That allliorldly thing:aremt:takeandvnconffánt. 63 3 dermine our peace:; fo that they whohaue them, are bett oneuery fide with familiarand chamber foes,.and inuironed withdomeflicall enemies :but rather let vs fix our minds on thofe firme treafures referued for vs in Gods kingdome, which are permanent and perpetuall euen toeternity. Finally, there is nomore conflancieor leffe mutability in ,Sea& worldly pleaftres; for though there be alwaiesworldlymen That worldly and worldlydelights, yet are they neuer afcertained the one pleafares are to the other ;but as men change theirpleafures,fopleafures flèíÌ ont,and change men, and euery handwhile leauing the old, they are chaxge. ready to betake them to newmailers. Some vvaire not fo much vponmen themfelues, as vpon their age :as for exam- ple,fome attend vponinfancy,andleaue themin theiryouth fome delight them in their youth, and forfake themwhen theycome to full maturity, and fome accompanie them in theirfull ftrength, and will by no meaneshay the approchof old age.Othersare tied to feuerall times of the yeere,as to fpring, automne, fummer, winter, andbring great delight when they are vfed in their feafon ; but failing herein they change their nature,andbecome irkfomeand tedious.Andas for thofe pleafureswhich arevfuall and daily, delighting all perfons,andat all times, we feevnto what commonmutati- on they are fubieól-,laflingno lònger but for the prefent,and then degenerating into tedious moleflations and.cumber- fomeburthens. Thusmeares and drinkes delightfor the in- flant,butafterfurchargingthe flomacke, they recompense an homes pleafure,with awhole daiespaint. And plea- fures ofthe flefh are but of motnentanie continuance,and fuddenlyimpaire the flrength;and bring the body tomany infirmities-,and much weakeneffe.Beídes which loffeoffpe- ciall delights, how manydo we daily fee, who abounding in all maileroffenfuall pleafures, are foone afterabandoned ofthem all,and fpend theremainderof their daies in mifery and mourning?and though they remaine in their iudgement.: and affeelion epicuresflili,making their bellie their god,and theworld theirparadife,yetfind their idol whom they ferne, fo auerfe towards them, that ofneccfty, whether theywill or no, theyare robbed of all pleafures, and paffe their time- in
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