/41 mans of life. Vpon the Munday after Thirdly, God Bothpermit, that for hones' feruants andknauifhferuants, there fhouldbe matters accordingly ; matters that fhould vfe them well, and ma- llets that fhould vfe them ill. And though for a while till theirturnes be ferued, theyvfe them well, inriching them, and railing them to honour, yet afterwards they cometo vfe themfo ill , that they gate themout ofallthat they haue gi- uen them, callingin that which they butlent them, and ingaging them for more than theyare worth ; and at Taft a firecomes downe from heauen,andconfumes all the wealth that they haue thus vngodly gotten, as it didvponthofe Cap- taineswh:ch were imployedby their bad King, again(' good Eliah. The Cuttle-ficheis a ftampe, or Embleme ofyour Princes, that haue a great train offeruants attending theirperfor.s,as this fifh hathof finnes: but deuoures them, as this fifhBoth his tayle and finnes when he is hungry. °orloege& Yet amI a little while withyou. He callslittle, that little whichwas now left life but little him of his life : For hewas to fufferabout the feaftsfollowing,which was now neere at hand. The longet' life, the ScriptureRiles little : andthe greateft trou- bles that we page therein, likewife little. (.4ntiochuahis Minifters, perfuading one ofthofe valiant Machabees,Thathe would free hisbodyfrom thofe truck Mai ;s tormentswhich hewastoendure, ifthat hewouldobey theking; anfwered, My brethren that haueMiredalittle sine, are now vnder the diuine Couenant ofesserla_ flinglife. Eleazar rendred the like reafonto thofe his friendswhich importuned him, Thatalbeit hewouldnot eat SwinesAeth, yet he fhouldmake fhewthathe didit: Whereuntohe replyed, That fuch diflimulation did not befit hisage and a.Ma.s. authority,Leafl theyoungerfeule throughmine hypecrifte(fera littletimeofa tranfito- rie lrfe) mightbedeceiuedbyme 5I fhould receiue malediétion and reproch tomy gray haires. Sainr Peterhath it (Modicumpatsts,¿rc.And thereare tworeafons of this ihortnes oflife. The one, That life init felfe is lhort, Eccemenfurabiles poj ifli dies meos, Behold thou ha/I meafured out my slayer. The Greeke word which.anfwerstomenfurabiles, figniñethameafureof fourefingers. Job The other,becaufe it ayes awayfwifter than the wind , Mydayes hate been morefwift than aPole,andhauefeene nogoodthing. They arepayed with themolljwift flips, andas theEaglethatflyeth totheprey. Vatab/ushath it, As a Ship that goes as fwift as thought, oras theMarriners and Paflèngers couldwith it Pagninue,Like a Pyrats manofWarre, which becaufe it goes light laden, feemes rather to Aye thanfayle : Or, Likean Eaglethatflyeth latheprey. TheEagle when flic is (harpe fet, and purfueth her prey, cuts theayre with her wings fwifter than the wind, fo that that which our SauioursCayes, isthis, Tell the highPriefis thatfent ye vn- tome, that I hauebut a little while to liue, and that when my houre fhall come, I my felfe will put my felfe into theirhands ; and if thatthey are fo willingto haue niedye,tell themthat I defire it muchmore. chriff mufibe Ye/Ballfeeke me and(hallnotfindme. I carneto feekeyou, ye (hut the doore fought while vponme; ye therefore fhall feeke me, but ye (hall notfind me. Eathymiw ex- be poundeth ro hec eofDauid ofthe Lewes Conuertentur ad ve eram found. P P P y > , famertpatienturvt canes, & circuibant ciuitatem ; It fhall be fo late ere they bee conuerted, that the world fhall be at an end , andin the interim, they (hall fuller hunger likedogges, whichamong all other beafts fuffereth the molt hunger: Fiambre canina,a dogs hunger,is fpokenbywayofProuerb in theSpanifh tongue. They (hall runne rounding the world aftertheir Meflìas, but he hauing retyred himfelfe to heauen, neuertobe feeneby themany more here on earth, this miferablepeople flail hardlybe ableto findhim. Nicholas's deLyra faith , That they
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