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-638 Ofthefhortnefv and frailty ofmant life. peareth for a little time, and afterwards vani/herb away : to a * IobaoS dreame,which vaniiheth as Toone as a man awaketh : to a k Iob9:aS.a6. "k poll,« hich pafleth by in all hafie,and maketh no flay rill he come to his iorneyes end; to the mo11 fwift h flvp;,and to the h Eagle, which flying to feaze vpon the prey, doubleth her and7.9. ordinary fpeed : to a , cloud which is fuddenly blowne away with the wind,or elk diffolued or dried vp with the Sun : to k pl'l 1°2.4- the k fmoake,which whilefl it afcendeth vanifheth ; to the fwiftpaffageofatweauersfhuttle, which in a moment paf- Pf line 39. %feth from hand to hand; to a m fpan in length,which is mea- lured in an inflanr.And as though theft reali things were not fufficient to expreffe the fhortnes andvanity ofmans life; it o.x9.rS is compared all() to a e fhadow,which hath neither fubflance Iob r4.2 544 norcontinuance; &to the fwiftnes of a o thought,which far e Pfalme 90.9. exceedeth in fpeed al other motions:yea as ifany thing were too fubflantial to expreliefufficiently the momentany fhort- nesofit, it is compared to vanitie, which is nothing; for fo rPfal.144.4. Dauid fa ith,that P man is like tovanity,hiedaies are like a f,a- doun which vanißieth : and it is not only faid by way of fimili- cude, that mans life is like to vanitie, but that it is vanitie it Iob7.3. (elle ; for fo l4 faith, that he 9 had at an inheritance the mo- nether of vanity; yea not only mans life, but alto himfelfe in regard ofhis vnconflancy and mortality is called vanity,and that when he is in his bell condition;for fo the Pfalmifl faith, r Pfalme 39.5. that r emery ma,, in hts bell of ate id (not only in part,& in Tome refpeéls,but)alto«ether vanity : and as though this nothing were yet too much,he contenteth not himfelfto fay,that the children ofinen are vanity, but that ifvanity and they were laid vpon the balance,vanity it felfe would ouerpoyfe them.: Pfalme 62'9.' The children afinen (faith he) are vanity, the chiefe men are lies, to lay them vpana balance, they are altogether lighter then vanitie.The which vanity, euen anHeathen manbeing defi- rous to expreffe,thoughtit not enough to cal the life ofman, Pindarus spud a fhadow or a dreame,but ioyneth both together, & calleth Plutarch, it a dreame ofa fhadow.Now ifa thoufand yeeres in cópari- Pfaimc 90.4. fon ofeternity,be as ÿ Pfalmiflfpeaketh,but as yellerday,and as a watch in the night;and as a few drops ofraine to thelea, and z graine.ofgrauell, in comparifon of the fand,asthe Son of