Ofthefhortneffe andfrailtieofmans life. 65 t+ whenwith all.ourlabour and care we hautaduanced our (clues, and by our proud ambition, haue mounted aloft veto the high ell pitch of worldly glory, wee haue in thisflue no mannerof flay,but when death commcrh,and clippeth our foaring wings, . we prefently fall into the lowefl condition, and become infe- riour to the tneanefiliuing creature; for a liuing dog isbetter then a dead lion,as the Wife' manfpeaketh;rherefore,Ifay,let vs notfet our hearts on that, withwhich wee cannot flay, nor Iob t4.2t.. yet when wemat leave it,haue thepower tobequeath it to our poflerity:for as fob fpeaketh, when as heewho is aduanced in the world pafeth away ,he knowethvet ifhes fonnes Jhallbebayou_ rake, neither¡hall he vnderfand concerning them, whether they Jhall beof lowdegree. But let vs fet our hearts and affe6Iionsvp- on thofe heauenly honours, and eternali glory, which as they. will neuer leave vs, fo (hall we neuer be takenfrom them. Andthis alto is the condition ofthem who abound in all 4.Secei.I3 worldly wealth; forhowfoeuer rich memtrufling in their idol That the rich theearthly mammon, promifevnto themfelues long life, and mans life is fay with the foole in theGofpell,fatale thouhalt muchgoods laidraarned vn- vpfor manyyeeres,liueat cafe, Bate, drinke, andrake thy pleafore, Luk. 2.29.2r. . yet in the fame night God is ready to take away their foules, and toplace their fubflance inother mens poffeflions. Hpwfo- euer they imagine,that their bottles and habitations fhallcSnti- nue for euer,euenfromgeneration togeneration,and thereforecall their landsby their ownenames ; yet theyfhallnot continue in their elate, but ShallbeOs the beafts thatperifh, as the Pfalmifl fpea- Pfal.0.12.22. keth. 'So leremie faith, that bee whogetteth riches and not by Iert7tt right,fballleaue them in themiddefi ofhis daies, andat his end¡hall beafoole. And in this refpeßl the Apofile lames compareth rich Iam.r.ro.t r. men, toeleflow'er of the field, which vanifbethaway ; for aswhen thefannerifithwithheate, then thegrafwithereth,and theflolber fallethaway,and thebeautteof the fafhion ofit perifheth:evenfo ¡hallthe rich man fadewayin all his waies. And this Baruchob- ferued in the experience ofhis times; Where (faithhe) are the Baruch 3.x6. princes oftheheathen, that hoarded vpAuer andgoldwherein men 27.19. trufi, and made none end of their gathering? They are come to nought,and gonedonne to hell, andothermen arecome vp in their Reads. Whereby it appeareth that worldlywealth is no trueri ches,.for then itwouldmakevs eternallyhappre ;nor wee true owners 4
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