Ofthefbortnetandfraittieofmans oflife. 637 dinariein theScriptures, to reckonmens linesby daies, and Plalme90.5o.. notby yecrs,to note their breuity:yea comparing them with eternity,they make them notfomuch as a minute; for fo the ApoftlePeter faith,that with the Lord,a thoufand yeeres are a.Peter 3.S. but as one day.And thus the Apohle lobocalleth al that time, Plalmc 9o+ from the firescommingofChriftin the flefh,vnto his fecund "es` i.tohnr.cB.. comming to iudgemenc,the lafthoure;wherbyime would in- timatevnto vs,that the worldscontinuancebeingcompared witheternity,is but.ofa few homes continuance,and that all the ref+being fpent,we are now come to the lati: and there- fore ifall this timebeing thus compared, is in refpe&ofeter- nitiebut a fhort houre, then furely a mans life according to thefameproportion is fcarce a minute. The fimilitudes alto which are vfed to expreffe thebreuity 45e67.3. ofmans life, arevery fignificant,and fitfor our purpofe;forit Thebrenitle of is copared to a a pilgrimage,which is not long in trauelling; mans lifeills- to a b warfare, which isfhort and full oftrouble ; tothe daies grated byfind- ofanchireling,whichas theyare commonlybut few, fo by ;`Genccnfg7..' reafonoftheir painesatid labour,irkefome and tedious:to the r.Chr.a9,t q dwind,vvhichfeldomehands long inone place, & euery day b 7.1. is in force likelihood ofchanging,that which now bloweth ` verle 7.. pafling awaywithout returning tothe flowerof the field, a Iob s4.a. which oneday flouritheth and thenext day withereth:to the Pfal.t o3.tg.t6c c gratfe, which in the morning growech in it full hrength, e Praline 90. p. . and is cut downe beforenight. All which fimilitudes implie, Efay 40,6. . thatmans life isbut(as it were)ofone daies continuance;like vntothofe creaturesneerePontus,whereofPlatarchmaketh Plutarch.Con- mention,whofelifeand the daybegin and endtogether; for fol.adApollon. at morning they arebred, at noone theycome to their full growth,& at cuening die withold age;for what isour child- hood,butamorning,ouryouth and ripe age the mid day,and our old agethe funfet andnight oflife? the which proporti- on holy lob feemedto aimeat,where he faith,thacevearebat offyetlerday, and fcarcely full out oftwo daiesflanding.But f Iob9.9. becaufe we are readie to flatter our felueswith a vaine hope oflong ltfe,and toimagine that eueryday ismany yeeres;the holy Ghohcompareth our liues tomanyother thingswhich areleffe thenofadales cótinuance;as unto g4vapear,thata¡t. r Iames 4,54« peareth M
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