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a.Pct.a.t;. 8o$ Thu worldly things ab,sfed increaft csttdettenettte,x, h.oncor; woe be 'unto von that rorl sv l' fer ye flu wu;fe qad u'eepe. So the Apoflle Peter faith, that they (hall ravine (be wages s f vnrighteo ofees, which count it pleari(re to leue delici- ou/i, fer afeafon. And the Apotile lances aflîgneth this as one reafon, why thewealthie in the world had caufe to weeps and howlc, in regard'of the miferies that fhould corne vpon them, becaufe they had lined in pleafure on the earth, and in beat luerint wantonneffe. To which purpofe one faith, that looke how oble£iamena manycarnall and vnlawfull delights world linos haue had in mala,rst omit thislife,and fo many grieuous punifhments they (hal indure tormenta dira when God (hall take deferued vengeance on them in the life in pana:nam to come; for thence are we punifhed,whence we are wicked- ;ode punhnor widema'è dele. ly delighted; and whereas the pleafure patfeth as being me- clamor: tranfit mentauic, the finne and punifhment remaine, as being euer- voleptas pec- RI-ling. An example whereof we haue in the rich Glutton, rattem remaner. vnto whom (Abraham faith, that becaufe in his life he had Bernard.medi- receiuedhis leafures, being clothed en purple andfinehnnen, tat. cap.t ;. p Lukc 16.I90.5, endfaring delicioufly every day,therefore he was now tormen- ted in hel torments,and having finned in furfetting and glut- tonic to pleafe his pallet, and carnal( appetite, he could not now obtaine fo much as a drop of water to coole his tongue. So likewife in the whore ofl;abylen ; upon whom the Lord Apecalag 7. pâfleth this dreadfidl fentence, that in as mach at fie glorified her felfe, and lined in pleafure, /be fbould proportionablie bane fe much torment and forrotrgiuenvnteher. By which examples let vs take warning, carefully avoiding thefe Iweete pòy- ions, which though they bee long before they worke, yet (hall be moll deadly in operation; let vs notthitfi after this pleating milke, though it be offered veto vs in a lordly difh; feeing in the end it will bring vs into that deepe fleepe of e- ternal( death :and finally let vs flop our cares agaìnflthe be- witching tunes of thefe fiveet tinging Syrens, which will make vs run our felues on the rocker of:de(lrudlidn, and to befwallowed vp in a fea of miferie and perdition which is enelleffe and intollerable. §.SaIo. Finally, fecingthefeworldly things immoderately lotted, The conclu/iin and euerualued aboue their worth, do- not only in this life bring