62 z That worldlythixgr oretnomeutanyandcorruptible. they perifh in the very tatting, and paffe away as Toone as theyare come, leaning behind themnothing but gr,efe and forrow, either betaute they were at all enioyed, or are fo bootie departed. So another doth moll liuelyexpreffe3 (hart tarriance ofthefe worldlypleafures, by comparing them to Grebor.Nyf letters written in the waters, which in the fame moment are fen.inEcclef. niadeanddefaced, noprint or imprellionofrhem being left Hotnf behind: for as in that, the paine is nolefic, then ifaman did write in latting parchment,but the continuance ofthe letters written no longer then they are in making; fo there goeth as great paine to the obtaining ofthefeworldlydelights, as ofthofewhich areheauenly and eternall,and yet the fruition lafleth no longer then the veryaél andoperation, and being once part, noprint or impreflion of them remaineth after them. And therefore feeing there worldly pleafures are fo momentanie, and offhort continuance; let as not let our hearts vpon them,but ratheraffe&and fecke for thole which &ohn tó.tx. are fpirituall and heauenly; for ifwe delight our lelues in the Lord, and in the fruition ofhismercies, vouchfafedvetovs in his SonneChrifl,our Sauiour himfclfehathaffured vs that this ioy (hall euer laft, and no man (hall be able to take it Pfalme ró.tt. from vs; and the Pfaimi ft telleth vs that thofe heauenly plea- fures which are at Gods right hand, endure for euermore. Efpecially let vs take heed that we do not compaffe vnlaw- full pleafures, or by vnlawfull meanes, or immoderately loue thole which in themfelues are lawful] ; for what follyand madnes were it, tohazard by fin the loffe ofmuch more ex- Pfaimeçn 67.cellentplca; ireswhichareerernall,forthefruition of there which areno leffe vaine then momentanie? yea to indanger our foules to euerlafling torments, for the prefent enioying ofthcíe fading delights? CxAr.
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