Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

450 Thmlborldly things bring anendlefedefireefchange, whoarefickeofaburning feuer whèn they cannotfatilfie their vnfatiable thirfl,.doe often change their drinke, -one while longing after thatwhich is tart and fharpe, and ano- ther while after that which is coole and finali; now afe- ¿fing that which not long lince in their health well pleafed them in their neighbours houfe,as though it would nowal- fo bring the fame delight; and anon not finding their chit£+ quenched by change ofdrinkes,defirewine or water. But all in vaine; forhailing tried all,they complaine that they are al fobitter, that they doe not quench their thirfi : whereas in truth it is the bitterneffe of their mouth diiafled with cho- ler, the caufe of their difeafe,and not the fault of their drink, and not becaufeit is vnfit to quench their thirll, but becaufe their burning heateflill renuing and augmenting it, maketh it unquenchable : So wee being ddèafed with the burning heate of concupifcence, chilli afterworldly vanities, thin- king by them to haue our heate abated; and after wee haue made triall.ofmany,and yet find our thirfl nothing quench- ed,we long after endleffe variety, neuer calling to mind that it proceedeth from our inward difeafe, and not from the Ecclef.zt.z. want of outward things. A notable example whereof wee haue in Salomon, who labouring to find contentment in worldly things, and not finding it in any one of them, gi- ueth his heataliberty to runne ouer all, making triall ofone thing after ano.her,jlin the end hewas tired with all He fought for it in mirth,and findeth in Bead of it madneffe; in pleafure,and difcouereth nothing but vanity : Then he fhif- teth frotn one thing to another; andlooketh for it, in great workes and (lately buildings; where milling ofit, hce goeth to leeke it in fruitful( vin, yards, in delightfull gardens and orchards, in fountaines, fprings,and pleafant grones ; where not finding it, he proceedeth in the purfu;t, and looketh for it in the multitude offiluer,gold,and princely- trealures,then in delightfullmuficke, rhea in many feruants and great at- tendance; voto vk hichwe may adde that which fhamemade -ham cone(ale, his multitude of wines and concubines: but hauing-tried all zhefe and nany other, withholding nothing from his eyes which they dcfired, nor withdrawing his Heart 4Flpifiq