Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

BM- Of the manifold miferies which arc incident to all ages. 543 ofhis body, to enioy his labours. Ha th hee but one ? com- monly lie fpoilcth him with cockering,and by oucrlouing him he maketh him vnworthie loue,and is more troubled with feare of ioing him, then comforted with enioying him. Hath he many? then commonly force vndutifull and rebellious, by whom hceis more vexed and grieued, then pleafed and delighted in all the refl. Hath heefew feruants? then alto finali attendance: bath he many to doe his worke? then allo many to whom he mull pay wages, many mouthes to feed, many bu(ineffes to ouerfee, and hauing many to rule, he hath fo much the harder taske if he gouern well. The like alfo may be laid of other flares and conditions :4.Sec7.z for doth a man leade a pri tfate life ? he is fubie& to contempt, Of miferies in- iniuries,and oppreflions of chore who are in authority. Is he cident es,paoiners a publickc perfol° ? he is as it were openly vpon the flage,ob- ticke andpri- noxious to the cenfures ofthe bale!/ people, liable to their we. Flanders and spill reports, expofed to many dangers, tur- moiled with much labour and many cares, enuied of his in- feriours, and hated of the moll, if they cannot ferne their owne turnesby his authoritie. Is a man of meane qualitie? Ecc1.9a6.17, his vercues, wifedome,and good parts,pafl'e and perifh vnre- warded,yeavnobferued,as the Wife man noted.Is he noblie defcended ? he is expofed to more tentations, moreprone to fall into many finies, and being ouertaken, the greatneffe of his birth Both but aggrauate the greatneffe of his fault. And as hee beareth a great port, fo hee is at great charge to maintaine it, at great care alfo to furnifh himfelfe with meanes. And ifheecome fhort, his (late ouermatchinghis ability, then are his cares multiplied and increafed accor- ding to his imployments and occafions, wherein hee is dèle ¿hue; then is he asbare and difcontent, as hee who carying a low facie poffe(feth leall,and all his pompe and greatneffe rs nothing elfe but proud penurie, and glorious beggerie. Is a man in the flare offnbieóiion? his life and lands, body and goods, are at his Soueraignes command ; and ifconfci- ence and religionrefiraine him not, his frowneis as a fword, and his difpleafure bringeth death. Is he feated in the royal!` throne ? the greatneffe ofhis command,doth but adde to the greatneffe.