Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

fz Of the mifer eesactomparingworldything!: extreme danger gotten and obtained; yet men willingly take all this paines 'and boldly hazard themfelues to all thcfe perils : But though grace be freely offered without money, and heatien opened to all that defire, and but thine to enter; yet the moll ncgle& the one, as not worth the receiuing; andiofe the other, becaufe they had rather not haue it, then take theleafi paines in travelling to ir. Yea fo are men befot ted with the loue of worldly vanities, that they take all thefe paines and endure thefe re(tieffe labours with pleafure and delight, which othcrwife would be intolerable; and as it is laid of Jacob louing Rachel, they thinke many yeeres but a few dales which is fpentin compaffîng thele things which they fo fondly affeël, that if this dotage fupported them not, would be irkfomely tedious.They are in fuch haft in running after theft trifles, that tho,.gh they tread vpon prickles and briars they feele no hurt; fo greatly do they thirfiafterthefe worldly vanities, that though they bee made bitter with toilefome labour,yet they gt eedily fwallow Them with plea- ting delight; and as the axe accutlomed to draw in the yoke, Both after he is loofed, againo yeeld,hisnecke vnto it of his owne accord,without compalfion;fothefe men being inured to the worlds flauerie, though they were let at libertie out of this thraldome, would again voluntarily take vpon them the yoke offeruitude, and weare themfelues out with toile. force labour,to amine the vncertain poffeffion of thefe mo. merrtany vanities. 1Se. S' And thus doe ambitious men take infinitepaines in attai. of the ntifnrer ping vnto worldly glory and preferments ; for it is the feed iecident to the oflabour which bringeth forth the fruit of honour ; and hee getting,of he who.will atcaine unto it mull be content to endure toiiefom aours,richer, paines, and to runne himfelfe into defperate perils, hee mull laboiisjemen, fpend the day in reflleffe traucls, and the night in care. Jis>sorit/eget. full watching, plotting thoft policies which the next day he will put in pra&ife, for the atchieuing or preferuing of honour and aduancement;like a common feruant he is whol. ly taken vp by other mens butineffes,his fleepe is broken by f niters, ifuot by his owne cares; his recreations are inter- ruptedwith af£airesof State, and wrplef3 he becommetho- riser