Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

444 That all worldly of later are All ofdifeeateat. Mobiratitnutn, geth in continual/ maintenance. Ina word, there is na man xoflrHm plus alt's placet. that is contented with his el}ate, but thinketh euery mans better then his owne, nor becaufe it is fo, but becaufe lice is necreracqua liltedwith the miferies of his owne condition, and fo is better able to declame again/} them,then with thole that are incident vnto men; euen as contrariwife they extoll in their iudgements any benefits inioyed by others farre a- bone their owne, and are ready to admire with rauifhing wonder that in anthers poffeflion, which they would thinke fcarce worth the owning, if it were in their owne cullodie. 4.SetJ.q. Nowehiscommeth to paffe, partly becaufe weeare much 0f the eaufee morefenfible in feeling ourowne miferies, and partly be- akyworldtings caufe by experience we find the infufficiencie and vanity of arefofulluf thofe worldly thingswhich our feluesenioy, and are apt to dt,conteut, thinke others'benefits of a better q ry's uali whereas in truth whatfoeuer is in the world is vaine and fufficeth not; and e- uery condition bath good and end!, miferies and benefits, in fuchitrst proportion tempered the onewith the other, that ifa man knew all, hee could hardlytell which.to chufe :and in that this man is contented with his estate, and another is not; the true caufe ofthis differencé is.not in the outward condition,but in the hart and mind.For ateftates bring with them caufes enow ofdifcontentment, but one beareth them with wifedome and patience, and in thus bearingleflèneth them; whereas another by impatiencie aggrauateth his burthen,which in it felfe is not fo beanie, and by iirugling and ftriuing to shake it off,findeth no cafe, but galleth his mind with griefe and forrow.And as we fee chofe who are of a thong conftitution contentedly endure all weathers,wher- as he who is weake and vnfound complaineth in winter of cold,andin the ftmimerofheate: fo thofe whofe mindsare healthie, conftant,and ftrong in, patience,are prepared for all estates and conditions ; whereas hee who is infirme through impatiencie,andfubieólto the ague fits ofpaflion, withe- quall difcontentaffliaeth himfelfe with the cold winter of aduerf tie,and thehotte fummer of a profperous caste, and both thefe come to paffe, not becaufe the one feeleth no waight