648 Oftheßhortnefe4ndfrailtyofmanrlcfe. and lands, who are nowDrippedofall? and whereas formerly theyioyned,houfe to houfe, and land toland, as though they could norindure a neighbour, but would (as theProphet fpea. keth)dwell alone in the thiddeDof the earth ; yet are theynow contentedwith leffc then fetter' foot of ground; and to haue a multitudedweilingwiththeminalittlep lot. Howmanyhaue we:feene pairing their time in pleafures -and delights, eating and drinkingdelicateandcoDly meates and drinks, incurious Luk.6.á5. and more cofily veffell and plate, fpending their dales in hun- tingand hawking, laughing and(porting, dancing and -.reuel- ling, who are nowby deathDripped of all their ioyes, and in all likelihood haue changed them for torments and miferies,, weeping andgnafhing ofteeth, eternal! woeand the forrowes ofhell ?How many haue pampred their bodies, that noware the meare of filthie wormes ; and glorioufly adorned their backes in rich apparell, that are now courted with rotenneffe and corruption,and that haue filled theareaswith their fweet fmelling perfumes, that now would fill them with a greater (tench? And finally, who exceeded all their neighbours.in all manner ofworldlyprofperity, who being now deadtogether, are all lòalike, that no differenceat all canbee madebetweene Auguft.toi them. Looke (faithone) into thegraues of thefe great world- r oserm.z81. lints, and feeifyou can difcerne anyprint oftheir gaffedpride, or anyliigne remainingoftheir riches and !wrueioufneffe. En- quire nowwhere is their glorious appareil, their eaDerneo- dours, their delightful) maskes and fhewes, their great retinue, and manyfuters; their colly banquets, loud laughter, game- fomentirtb, and immoderate and vnbrideled delights? whi- therare they nowal gone,and what isbecomeofthem ? where is all their worldlyprofpetity, and whereare they themfelues? What end is there nowof both ?Come neere and fearch their fepulchres, andbehold there is nothingbut dull, and the filthiç reliquesofthe wormes feall :for chis is the end of all humane Cbryfoftin bodies,aswe! of ihofe who haue lead theirhues in pleafure and Luc.&dcLa-dcli hts,asofchorewhohauepagedtheirdaies inpainefullla- 2apo Con- r. bour. Inwhich refpe6i the world is fitly compared toa llage, cio.z. and the lifeofman toa play, laDinga little longer thenthe or- d inarie time. For as in themoneadteth the part ofaking, ano tiler ofa beer ofawifecounfellor, and another ofana turali.
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