That lborldly thing! aremomentanie andcorruptable. 6xx we eterirallylofethem whereasífwe loued then: aright, we world fend them before vs into hcauen, whither we £hall fltortly follow after, and they reooainewith vs, and we with them for euermore.. Finally,as worldlyhonorsand riches,fo altoworldly plea- 4,Sea, To. ttiresanddeli ghtsarefhort and momentanie; like vntode- Thatmorldty lightfuli drearnes, which pleafe for the prefent,but vanifh a- Pleafares are way when one awaketh:for when men with greatpaines and J1'ort andino labourhaueprocured for them(èlttes thefeworldly pleafures, mentant'. they are readie to forfake them, as Toone as they falute them, and to end in their fruition, dying (as it were) in the verie birth.Thusdo thepleafures ofeating anddrinking prefent- lyvanifh, as Toone as themeat and drinke is ("wallowed into the ftomacice; thus fports and paflimes are inioyed and en- ded in the famemoment; thus Tweet muficke delighteth on- lywhilefl iris in hearing, theplcafure and found atonce lea- uing vs; add finally, thusgoodlymaskes and fhewes, giue onlydelight whiledtheyare lookedvpon, and like appariti- ansno fooner appeare, then vanifh. In aword, though we fhould enjoyallworldly delights euen our whole life, Tome, fewdaiescxcepted, all that arepaffedwould not minifler a- nycomfort, to cheareand vphold vs in this (hort time of their ab(ènce, and fo is, all the:ioy ofpleafurestied to their pretence, that thoughwe íhould enioy them the ageofMe. Ecclefiaflicus thufelah, one homes aduerfitiewould make them all to be 51.17, forgotten,vnleffe theybecalled to mind,as arguméts tang grauate our prefent vnhappines, becaufenowwhen we need twitcomfort,we are forfakenofall our fanner delights.And this momentanie continuance of pleafures, is by Zophar plainly expreffed, wherehe obferueth, that ofold, and ester,lob1044. face Godplacedman vpon theearth, the reioycing ofthewicked bath beenfhort,andthat the ioyofhypocrites bath /agedbutfora moment. And theWife matrfamiliarly explaineth it,by com- paring thefe worldlydelights to the noife ofthornes vnder thepot,whichhowfoeuer for theinfantthey make a great crackling, anda gloriousblaze, yeteuery one knoweth,that Ecelef7 , . as theyare fuddenlykindled,fo alto they areas fuddenly ex- tinguifhed; for howfoeuer theydelight for theinftant, yet they :,.
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