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648 Of the ßhortnefe4nd frailty ofmanrlcfe. and lands, who are now Dripped ofall? and whereas formerly they ioyned,houfe to houfe, and land to land, as though they could norindure a neighbour, but would (as the Prophet fpea. keth)dwell alone in the thiddeD of the earth ; yet are they now contented with leffc then fetter' foot of ground; and to haue a multitudedweilingwiththeminalittlep lot. How many haue we:feene pairing their time in pleafures -and delights, eating and drinking delicate and coDly meates and drinks, in curious Luk.6.á5. and more cofily veffell and plate, fpending their dales in hun- tingand hawking, laughing and(porting, dancing and -.reuel - ling, w ho are now by death Dripped of all their ioyes, and in all likelihood haue changed them for torments and miferies,, weeping and gnafhing of teeth, eternal! woe and the forrowes of hell ?How many haue pampred their bodies, that noware the meare of filthie wormes ; and glorioufly adorned their backes in rich apparell, that are now courted with rotenneffe and corruption,and that haue filled the areas with their fweet fmelling perfumes, that now would fill them with a greater (tench? And finally, who exceeded all their neighbours.in all manner of worldlyprofperity, who being now dead together, are all lò alike, that no difference at all canbee made betweene Auguft.toi them. Looke (faith one) into the graues of thefe great world- r oserm.z81. lints, and fee if you can difcerne any print of their gaffed pride, or anyliigne remaining oftheir riches and !wrueioufneffe. En- quire now where is their glorious appareil, their eaDerneo- dours, their delightful) maskes and fhewes, their great retinue, and manyfuters; their col ly banquets, loud laughter, game - fomentirtb, and immoderate and vnbrideled delights? whi- ther are they now al gone,and what is become of them ? where is all their worldlyprofpetity, and where are they themfelues? What end is there now of both ?Come neere and fearch their fepulchres, and behold there is nothingbut dull, and the filthiç reliques of the wormes feall :for chis is the end of all humane Cbryfoftin bodies,as we! of ihofe who haue lead theirhues in pleafure and Luc.&dcLa -dcli hts, asofchorewhohauepagedtheirdaies inpainefullla- 2apo Con- r. bour. In which refpe6i the world is fitly compared to a llage, cio.z. and the lifeofman to a play, laDing a little longer then the or- d inarie time. For as in themoneadteth the part ofaking, ano tiler ofa beer of a wife counfellor, and another of a na turali.