Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

Thar alhnorldlel- tare:4re full ofdrfeentent. 44.t they labour to ouertake another, and having alto outrunne him, they propound veto themfelues a third ; imagining that there is none in worfe eliate, whilefi there is any better, none poorer, whilefl there is any richer, and that they haue outgone none, fo long as they fee any go before them ; as though other mens abundance weretheir want,and fo much were detraóled from their eflate,as they fee others do exceed them. And thus alto thofe who place all their felicitie in worldly pleafures, are vtterly difcontented with their flare and condition, when they-find that thofe they haue do not fatisfic them, or fee that others go beyond them in varietie of delights; taking nopleafnre, but ratherfretting and en- uying, when they fee their idoli more propitious to others then themfelues, though they alto haue in the fame kind a large meafure effauour imparted veto them. And thus the glutton aboundingwith good fare, thinketh that he feedeth but grofly,when he feeth more daintie cates atanother mans table : thus the drunkard loatheth his.befi wines, when he meeteth with better in another mans cellar: thus he who de- lightech inmuficke contemneth his owne confort,as though there were nothing in it but iarringdifcord,whenhehearerh more melodious harmonic. And in a word, thusall forts of voluptuous men diflafle their feuerall delights, when either being glutted with them, they findfatietie without fatisfy- ing; or fee that others haue any priuiledge and preeminence more then they, in refpe& ofthe qualitie or varietie of their plea Cure. Neither are only there worldlythings, honors, riches,and 430.3. pleafures, accompanied with dilcontent,butall other things That all men is. in theworld bring the fame diflike to euery condition and all ages and is efiate :and to begin with the beginning ofour life; we feeall elutes, are that the child is wearie of his childhood, becaufe he feareth juUojdifcon- the rod, and by.feuerer difcipline is reflrained fromhis deli-text. red delights; wifhing that 'he were come to filch an age as might exempt from thefe feares, and procure his liberty.i3c- ing come to youth he runneth hinifelfe out ofbreath, veder theconduól ofhis'inbridledpallions,tillatlafipantingfor wearines, he defireth that he were corn to ripe age, when as he