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Of
the World;
but
the Sirens fotig,which allureth
vs
to
make
íhipwrack
of"'
ourfoules
on the
rockes
of
finne,
and while
it
tickleth
the
care
it
woundeth
vs
to the
very
heart
;that
though
the
cup
which it
offereth bee
of
gold;and the
drinke
fweete in taf
}e,,
yet
it
is
deadly poyfon
in
operation
;
for
they that drinke
thereofare
fo
lulled
afleepe
in
pleafures
and fecuritie,
that
they
neuer awake
out
oftheir
fpirituall
lethargie
;
or
if
they
doe, yet
like Samprn,
without
flrength to
real
the fpirituall
Philiflines,
after the
world (like
Dalthi
bath
lulled them a
while
in
her
lap
ofcarnall
pleafures.
Let
vs
remember,
that
they who drinke
of
this
cup
of
voluptuous vanities, mull
af-
Ptalm.75.i.
terwards drinke
ofthat
cup
fpoken
of
Pfal.ys.
8$.
that
is,
the
cup
ofGods
wrath
;
and
hall
bee
tormented
in
fire
&
brim.
x.'4.10
;Bone
for.euerrnore,as
it
is
expounded
Apoc.4.to.Let
vs
re,
méber that
the worlds
chiefe
good
is
vncertaine
in
getting,
and momentanie
and
mutable
in
the
poffeion,it
being
cue.-
rie day readie
to
leaue
vs,
or
wee
to
leaue
it.
Iaf
}ly,let
vs
re.k
member,that
for
this
fhort,inconflant;and
vaine
ioy,
we lofe
an eternall
waight.of
vnfpeakable
glorie,
and plunge our
felues
into
grieuous and
endleffe
miferie
.What
-
therefore
will
it
profit
vi
to.g4ine
tire whole world,
.ond
loft
our
Drone
fötslea?
a
our Sauiour fpeaketh,Mark.8.3
ß;
And
ifwe
haue thefe
meditationscontinuallyrunning in
our
mindes,then
íliall we
eafily
flop
our
earesat
the
firf}
hea..
ring
of
this
Syrens
fong;then
fhall we
conflantly
go
forward
in our pilgrimage towards our heauenly hoine
:
and
though
honours
(land
before
vs,riches
on
the
one hand,pleafures
on
the
other,alluring
s
to
enterinto
the broad
way
which
lea-
deth to
def
}rub}
ion';
yet lhall wee
not
forfake'the
flrait
path
which leadeth veto
life
euerlaling,how
vnplcafant
foeuerir
feemeth
to
flefit
and blond..
§4
651.
o
3
But
if
the
world cannot
thus
preuaile, then doth fhe
turne
now
the world
her
f
iniles
into frowns,her
allurenients
into
threats,her
beds
tempteth
by
ofpleafures,
into
miferies and
afllic`
ions,hergïorious
offers
sderftie..
ofhonours
and riches, to proud menacings
ofpouertie
and
ignominie;
all
which
being
terrible in
the
eyes
offlcfh
and
blond
fo
farre
preuaile
with
fome,
that
they
moue
them
to
make.íhipwracke
_offaith
and
agood
confcience;
and
being
vvca-