626 ?hatalworldly thing:are mutad/e andvxconfant. whohath a6fedhis part well in the reff ofhis life, fpoileth all in the lafi fcene, concluding an happie life in refpeé} of worldly profperity, with a fhamefull and miferabledeath. Onmia mode. Neither in truth is it any maruell that ourworldlyeflates rafLxafira0 fhould bee fo variable and vnconflant, feeingthe ground vela: in calco whereupon they Eland is fomoorifh and deceitful!; for euen !Dram lock ari- theworld it felfe is fickleand felfe ; and therefore as it is Ur. its ad altos ia- eîantar.Greg. poflìble to (land firmely on a dancing quagmire, or Readily Nazianz,de and immoueably in tottering fhip,whenit istoffedwith pauperum a. forgingwanes ina tempefluous(forme; fo is it alike impoffi- °1O`Q' ble to ground an vnchangeable elfate on this mutable world, or not to be mooed with this worldly earthquake. Yea roen thole things in the world which chiefly intitle profperity,are moll variable and fubieêcto change,- and like veto the dull railed by the wind, they are toad to and fro, and from one toanother, as it pleafeth Gods prouidence to dilpofe ofthem ; or vnto fhadowes and apparitions,which vanifh awayand flipbetweene the hands, when a man thin- keth to take fureff hold.So that this.idoll of worldly pro. fperity when iv.dothmof glorioufly Thine muff needsbee continuallyin danger-of falling and breaking,..feeingboth the matter thereof is (as it were) of brittleglaffe, and the bale or foundation whereon it Randethrotten and vncon Rant. And yetfuch is the follie of worldly men, yeafome timesaltoofGods dearefl fèruants,that when theyhauethis Pfa1.3o,9: eele in their hand they thinke they can hold it f(l,andare readyto fay in their profperity that they !hall neuer bee een.k,a, mooed. And as Eue thought that her fon Cainwould haue been a Purepofl-eflion,thoughheproueda runnag ate;fo they imagine that thefe births of their careful! braines, and fruits of their labours, will bee confiant andpermanent; whereas theeuent fhewcth,that (like beggers brats) they will not flay long in any place; and that Iike run-awayfer- uants . almofl euery ntoneth they- change their mailer. In Plurarch,Con- which refpe6Ti the conflancieofhumaine affairesis fitlycom- foiadApol. pared toahe mouing ofthecart wheele; the lowefl part be- ingwithin a while vppermou, and Toone after as low as it wasbefore.So thattheywho thinke to find Pure footing on this
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