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28 That all worldly things arehot Naere vanities. CHAP. IX. That thef *aridly things home their goodneleonely from opinion,and from competition ; from 4614114 in abtatning,andfrom their rare - neffe in inioying, Secondly, thevanitie and worthlefneffe of there worldly things appeareth, in Thal worldly thing.bare that they haue in them no found and ibeir cbrrfees_ e' fubfiantiallexcellencie, but what they atlantic flow :a haue from their opinion who info opinion. ( p them : being meane to thole, who meanely account of them, excellent to thole who admire and adore them, & bafe,and of no worth to thole who -contemne and defpife them ; fo that their goodnefle is not in truth, but in conceit; and if you would know of what value they are, you mull not confider them in;themfelues,but bring them to be meafured bythe decei. uable cine ofmans phantafie, and waigh them in the vaii e and vnconfianr ballante of humane opinion. In which you fha!! find nocertaintie, feeing euery one varieth fromano- _ther, yea oftentimes from himfelfe, now efieeming that which erewhile hee contemned; and defpifing that, which not long lince he loued and admired. One makethhonour his idol,afcribing vetoit the chicle excellencie,and i.n corn- pardon thereofbafely efieemeth of riches, and negle6ieth plealures; another adoreth gold as his God,and careth nei- ther for his credit nor delight, to as his idoll be propitious veto him; a third chiefly doteth on ,voluptuous pleafures, bauocking his cfiate,and letting his good name and reputa- tion to Isle for a daies delight,or a nights pleafure; yea wee may often fee the fame man one while railing the prizes of there earthly coines, and foone after crying them downe a- gaine; in his childhood and youth, her chiefly eficemeth plealures, in his riper yeeres and full firength, his honour and reputation ; and in his old daies dcfpifing both there, he-