-638 Ofthefhortnefv andfrailtyofmant life. pearethfor alittle time, and afterwardsvani/herb away : to a * IobaoS dreame,which vaniihethas Toone as a man awaketh : to a k Iob9:aS.a6. "k poll,«hich pafleth by in all hafie,and makethno flay rill he come to his iorneyes end; to the mo11 fwift h flvp;,and to the h Eagle, which flying to feaze vpon the prey, doubleth her and7.9. ordinary fpeed : to a , cloud which is fuddenly blowne away with the wind,or elk diffoluedor dried vpwith theSun : to k pl'l 1°2.4- the k fmoake,which whilefl it afcendeth vanifheth ; to the fwiftpaffageofatweauersfhuttle, which in a moment paf- Pf line 39. %feth from hand to hand; to am fpan in length,which is mea- lured in an inflanr.And as though theft reali thingswere not fufficient to expreffe the fhortnes andvanity ofmans life; it o.x9.rS is compared all()to a e fhadow,which hath neither fubflance Iob r4.2 544 norcontinuance; &to the fwiftnes ofa o thought,which far e Pfalme90.9. exceedeth in fpeed al othermotions:yea as ifany thing were too fubflantial toexpreliefufficiently the momentanyfhort- nesofit, it iscompared tovanitie, which is nothing; for fo rPfal.144.4. Dauid fa ith,that P man is like tovanity,hiedaiesare like a f,a- dounwhichvanißieth : and it is not onlyfaid by way of fimili- cude, that mans life is like tovanitie, but that it is vanitie it Iob7.3. (elle ; for fo l4 faith, thathe 9 hadat an inheritance the mo- nether ofvanity; yea not onlymans life, but altohimfelfe in regard ofhis vnconflancy and mortality is calledvanity,and that whenhe is inhisbell condition;for fo the Pfalmiflfaith, r Pfalme 39.5. that r emeryma,, in hts bellofate id (not only in part,& in Tome refpeéls,but)alto«ethervanity : and as though this nothing were yet toomuch,he contenteth not himfelfto fay,that the children ofinen arevanity, but that ifvanity and they were laid vpon the balance,vanity it felfe would ouerpoyfe them.: Pfalme 62'9.' The childrenafinen (faith he) are vanity, the chiefe menare lies, to lay them vpanabalance, theyarealtogether lighter then vanitie.The which vanity, euenanHeathen manbeing defi- rous to expreffe,thoughtit not enough to cal the life ofman, Pindarus spud a fhadow ora dreame,but ioyneth both together, &calleth Plutarch, it a dreame ofa fhadow.Now ifa thoufand yeeres in cópari- Pfaimc 90.4. fon ofeternity,beasÿPfalmiflfpeaketh,butas yellerday,and asa watch in the night;and as a few drops ofraine to thelea, andz graine.ofgrauell, in comparifon ofthe fand,asthe Son of
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