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That tvord(y thing' do notfatiofle and brin contentment. 415 CHAP. XVII. That worldly things do not ratisfie, norbring content- ment to thole that bane them. 'Ndrhushaue I (hewed the vanitie of the 4.Sea .. world,and of thole worldly things which That werldlp are moil admired and affeEled. Now it things donot followeth that according to my order bring that con. propounded, I alfo proue, that byreafon ih'eyprotnirehub of this their vanitie,they do not fatisfie,or bring contentment to thole who moil abound with them : for whereas that which is fubflantialiy and trulygood,filleth and replenifheth the place where it is, thefe worldly things which are but vaine fhadowes and falle refemblances of this goodnes, being receiued into our hearts, though they much cumber the roome,yct they do not fill it,but in their greateft plentie, leaue the greatell etnpeines. They promife indeed when we purfue them, that they will giue vs contentment when we enloy them; and (like the harlot in the Proucrbs) when they allure vs to folly, and to the committing of fpirì- Proa.7.18. tuall fornication, by felting our hearts on them more then God, that we (hall take our fill in their loue : and thofe who areinfnared with thefe inticements, when with all their de- fires and painfull endeauours they purfue thefe bewitching vanities, theyimagine like the fooliíh builders ofBabel,that Genetr r.;,. they (hail eternize their name,and climbe vp even into hea- ven at their owne pleafure; but vpon triall they find nothing but trouble and confufion ; for thefe goodly cailles of their hopes which the great Magician Satan offered vino them for the wages ofther finfull feruice, as places offure refuge in all wants and dangers,vani(h away when in their greatell need they flie vnto themfor fuccour and defence: and thefe beau - tifuil (trumpets, with whole loue he hath weaned their harts from God,likefhadowesvanifh,when theycome toimbrace them; leauing behind them no comfort or contentation. In which refpc t thofe who dote vpon worldly vanities, and think