Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

53$ Of the manifoldmif riesnik choreincidentto.Raazet. (Lifer - fhipwracke, and are deuoured.of thefe inticing Sy- rens:;and they who efcape with life, are fo {baleen andflhac- tercd, fo full of 'cakes and rifts, that with much paines and diffrcultie they arriue at the hauen offafety; wherethey haul iufl caufe to fpend the remainder of their daies, in bitter re- pentance_lamenting the errours, and ill - guided courfesof their finfull and vnbridled youth. Or ifGod giue themgrace to:refrll their paillons in their full flrength; how tediousaud troublefome is their taske ? with how many folles and wounds doe they obraine the vielorie? how often are they ready to yeeld, and to Tooke backe to Sodome with firong defresof inioying her finfull pleafures? Finally, how hard and,difl?cultdoe they find it to refifl:their naturali corrupti- ons in their full vigour,to fpend theirtime in falling, watch - ing,reading, hearing, and praying, when as corrupt nature with her full flrength haleth there to vaine pleafures atad fin - full delights ? it being as our Sauiour Chrift faith all one, as if theyfhould plucke out their eyes, cut offtheir right hand and Foote, mortifie their members, denie themfclues, and voluntarilie beare the croflc,.vpon which their owne bodies mull be crucified. 4.S c7 4. And thefe,with manymore,are the errours, vanities, and ofrhemiferies euils which accompanie youth, wherewith men being tired incident unto and wearied doe delire to attaine unto ripe and erfe&a e man an bas perS that they may hake off all thcfe infirmitiiesand inconueni- jeRage. ences, andfpend the remainder oftheirlines in a Ceded and well gouerned eflace,vnder the guide ofreafon,and conduót ofwifedome.But when they haue their wifh,they find them - felues no more happie, orieffe miferable then they were be- fore,hauing onely changed their culls and troubles for thcfe which are greater, leffe pleafant,andmore burthenfome and intolerable. For (till they remainefubie6t,and in bonda eto their affe6tionsand paffions,and are not freed from the ferui- tude of them all,but onely haue changed their mailers : And this alone difference there is, that the pallions and affe6tions ofyouth arc more hot, raíh, and violent, and confequently morevnconflant, fhort and momentanie ; whereas thofe to which this perfet age is fubief, are fomewhac more flayed and