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That all rr orldly things are meere vanities. 2 71 lent perfonagc,whereas if you examine them any further then the very fuperficics and outride, you (hall finde them no better then flocks or (tones. So thefe worldly vanities feeme to thofe whole weake fight can pearce no deeper then the outward Phew, beautiful! and glorious; whereas in truth if wee could behold them inwardly with the eye of a found iudgement,wee ( hould eafily difcerne them to bee contemptibly bafe,and of no value. In this refpeót l ike thofe goodly and beautífull pageants which being outwardlie adorned and fit forth with gold and painted colours,moue multitudes of people to runne after them, and to behold them with ioyful admiration and rauifhing w onder;where- as ifyou looke into their infi de,you (hall finde nothing but a few flicks,ragges,and patches; and in relpeét of their fub- fiance and durablenes fo flight and weake, that they are only fit fora vaine fhew,and to ferue for a daies fport. "But'this vanitie of the world and worldly things may bee sell .a shorefpeciallyfhewedboth by tef imonies,and alto euident rbevani ireof reafons: for the former, Dauid affirmeth that man in hit bell worldly things gate is altoóether vanitie; that he walketh but in a /badaw and proved by tefii- dirquieteth htmfe1fe in vain. And elfewhere hee compareth Pf liey this worldly profperitie to adreame,which delighteth wht- Pfa1 6 3.zo. left a man fleepeth,but when hee awaketh vanifheth away, and leaueth nothing behinde it, but forrowand difcontent, bedufe their ioyes and hopes are fru(trated. So the holie Ghoftfaith, that the power and profperitie ofthe Churches enemies,/ballbe like asanhungrie man that dreanseth,and be- Ela.z9.8. hold he eat eth, and u hen he awaketh his faille is emptie: and like as a thirflie man that drearneth,and loe he is drinking, and when he awaketh, behold, he is faint, and his route /once/ h. In which refpeet one affirmeth that the Apofll e faiththe figure of this r.Cor,7. world doth patfe atbay; intimating vnto vs,that all u'orldly things are but to fhew and fiQurc one! like a fbadow or a dreame Clwryfo(!.in which vunifh aúav, hawing nothing in them fnbsItnrirdl and in Ciro. i q.Ho- truth. Hoa childifh therefore is that mind which ref eElerh /ha- "13 s. doves, and is proud of dreames, fts'inQ it fit fe upon thar'which foone after'ball pa(feawav ?The ProphetEftycompareththe worldlings cndeuours in hunting after there earthly vani- ties