l The Eterni!J of Gon. . _ 1 1.67 --------------------------~--~ that lhould take up your.minds only, are lin,and grace, things that are e'ternall. Is it not a p-itifull thi~g.that the ·noble ·~ntent.ionsof~.er~allm~nds 1 thold be bellowedfo d ·uporuhe.fe fltttmg th.mgs which are nothing to eternity ? Aman that hath not much mony in his purfe, but only for to pro– vide neceffaries ~whenone ce>mes andaskes him i to berrow any, hewill fay, l ·have l'lO·mere than to buy me food and rayment; or if bee bath his . rent to pay, and nomore, ifonefhouldcometo . borrow.any of'him,he faith, .No, I have no more · : than to pay my rent. So faith~beApo~le there; : you·have·no fi1ch fpare dme;nofuch~fpare a-tfed:i~ ons that you,can beLlow elfe-wher-e,therefore be- . llow them upo things that endure toeternallife. And furtherto move you tothis, -confider t'he thortnetre and vanity of this life, bow ·atl .man– kind are burried and rapt with a fudden motion to theVVdl oftheir dayes. Our fathers went-before us,we follow them, and our·children follow · us at the heeles, as onewavefollowes another:~ and at lafi: we are all daJh~don the fhore ofdeath: andwithaiJ,conlider thevanityth~al conditions are fubjed: unto, whether they be mountaines or valleyes; ifmoLtntaines,they are fubjefr to blalb to bee envied; or if valleyes, ·to bee overs:{row– ned,opprefied, and contemned ; yea,. the·things. that -we prize moll:, h(,}nour a·nd pleafure; wpat cl.oe they but·weary us, and.then whet our·appe-: trte to a new edge-? Confider the men that have I beene before us ; .many of,them have beene·Iike I a green tree, but now the Boudoftheirwealth is . M 4 . dried -· ' ( Motivcahere· i , unae. ... ! . I ' . . ' . ,
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