Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

4tZ Ofthevanitieofwcrldlypleafisret. men to enioy their pleafures, and their appetite is no more prong to dcfirc thefe fweete delights then their flomacke to digefl them; they haue no crudities in conco5tion nor fu- perfluitieofill humours through bad digeflion; or ifthey haue, they can eafily cure themfelues with their knowne phyficke,and neuer need the apothecaries lothfome drugs. Finally, they fecurely enioy their pleafures without feare of lofing them; and when the obit& of their delight is taken away, they haue no carking care in feeking it, or griefe for lofing it. By all which it appeareth that the brutifhcrea- tures haue many priuiledges in their pleafures more then men; and therefore farre be it from vs to fet our heartsvpon thefe vanities, as though they were of great worth and ex- cellencie, feeing the very beafls herein excel! and got before vs: for (asone faith) if this were mans chiefe good to enioy pleafitres,in vaine was reafon and wifedome bellowed vpon Candies a. him,feeing he might more edify and perfeNly attaine vnto pud Stoxu b, and enioy them, ifhe had onely the guide of fenfc and feu- Scrm.ts. fuall appetite, like the brutifh creatures. g.SetI.4. Lafily, howfoeuer thefe worldly pleafures be vaine and That worldly worthlcffe inthemfelues, yet they become more bale and of plea¡uree are kffe value, by reafon that we are ready through our corrup- eflefeefteeme tion to abufe them vnto finne; being apt in the middefl of abecauQt to febe tba eyare $ $ ne $ our delightsto forget God, and leél his feruice, to vfe óufed. prophane telling, and wanton communication, intempe- rance,and excefle; and finally to remaine in our fecurity and hardneffe ofheart,putting farre from vs the erili day,and to- gether with it ourrepentanceand conuerfion vnto God : In which regardthe wife Salomon faith,that it is better togoein- to the heufe ofmourning then into the heap of feeffing; becaufe this is the end ofall men : and the liningfhall lay it to his heart: and that anger is better then laughter, becaufe by a fad looke the heart to made better; and finally , that it is a ligne ofa wife heart,when it frequenteth the houfe ofmourners, and a badge of full ie, u' henitmouethvstohaunt the houfeofmirth. But ofthis I (hall haueoccafion hereafter to fpeake more largely; as al- fo ofthe vncertaintie, inutility, and hurtfulneffe ofworldly pleafures, all which proue them moll vaine and worthleffe; and