Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

. Of the. manifold wifi ries *foram life, 541 as becaufe we feare and fhnnnepouerty; "thus hónöursate efieemed,becaufewefearedtfgrace ;thus meate.hatlfonely fo much goodoeffc in it;as men ha.:e hunger that feed vpon it, and drinke hath it worth froh thirfl; thus fumrner is commended vnto vs, by winter, warmethby our cold, and the coole aire, by intemperate heart. Ins word, nothing in the world is efleetncd good, but onely fo far forth as it brin. geth letters ofcommenda dons from necefüíy,and ferùeth as a prefent mean es to free vs from Tome euill, and to make vs . leffe miferable.Andifwanting thepraile which need impar_ teth vnto it, it offer it felfe vnto vs, it is vnwcicome, andwe forthwith loath and difhke. it. Ifmeet come before hunger haue made way for it - inour deliires, who is not glinted"with the fight òfit?Ifdrinkebe not commended by thirP4whore= gardech it? Ifwe haue more clothes laid on vs when Wee are hot enough,we efleeme it a burthen and not a benefit: If a_ bundance of wealth were offered WHO vs, not batting before any Want ofit, and confequentlync3 defire,wee*touldt(bt tnuchktttlueit "Finally ;fermuch Worth and- efii liie thefe worldly things haue, as we haue firfi want and` iüiferie. Sa that in truth he who hath moll need,and is mof ätretched,_ he hath moll ioyand comfort by thefe eárth_ly vanities when he hath liberty to inioy them; he who "is'fidfi hungrie,hath alfonioflpleáfure bymeate;heethátisthirfiiefi, bathmóff delight in drinke; and we muti fitti wànt'inRite; ,oritleàfi' in mind, before riches haue any great welcome : yea plea--. Lure it felfe hath nofweerrellifh till 'our appetite bee fharpe_ tied by the fharpe fauce of miferie and áffli&ion, neither would any man thinkehimfelfemore happic for the accceffe: ofworldly things, vnleffe it were for former felt, or future feared vnhappinefTe: In which refpea our life is moil fitlycompared to a conti 4,SeEI. 5,, nuall difeafe:for whew webegin to liue,we begin to be ficke; Tbat mans life and thefe Worldly/things which we fo much efieerne, are but is a continua medicinesfor our maladies,and plaifiers for our fores,whieh drfeare,and donot perfec`ily cure vs,butonely ggtítevs fomeprefentcafe. fined `sñusaga, For in truth the difeafes arenatural,hereditarie,rooted in our eaten; . ftr(iprineiples,&.having fettled thetiifelues in ourbones and,Nafci hie in. malt ow corpora nwrlals I.