Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

O f the miferies accompanying worldly things. 5 5t Cher mens,.he ceafeth to be his owne ; having: no (pare time to enioy himfelle, or to bellow on his-private affaires, yn- leffe he wilbe exclaimed vpon by his waiting clients, for gi- uing too long attendance. Hce muff in time of warre fight in the front, firfl enter thebreach, and cues tonne vpon the pike, and canons mouth, expofng his body to maimes and wounds, and his -life to the extreamell perils, if he will haue honour. In the time of peace hee mull vndergoe no leffc pe- rils, both ofprofeffed enemies, and undermining foes, the Planrtes¢áac. one Peeking to crufh.hitn, the other to trip him whilefl hee tlamatiouisfe is riling; nor yet indure lelfe paines;fbr he mull labor whilell cundr¡auer, others refl,' atch whilell others Ileepe, and with a world of magna¡e[icnn. care v hold his Ilare whilefl others liue at cafe and take their dsne ¢r partus p r eR,da espian pleafure. So what panics and perils doe men vndergoe who dus.Sence. will attaine vnto worldly riches? whilefl they rife earely,and epia.19 goelate to bed, fare hardly,. and goe barely, pinching both backe and bellte, and withholding neceflaries f-otir them - felues and theirs to increafe the flocke. If they flay at home they toile themfelues in ploughing,and fowing, running and riding, with innumerable other labours to attaine vnto wealth. litheir calling befuch as imployeth them abrode, what miferies doe they indure? what paines doe they take ? what dangers doe they runne into ?they mnfl kaue their owne countrie,and runne into valuntarie banifhment, as it were into another world,. they mull- forfake houfe and fricnds,parentsand children, yea they mat bee content ta part with theirwiues,making a tennporarie diuorce between themwhom God bath conioyned ; and as it were diuide themfelues, leaning halfc at home, when the other halfe- mull goe abrode to leeke for worldly pelle. They mull corn mitthemfeluestothemerciles waues,cruell pyrats, and bar- barous people,and one while be in danger of drowning, and another while offpoiling;fometime.offlaming on fea, and foone after of betraying when they are come to-land. And, thus as the Pfalmiul laith;man tralkethin is 'battlers, anddifyuie Pfa1 49.d, . tech htmfelfe in vase; he heapethv p riches, and cannot tell whe- Jhallfather them. The like alfo may bee laid of plcafures;_ which haue morepaine and griefe going before them, then ioy.