~-~ qfthe -vanitie of earthly thingJ'~ i lyethu·pon thewhole face of the, Crcature~is it· . n~t man? Itcanicnot upon the creature., (as you . know 1 forits own.efakt,.but;by man:~hy then, furelyman who hathbee~e the caufe ofall this vanity,mufi:needs behimfeifemuch mon:·vain::-. Thereforeif a manlooke upon hi1J1felfe,let him confider this,that he fhallnever finde any happi– neffewithinhisowne compaifc: orcircle; Ifhee Plal.6.a.. ,.-. .will needs buildhimfelfe upon his owne bottom . he is fubjed: to vanity, aud more than any other creature bdides·:Therefore let us learne to go: outofourfeluesand feekeicelfe where. Againe,ifyou fcek for any comfort from man, from fdends,from great men, remembe.r they arevaine, and more vaine than any oth~r crc:a- :. . rure: as'inPfal. 62. ·9· eAUmtn are ""•hu, anti ; great r~~en are lyers, ifthcy bee layd irJ th(~a!lanu~ they are lighter'thelf v.tnitie:that is,inall the fons Why great ) ofmen there is vanitie.,and the grea·~cr they are . m~n are more : themore vanity is inthem; not thlr they are in ;b;~.:than o· themfelucsmore vaine, but becaufe we expect- ... • P(e 3· - more (r~in great men, therefore to vs they are · 'lightcrth~n vacity, they are more vaine than all other men. Therefore let qs neither feckethar in ourfelue&, nor in other men:forrhey that caufe the vanitie upon thecre2tures, themfclues mull: needs be much more fubjecho v~miry. . It is an e.-ill choice to lo(e 1\esventegain– thecteaturc..- Thirdly, i(rhecreature befubjetl tovaniry) then confider what an evill choice wee make, to lofe heaven, to lofegrace, to lofe the opporcu. nity ofgrowing rich in good workes, for any thing under the Sunne;eitherfor riches, or vain. · · glory · t"''
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