained+ with the 4Se675 owners to theirperpetuall comfort; where as thefe worldly That the co,- vanities arebut of momentany continuance, andmay euery má tdlysthi gs day, whether we will or no,beetaken from vs, leaningbe- iaufd wcane hind thema proportionable forrow,according to the quan- our hearts from tity oftheir tùppofcdgoodnef'e; fo that though a mans ioy their fond lose. were neuerfogreat in their fruition, it fhall at their 1aí1 fare Potesauram well be matched, ifnotouermatched with bitter griefe.In perdue & uo ref ell whereofwhen this day of parting commeth, a man le+es,e3e. b -. P 3' P g numverògao would willingly delire, that his comforts and delights in 'veci bonus es, thole things whichhe formerly affcéóed had been leffe, that nee inuitusne- now allohe might haue lefle forrow. Whereby it appeareth opts nee ins: that therecan be no great ha ineffe in any thing which is tusamrtttr. but continuance, and that nothig is much Augufi tom. y g xo.Serm.sz. to be defiredwhich is mortali and mull end : becaufe when the time is once pall, though it haue been never fo long, it willappeare to thofe who looke backe vpon it, but as ame- ment ;and the greaterio it hathbrought in the fruitionythe greater griefe wit it alfo bring, becaufe at lad theyarede- priued ofit..Againe, feeing thefe worldly vanitiesare mo- mentany and vncertaine,from hence itncceffarily followeth that the hope,rconfidcnce, and comforts of worldly men, which arebuiltvponthisweakeand rotten foundation mull altobe vncertaine and deceitful). SoBildad faith, that theby- pyrites
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