OftheAortsrefeandfrailtie emus life. 64r yeahowmany tiles be on the canes ofhou feswhich weepaffe vnder, and to fomany dangersare we fubiedt. Ifwee walke in the countrie, we are inhazard to be incountered with brutifh creatures, andwith theeuesand robbers more cruell then they. Ifwe retire our felues into our well fencedgardens, we arenot there fecure, for among the fweetefl flowers oftentimes lieth Oadfguirjaaiit hid themofl hideous fnake.Ifwereflin our houfesin thenight contempfit are in perill ofcutthrotes and robbers ; or though we , tam tux domi- fafe from theeues, yet weare in danger ofall deuouring fire. If'¡t's eft. Scnec. we walke abrode inthe day,curry one thathateth vshath our hues athis command; andas one faith,whofoeuercontemneth his owne life, ismailer ofours. Ina word, bewe on fea or land, in citic or countrie, at home or abrode, waking or fleeping; death (fill like a iaylor waiteth vpon vs, till he beecommanded by the Lordchick Iufliceofheauenand earth,toarrefi, impri- fon, andbringvs to judgement. Now if any will obie `c1, that there are many which efcape the forenamed dangers,andgo- ing through themall vnhurt and vntouched, do fafely come to old age and naturali death : I anfw;ere, that many more doe fall into them; andANhy may not wee thinke to bee in thegreater number?manyefcape them, but allare lubief'c unto them; and that whichis incident toall,may happenvnto any :finally, ma- ny efcape fotne of thefe perils, but yet fall into others, and though today they are free from them all, yet to morrow they may be obnoxious to many.Byall which it appeareth, that our huesare notonly in themfeluesmomentany, but alto inrefpei; ofoutward accidents; and inward infirmities, vncertaine, and full offrailty; in regard whereof the Apoftle calleth our bodies a.Cor.s.t. earthly houles, whichwanting folid matter,andflrong princi- pals to fupport them, arc eafily ouerthrowne, or ofthemfelues in (bort timemoulder away; andin the fame place hee calleth them tabernacles, which (land not long anywhere, but are Bill flitting and remouing. And another maketh themmuch more fraile and brittle then glaffes,which though they be fubieet to many cafualties,yet may theyoutlàft the longeft liner. What (faithhe) is more brittle then a glaffe?and yet it maybeefo red Auguft.Senn. ferued,thatitmaycontinue for many ages; for though itbe t.tomS. indangered to a fall or knocke, yet not to a feuer, or oldage, whereas wee are more fraile, as being fubieó to the falsand T t knocks
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