&9 2. ,7bat.worldly things aremomentany andcorruptible. 1Bternueprimi. he isallured vntò fin, he will be ready to fay with that godly fie .etermu.Si athcr: The eternal God I:atbprarnifedmeeterna/I ioyei; andiff ertdrde.a, cx beleenehim,lafroofamertallmanfhalbemade etemail:why the' ,rortait1ram O impure ivarld,irhy then doofi thonmutter in mineca'es thybe .tcrsui,&C. witching charmes?r;bydog thoufee(tofeducemeout ofthe right geR.Tom.to, Svm..19. ia n^ay?th?uwouldeft forloueofthee withholdmefrö eternity, and 1,uc.1.8. yet thy (elfart ready toperi(h.0what rrauldefl thoudoifthy ioier *erepermunent ?ifthoulb?retruly fweet, Whomwouldell thou notdeceitee;;: hen to being bit ter,thou counterfeit eftplealing non- riJhrrent ? And yet though the world were fincerely fweete, without the mixtureofanygall ofmiferie, there were little reafon,whywe fhould match it in Our louewith our gratious God, teeing it were ail but a drop in comparifon ofthis infi- nit ocean offweetnes;if thiscreature fhould endure for euer, yet howmuch more fhould we loue the Creator,fromwhom ithath;receiued all it goodncs, as alittle fparke from a great fire? howmuchmore then fhould we now negleelit in cotn- parifon ofthat infinit goodnes,feeing his fweetesare bitter- nes?&if in reape&ofhim,we might well contemne it though it were permanent; let vs nowmuch more contemneit, be- caufe iris tranfitorie. And fceing asthe Apollle fpeaketh,. he Galath.n.s. thatfoweth tohú fleJh,/hálofhieffefh reape corruption,let vslow to thefirit, that ofthe ffririt wemay reape lrfeeuerlaFling. 4.Sea 6. But letvs confiderthevanityofvvorldlythingsinthefpe- Thac.rsoridlyho. gallinfiances. And (irA, what can be more vncertaineand norsaremo- momentanie then honors and preferments,which though mimetic and they (.land againfitheviolence ofoutward accidents,yet of- vncertaine Centimes fall with their owne waight? for howmany are there, whohawing with great paines climedvp Rep by fiep theladderofhonor,are in amoment cal downebya fuperi- «our power into the lowefl degree ofdifgrate andcontempt? hown9anyhauing veithmuch fweat and labour afcendedal- mofi to the highefl topofthe (eepecraggierockeofhonor and glorie, domille their footing,andfo tumbledowne into thelowefibottotne ofa defpifed condition?Looke vpon the example ofourfirfiparents, who not content with the glo- rious condition ofthemoll excellentcreatures, but *liming higher,andafpiring to the glorie. oftheir Creator, gota fall as. 9
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