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.00 646 Of the/bartnef and fr4i1t7 ofmax.r life. it;for howfocuer time to come may feeme long in approching, and when it iscome,fomewhat long in fpending; yet if we look back vpon it whé it is once paffed, itvani(heth in the view,and appeareth as nothing r neither in this regard is there any great difference, betwcene that age or time which is,long, and that which isfhorr ,ifwelooke vpon them when they are both paf fed;lor as we can take no faller hold on a great fliadow,then on a letfe,both alike in a moment vanifhing out of our fight; fo the lougell life,wh it is once fpent,is all one with the fhortefi:nei- uod tam diu ther doth it profit or content vs any more,or afford unto vs bet - vixerat,quid ter hold for our further continuance, then if we had fitted only profuifct ei, fi to the time\ofchildhood.Now the reafon why man,Gods moil Adam hodiè excellent creature on earth, and created after his ovine image,, ;nordtms Oct t mould be fubieclto this mortality, and of fo momentanie and 9.iddiur/t,w iaio thortcontinuance isnotoriginall in the Lord that made him, bs rIU origina ly Auguft.ferm. who being infinit in all eternity, could haue given to his crea_ .it. : Torn. to. . turc an cuerlafling being; but in man hitnfelkwho hauing the free choice ofdeath and itmnortality,chofe the worfeepart,and preferredthe path ofdeath, before theway oflife ;. for the Lord Gen.a t7. hauing threatned man,that in the day which he tranfgreffed his and 3,19. Commandcment,he thould die the death; he notwithßtanding > uiaPeecator finned,& fo finning died.And (as one faith)becaufe finfull man ham b on- would not flay in the place oftrue happines where he was crea- dirm fuit, bit ted,_God would not fuffer him to remaine long in the place of very vbi cecidit his fuppofed happines,where he was fallen : and becaufe he wil diu effeprohibe. lingly loll his countrey, which he fhould haue loued, he is vn- tur,&c.Greg. willingly dráwne out of this place of his pilgrimage, which Moral.hb. t cap.4. (though vndeferuedly) he loueth too much. c..Sea.9. And thus haue I fhewed that thefe worldly thingsare not That by reafon much to be defired; becaufe though they werepermanent, and aftee fhortnes would for euer flay with vs,yetwe are mortalland momentany, of our times, all and therefore cannot flay longwith them:for though men let k Things ar to eternize their houfes,and labour to multiplie their pleafures, meet a aine vn- fo as the matter of them may continue for manyages ;& though to vs, they turne all their come intolauling gold, & furnifli theirhoue fes with moti dr rable flue, & haue all their lands in free -hold, fee- Pimple,& as inheritances for euer;yetall thefe are but names, and titles, wherewith they delude themfelues, and the worlds icchcrafts whereby he intangleth his foolifh followers, with fottifL 1