Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

610 That world y things are ntementany andcorruptible. euery man who en trufleth thofe things which he gathereth &raard.in to the earths cuflodie, is tterly ignorant to whom he gathe- Cantic.Serot. reth them,whether to the confuming moath, or to ÿ vnder- So. mining theefè, or fpoyling enemy,or deuouring fire. In re- gard AA hereofhowfoeuer we may for force time be poffeffed Nulls re frai ofthefe earthly things,yet we cannot hauethe fruition ofthé for anima cum with any quietnes of mind,or peaceable comfort ; for as one libertate,nifi y+ +a frustur cum faith,thefoulenineth nothi,oK \bithlrberty,vnlefre it enioy it with fecur tate:nemo Îecurity,& no mä ca be fecure on the fruitio of thore thins which asternfecurus ,ye efieemeth good; if bee may lofe themwhether he will or no. eflinyrbonis Seeing therefore thefe worldly things are momentanie gun pole') laut. and vncertaine,from hence we gather that they are not true - tu, e lib, great worth or excellencie ; for that Augutt.delib, ly good, nor of' any which is truely good, as it cannot be receiucd vnwillingly, cap14. fo neither can it be vnwillinglyloll,but remained+ with the 4Se675 owners to their perpetuall comfort; where as thefe worldly That the co,- vanities are but of momentany continuance, and may euery má tdlysthi gs day, whether we will or no,beetaken from vs, leaning be- iaufd wcane hind thema proportionable forrow, according to the quan- our hearts from tity of their tùppofcd goodnef'e; fo that though a mans ioy their fond lose. were neuer fo great in their fruition, it fhall at their 1aí1 fare Potesauram well be matched, if notouermatched with bitter griefe.In perdue & uo ref ell whereofwhen this day of parting commeth, a man le +es,e3e. b -. P 3' P g numverògao would willingly delire, that his comforts and delights in 'veci bonus es, thole things which he formerly affcéóed had been leffe, that nee inuitus ne- now allo he might haue lefle forrow. Whereby it appeareth opts nee ins: that there can be no great ha ineffe in any thing which is tusamrtttr. but continuance, and that nothi g is much Augufi tom. y g xo.Serm.sz. to be defiredwhich is mortali and mull end : becaufe when the time is once pall, though it haue been never fo long, it will appeare to thofe who looke backe vpon it, but as a me- ment ;and the greater io it hath brought in the fruitionythe greater griefe wit it alfo bring, becaufe at lad they are de- priued ofit..Againe, feeing thefe worldly vanities are mo- mentany and vncertaine,from hence it ncceffarily followeth that the hope,rconfidcnce, and comforts of worldly men, which are builtvponthis weake and rotten foundation mull alto be vncertaine and deceitful). So Bildad faith, that the by- pyrites