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That allliorldly thing:are mt:takeand vnconffánt. 63 3 dermine our peace:; fo that they who haue them, are bett on euery fide with familiar and chamber foes,.and inuironed with domeflicall enemies :but rather let vs fix our minds on thofe firme treafures referued for vs in Gods kingdome, which are permanent and perpetuall euen to eternity. Finally, there is no more conflancieor leffe mutability in ,Sea& worldly pleaftres; for though there be alwaies worldly men That worldly and worldly delights, yet are they neuer afcertained the one pleafares are to the other ;but as men change theirpleafures,fopleafures fl èíÌ ont,and change men, and euery hand while leauing the old, they are chaxge. ready to betake them to new mailers. Some vvaire not fo much vponmen themfelues, as vpon their age :as for exam - ple,fome attend vpon infancy,andleaue them in their youth fome delight them in their youth, and forfake them when they come to full maturity, and fome accompanie them in their full ftrength, and will by no meaneshay the approch of old age.Others are tied to feuerall times of the yeere, as to fpring, automne, fummer, winter, and bring great delight when they are vfed in their feafon ; but failing herein they change their nature,andbecome irkfome and tedious.And as for thofe pleafures which are vfuall and daily, delighting all perfons,andat all times, we feevnto what commonmutati- on they are fubieól-,lafling no lònger but for the prefent,and then degenerating into tedious moleflations and.cumber- fomeburthens. Thus meares and drinkes delight for the in- flant,butafterfurchargingthe flomacke, they recompense an homes pleafure, with awhole daies paint. And plea - fures of the flefh are but of motnentanie continuance,and fuddenlyimpaire the flrength ;and bring the body to many infirmities-,and much weakeneffe.Beídes which loffe offpe- ciall delights, how many do we daily fee, who abounding in all mailer of fenfuall pleafures, are foone afterabandoned of them all, and fpend the rem ainder of their daies in mifery and mourning ?and though they remaine in their iudgement.: and affeelion epicuresflili,making their bellie their god,and the world theirparadife,yet find their idol whom they ferne, fo auerfe towards them, that ofneccfty, whether they will or no, they are robbed of all pleafures, and paffe their time- in