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272 That all worldly things are meere vanities. ties,to the weaning of a fpiders webbe, which being made with great labour, is altogether vnfit to make a garment to keep warme or couer nakednes, & good for nothing but to catch flies.And the Apofile Paul afhirmeth before his con - t.Cor.t3.ts. uerfion veto God,his vnderflanding,thoughts and commu- 'nicade; which were fpent about worldly things, were meer -. ly childi(h ; the which being come to a ripe age in Chrifi he put away, exercifing his miede and tongue about things fpirituall and heauenly. So others compare the delires and Chryfoft.Ho. labours of worldly men to childrens fports, their fiatcly mil.zq. in Mat. buildings to their houles eredicd in the lands, their gathe- ring ofriches,to their gathering of liones, and other trifles; their honours and preferments,to their kings,lords,and go- uernours which they make in play among themfelues; their efleeming of earthly vanities, to that great account which senec.inSap. children make oftheir contemptible toyes, preferring, their non cad.iniur. copper chaines, .brouches, babies, tops ,and feourges, and cap.t =' fuch like trifles, before both their parents and't)üeirt.patri- monie; and finally their foolifh mourning and lamenting for the loffe oftheir riches and preferments,tothe ridiculous crying of GIIie children, when their houles are cefi downe, or their trifles taken from them. Neither is there any diffe- rence betweenethení, fauing that childrenveryeahly pro- cure thofe things which they fo much affeéi; but world- 2idergo inter litigs purchafe their follies at dears rates, and obtaine them nary it'esin- with much fweate and labour they fecurcly cnioy their trre(f,vz .lriflo ; Y ait,nifi quad nos (ports and delights ; but thefe, as they compaffc their defires circatabulas try with much paine and difñcultie; fo they poffeffe them with fiat', as infaos- much care, feare, and danger. To which purpofe another m +r,cariusnz- erieth out : See O wretched man (faith he) that all which thou epzi,dat.Senec.a elletisbutmeerevosnitie,anda /l o /lie andmadneft,Whatfee. epi(t,rr5 JÌ Ì Bernardi -arm. nor thou Leg in the tbarld, except that alone which thou doefl de mifcr.h:: towards God, for Godard to Gods glom; whatföeuer thou Leg min. without God is all finne and vanstie, becaufe there ù nothing godd.tbhich is without the chiefe _Qoedneffe. 4Set7.s. But if we would haue a teflimonie aboue all exceptions, The vanities( id vs confider what Sahmon fpeaketh of theft worldlie pro i l by sa , chistgs, who had not onely mofi wifedome and iudge Reg Ns te/Irmeny.... rightly
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