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O fthe manifaldmifiries which accompany worldly things. 5 }9 pairing ofthat which being obtained, it will not.giue vrtto him power to inioy ? In regard whereof that maybe truly Paid of them, which is fpoken of the Angell of the Church of Apocal. ;.r ". the Laodiceans, that they only haue a name- and bare opini.. en of being rich, whereas they are wretched and miferable, poore and naked. The like alfo maybe Paid ofworldly pleafures, which are 4.Sect1.2. not only the companions, but allo the caufcs of many mite- o /themiferier ries: for ioy and forrow like two twins are borne and bred n e'pltaptiompa together; and no fooner doth the one appcare, but prefently the other artendeth on it. So theWife man faith, that aim in Prou.14.13. daughing the heart is forroTf>sll,and the end ofmirth is heauinr Fitly therefore are thefe carnali pleafures called the worlds Syrens, which haue the beautifttllfaces of women, but the hinder parrs of fcorpions, they haue horsy in the mouth, but a fling in the taile; for though they delight at the firfl tafle, knllafocs Tonga yet in the end they proue as bitter as the gall of Serpents; eft, dolor acvw, though in thebeginning they pleafe the carnal( appetite,yet tkptaa inui. ttan poor taunt ; poifoningvswith many fnnes > at lal they bring horrour of brlwlwp mind, trouble of con fcience,and at thebefibittergriefe,and tar. sencc.in pai nfull,though profitable forrow,and repentance.In which Th}dtc. refpebt they may fitly be comparedto Abners play,which be- s.Sam.z.r4.26 gars with plcafure, but ended with bitterneffe ; to Baletiafers banquet, which began with mirth and iollitie, but ended with l'care and trembling ; and tofweetemearesof hard di- ggeflion, which are plcafant in the mouth, but loathfome and burthenfome in the flomacke:for who feeth not that riotous reuelling inworldly delights, is commonly attéded on with want and beggerie? that vncicane lulls, and filthines of life, are accompanied with inward difeafes and outward fhame? thatbanquetting and excefliue fare, is the mother and nude of the moll fickneffes, and the common caufe of vntimely death? yea who feeth not that thefe carnali delights are not only accompanied with miferies, but in themfeluesmifcra bit? for to fay nothing of their common fellowfhip which they haue with finite, which aboue all things in the world makech a man wretched, we find by continual( experience, that dick pleafureslikei vcctandlafciousmeats,grow pre- N n 3 !early