OfthefPiritYall eu:It which accompany worldly things. 757 daies?But thus worldlings doplace altheir loue on9 things ofthis life ; and fettle their affectionson the world, purcha- fing, planting, and building here on earth, where they can make no tlay,but may todaybefore to morow be taken a- way, and leave all behind them;to be inioyed Cometimes by flrangers, &fomtimealfoby their enemies.Who but fooles and mad menwould continueI i! perfwaded of thar,which is continually and daily confuted by experience? But thus doeworldlings,who imagine that they shall line long, and attainevntoold age,yea immortalitie;notwithflandingthey daily feebothweake and flrong, young and old arreftcdby death,and twentic for one before they haue trauelled halfe their iourtaey; either in their childhood or fullftrength.Who but fooles and mad men, fpend their whole timein thole things,for the doing whereof they can giueno reafon,nor knownoend.of all their a&ions? but thus worldlings hue to old age,not knowingthe endwherefore theyliue,northe caufewhy they were lentinto the world ; namely, by their faithfull feruice toglorifieGod in their ownefaluation; and therefore they vtterly neglect this mainebulneffe, ofwhich they are ignorant,and fpend their whole time about world- lyvanities, and in performing feruice to finne and Saran. Whobutfoolesandmad menwould make Pale oftheirchief iewell,which is of infinie worth and value, for a bafe trifle which is vncertaine alto in the poffefiìon ? but thusdoe worldlings,by lying,(wearing,deceiuing,and.opprefling,fet their foules toPale, which is ofinfinit moreworth, then theMatk.8.36. whole world, foreuery (mall pittance ofworldly vanities, and(as it were) tomake themfelueskings ofa little mole- hill. Whobut foolesand madmenwould,becaufe they are aging the part ofa great monarch, contenne their owne Soueraigne,andproudly infult ouertheirfellowcs and com- panions,feeing withina fewhoures,they (hallbee againe e- quail with the meanefi? but this follie doe worldlinos fall into,whobeing for a moment in worldly pompe and pro- fperitie, defpife-theKing ofHeauen and Earth, and carrie themfeluesproudlyand difdainfully to their fellow feruants, who, when their partis a6 ed, and the night of deathap. C c c 3 prochcth,
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