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Of the dangeroufnes of worldly profperitie. 35 Paidto be prefent,which are abvaiesmalleable and mutable) and maJlturnethy winde from that which (brill harp pramifed, and not yet giuen(but will giue becaufe het is faithfuli)and rell thy hopes vpon this neuer rifling and perilhtng world? Whereofit is that God mixeth bitterns with the freebies ofearthly felici_ tie,thatwemay feeke after another feltcitie,whofe fweetnes will not deceiue vs. And in another place : O world (faith he) fl- o munde im. thie, fraudulent and trecherous; art thou not much more d -an- mrtndela!!ax gerous when thou art kinde, then when thou art trouble/owe?art qud norra perin- thou not much more to be feared whrlefl thou allure/! then whi- culo ¡tor e+r blari- leflthoudef tfefl ?art thou not much more odroms whsle/l thou dos gaammole- diffemble /l loue, then when thou profe /fl mortal! hatred? To flu, i Augu(i. the fame purpofe fpeaketh that learned Idiote ; e/ilrhou`h ferm.de falla- faith he) emery a ate is to be feared, yet rather the prolperous Ciarrundi,com. eflate then the afiEled,becaufe this, whilefi it rageth,informeth fdtota rnteror- and teacheth vs,the other while/l it f attereth, feduceth vs ; this rhodoxogr.lib. fbarpneth a mans fight, but the otherwaketh him flarke blinde. dopaitene, vere O my God,exceedin l art thou incen eda ain that tînner,vn- conttmplatione, Y gY f caps. to whom thou permittell all things to fucceed according to his wifh,andafterwards makefl him to beare deferued punifhment. Let vs therefore bee alwaies watchfull ouer our (clues, but efpecially when the world fawneth vpon vs in the time of profperitie, for is is more dangerous being our friend, then Auguft.epih. being our enemie, and more to be taken heede of when it 144.tom.a. inticeth vs to loue it, then when it forceth vs to contemne it ; for it fmileth thatit may rage,itflattereth that it may betray Árridet man - vs,it inticeth that it may kill vs, and exalteth that it may osier- drf rr t t throw vs. Although therfore this dangerous (ea looketh fmoeth, b falláaat,illiút vt and as it were [wiling vpon thee, like aflanding *arm-, and loath occidat,exeollit fcarce a wrinkle railed on it by the winde ;yet this large plaine yr deprimat. hath great hils,the danger iswithin included,within the enemie Cy Tian. lurkerh.Weigh thereforeyour ankere,hoife vpyour falles, let the Nrerony:r.aa cro a be a ned to the wile_ ard, for this calme will roue a Heliodorum, fT i ,f ,Y f p corn.r.pag. ;. tempeil. But how farre the /late ofprofperitie is more dangerous §.Secri 4. and pernicious then the flare of aduerfitie, it wayhereby The fruits of af_ more cleerely appeare; in that whereas afietion common -11 (lion much lymaketh vs careful! ofour waies,increafeth Gods fpirituall bettor ben of D a graces,