640 Ofthefhartne1e andfradtte ofmanslifr. tie to continue this fhort time.For I prayyouhowmany,yea how innumerablebethe caufes which produce this one ri- led, fome whereofare internal!, and tome external! ? For fuppofe that we were exempted from all outward dangers, which notwithflanding doe in wholetroups befiege mans life, yet wee continually Barrie death in our owne bofotns. For looke how many kinds ofdilèafes therearewhereunto manslife is fubiedl,andfo many fecret enemies doe weehar- bourin our felues, which fight againfi our hues, and giuc death an calieenträce. Wearenot toocold,or toohor,with- out danger; hungerand exceffe arealike pernicious, feruing bothas harbingers to prouide death a lodging inour hearts; yeaeuery fmallcrumbe going awrie,maketh a breach wher- by deathmay enter and furprife vs. So that wee cannot faue our lines by fighting, becaufe wee nourifh fo many in vs whichare daily ready to betray vs; nor efcape by flighr,vn- lefl'e we could flee fromour felues, feeingwhether wewil or no,wecontinually carricthe enemies ofour lines about vs, yea withinvs. 4.Seci.5. But let it be fuppofed that therewerepeace at home; let vs Of the innume- imagine thatthere were within vs no fecret foe to fupplant Table dangers vs; yet how many open and outward enemies are (here, vntowbicb which are hourely ready to aflàult our liues; ifthe great mans Commander dobut luelgneofbattel ?Fortofa nothing dailyfabita. g a Y g ofcommoncalamities, which hang ouer whole common- wealths, asfamine, fword, and peflilence, which are Gods publickeheraldsto denounceagainll vs war and deflrudlion,: howmany priuie waies are there whereby death commeth vntovs,yea wevntodeath ? Forwhich way can we turne vs, what adlionor enterprife can we take inhand,but that there is fome danger, that deathwil encountervs ?Ifwetake fhip, we are buta few inches diflant fromdeath, the irntnoueable rockes, and the Imitablewinds, the ouerflocvingwaues,and (wallowing lands, the tempeftuons fiormes,and fpoiling py- rats haue our hues at their mercy& command .Ifwe flay on the land, weare daily obnoxious to no fewer perils ; if wee takehorfe, our hues are in danger entry time he flumbleth ;. ifwego in theflreets, looke howmany carts andcoches we meer,
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