.00 646 Ofthe/bartnef andfr4i1t7ofmax.r life. it;for howfocuertime to come may feeme long in approching, andwhen itiscome,fomewhat long in fpending; yetifwe look backvpon it whé it is oncepaffed, itvani(heth in the view,and appeareth as nothingr neither in this regard is thereany great difference, betwcene that age or time which is,long, and that which isfhorr,ifwelookevpon them when they areboth paf fed;lor aswe can takeno fallerhold on a great fliadow,then on a letfe,both alike in a moment vanifhing outof our fight; fo the lougell life,wh it is oncefpent,isall one with the fhortefi:nei- uod tam diu ther doth it profit orcontent vs anymore,or affordunto vs bet- vixerat,quid ter hold for our further continuance, then ifwe had fitted only profuifct ei, fi to the time\ofchildhood.Now the reafonwhy man,Gods moil Adam hodiè excellent creature onearth, and created after his ovine image,, ;nordtms Oct t mould be fubieclto thismortality, andoffo momentanie and 9.iddiur/t,w iaio thortcontinuance isnotoriginall in the Lord that made him, bs rIU origina ly Auguft.ferm. who being infinit in all eternity, could haue given tohis crea_ .it.: Torn. to. . turc an cuerlafling being; but in man hitnfelkwhohauing the free choice ofdeathand itmnortality,chofe the worfeepart,and preferredthe path ofdeath, before theway oflife ;. for theLord Gen.a t7. hauing threatned man,that in theday which he tranfgreffed his and 3,19. Commandcment,he thould die the death; he notwithßtanding > uiaPeecator finned,& fofinning died.And (as one faith)becaufe finfullman ham b on- wouldnot flay in the placeoftrue happines where he was crea- dirmfuit, bit ted,_God would not fuffer him to remaine long in the place of very vbi cecidit his fuppofed happines,where he was fallen : and becaufe hewil diu effeprohibe. lingly loll his countrey, whichhe fhould haue loued, he is vn- tur,&c.Greg. willingly dráwne out ofthis place of his pilgrimage, which Moral.hb. t cap.4. (thoughvndeferuedly) he loueth toomuch. c..Sea.9. And thus haue I fhewed that thefe worldly thingsare not That by reafon much to be defired; becaufe though they werepermanent, and afteefhortnes would for euer flaywith vs,yetwe aremortalland momentany, ofour times, all and therefore cannot flay longwith them:for though men let k Things ar toeternize their houfes,and labour to multiplie their pleafures, meetaaine vn- fo as thematter ofthem may continue for manyages;& though to vs, they turneall their come intolaulinggold, & furnifli theirhoue feswith moti drrable flue, &haue all their lands in free-hold, fee- Pimple,&as inheritances for euer;yetall thefe are butnames, and titles, wherewith theydelude themfelues, and the worlds icchcrafts whereby he intanglethhis foolifh followers, with fottifL 1
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