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             Heraclitus, or, Mans looking-glass and survey of life written in French by Peter du Moulin ; and translated into English by Sir H. L'Estr.
             Du Moulin, Pierre, 1568-1658.
             L'Estrange, Hamon, 1605-1660.
          
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             1652.
          
           
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             Heraclitus
             ,
          
           OR
           Mans
           Looking-glass
           AND
           SVRVEY
           OF
           LIFE
           .
        
         
           Written
           in
           French
           by
           
             Peter
             du
             Moulin
             ,
          
           and
           Translated
           into
           English
           ,
           By
           Sir
           
             H.
             L'
             Estr.
             
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             Henry
             Seile
             ,
          
           over
           against
           St.
           
           
             Dunstans
          
           Church
           in
           
             Fleetstreet
             ,
          
           1652.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           IT
           is
           now
           above
           40
           years
           since
           I
           translaed
           this
           piece
           out
           of
           French
           ,
           and
           laid
           it
           by
           in
           loose
           papers
           ,
           intending
           to
           have
           published
           and
           exposed
           the
           same
           to
           common
           Test
           ;
           but
           soon
           after
           I
           understood
           that
           I
           was
           prevented
           by
           anothers
           labour
           that
           stept
           into
           the
           Press
           before
           me
           :
           nevertheless
           ,
           because
           the
           
           other
           is
           now
           antiquated
           and
           forgotten
           ;
           and
           that
           upon
           my
           review
           ,
           I
           may
           happily
           have
           phrased
           the
           Authors
           meaning
           more
           aptly
           to
           the
           modern
           
             mode
          
           &
           
             acceptation
          
           of
           the
           English
           tongue
           ,
           for
           
             
               Non
               verbum
               verbo
               curabit
               redaere
               fidus
            
             
               Interpres
               —
            
          
           A
           just
           translatour
           must
           not
           strive
           to
           follow
           the
           Author
           word
           for
           word
           ,
           but
           to
           speak
           his
           sense
           to
           the
           most
           life
           of
           the
           others
           Language
           ;
           and
           because
           the
           moment
           of
           this
           subject
           cannot
           be
           too
           often
           inculcated
           (
           as
           the
           Great
           Doctor
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           saies
           ,
           
           
             It
             grieves
             me
             not
             to
             write
             the
             same
             things
             ,
             for
             you
             it
             is
             sure
             )
          
           and
           that
           this
           book
           is
           no
           other
           than
           a
           perfect
           Map
           of
           Man
           ,
           and
           
             Anatomie
          
           of
           all
           ages
           ;
           A
           
             Nosce
             teipsim
             ,
          
           which
           is
           the
           highest
           Pitch
           ,
           and
           hardest
           Lesson
           of
           all
           humane
           Learning
           ;
           An
           
             Vniversall
             Dyall
             ,
          
           which
           (
           though
           made
           in
           
             France
             )
          
           yet
           serves
           (
           without
           any
           Astronomicall
           reduction
           )
           for
           all
           Meridians
           ,
           and
           shews
           how
           the
           minutes
           of
           mans
           life
           pass
           away
           from
           the
           first
           rising
           to
           the
           last
           setting
           thereof
           ,
           and
           even
           from
           
             Solomon
          
           upon
           his
           golden
           Throne
           ,
           to
           
             Iob
          
           scraping
           himself
           
           with
           Potsheards
           upon
           the
           ash-heap
           ;
           for
           
             Statutum
             est
             omnibus
             mori
             ,
             what
             man
             is
             he
             that
             shall
             not
             see
             death
             ?
          
           (
           as
           
             David
          
           said
           it
           ,
           and
           saw
           it
           )
           and
           after
           that
           comes
           
             Iudgment
          
           to
           Heaven
           or
           Hell
           for
           ever
           .
           For
           these
           reasons
           I
           have
           awakened
           these
           lines
           out
           of
           their
           
             Lethargie
             ,
          
           and
           caused
           them
           to
           speak
           after
           so
           long
           silence
           to
           a
           people
           that
           never
           more
           needed
           good
           Counsell
           ,
           and
           is
           ripe
           for
           the
           sharpest
           severity
           and
           sickle
           of
           Gods
           
             Iudgment
             .
          
           Let
           us
           therefore
           continually
           watch
           ,
           that
           neither
           the
           World
           ,
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           or
           the
           Devill
           
           plunder
           us
           of
           the
           richest
           Jewel
           of
           our
           Souls
           (
           which
           cost
           the
           greateest
           price
           that
           ever
           was
           )
           but
           study
           dayly
           ,
           how
           and
           why
           we
           came
           hither
           ,
           what
           we
           do
           here
           ,
           whither
           we
           go
           ,
           and
           in
           this
           
             minute
             ,
             moment
             ,
             mite
             ,
          
           and
           
             mote
          
           of
           time
           (
           while
           
             it
             is
             called
             to
             day
             )
          
           to
           
             work
             out
             our
             salvation
          
           (
           before
           the
           evill
           day
           coms
           when
           ,
           of
           al
           the
           cumber
           and
           cares
           of
           Honour
           ,
           profit
           ,
           and
           the
           dunghill
           
             a
          
           delights
           of
           this
           World
           )
           
             we
             shall
             say
             I
             have
             no
             pleasure
             in
             them
             ,
          
           and
           shall
           fall
           under
           the
           fearfull
           and
           finall
           doom
           of
           eternall
           Sequestration
           both
           of
           
           Body
           and
           Soul
           .
           Now
           to
           quicken
           the
           appetite
           of
           Meditation
           herein
           ,
           let
           us
           to
           all
           our
           
             thoughts
             ,
             words
             ,
          
           and
           
             actions
             ,
          
           set
           this
           for
           Centinell
           ,
           
             Vidit
             ,
             Venit
             ,
             Deus
             .
          
           God
           Sees
           and
           Comes
           .
        
         
           
             H.
             L'Estr.
          
        
      
       
       
         
           To
           the
           illustrious
           Princesse
           Madamoiselle
           Anne
           de
           Rohan
           .
        
         
           
             Madam
             ,
          
        
         
           THis
           Book
           that
           fights
           against
           Vanity
           is
           justly
           yours
           ,
           because
           you
           have
           overcome
           it
           ;
           we
           sight
           against
           it
           in
           words
           ,
           you
           overcome
           it
           in
           actions
           ;
           actions
           so
           much
           better
           than
           words
           ,
           as
           health
           is
           better
           than
           Physick
           ,
           and
           Victory
           than
           the
           Battell
           .
           Your
           name
           alone
           in
           the
           front
           of
           my
           
           Book
           shal
           give
           me
           my
           lesson
           ,
           for
           if
           I
           will
           paint
           out
           Vices
           with
           my
           pen
           ,
           your
           life
           is
           a
           pattern
           of
           opposite
           Vertues
           :
           Nay
           to
           speak
           truly
           ,
           you
           teach
           me
           what
           to
           write
           ,
           for
           when
           I
           would
           picture
           out
           vices
           ,
           I
           set
           before
           me
           the
           contrary
           of
           that
           which
           I
           behold
           and
           admire
           in
           you
           ,
           To
           have
           often
           the
           word
           of
           God
           in
           your
           hand
           ,
           but
           more
           often
           in
           your
           mouth
           ;
           To
           be
           dayly
           praying
           ;
           To
           be
           adorned
           with
           modesty
           without
           art
           ;
           To
           open
           the
           hand
           to
           the
           afflicted
           ,
           and
           shut
           the
           ear
           against
           vices
           ;
           To
           be
           freely
           religious
           without
           scruple
           (
           which
           makes
           Christian
           wisdom
           affected
           austerity
           )
           are
           vertues
           which
           
           the
           greatness
           of
           your
           family
           makes
           more
           remarkable
           ,
           and
           the
           corruption
           of
           this
           age
           more
           admirable
           ;
           an
           age
           wherein
           vices
           are
           manners
           ,
           wherein
           prophane
           vanity
           and
           vilany
           become
           Nature
           ,
           and
           turn
           into
           complexion
           ;
           amidst
           all
           this
           darkness
           you
           shine
           as
           a
           Candle
           in
           the
           night
           .
           I
           know
           well
           your
           modesty
           likes
           not
           this
           discourse
           ,
           but
           the
           publique
           utility
           requires
           it
           ,
           that
           all
           may
           know
           what
           esteem
           we
           make
           of
           vertue
           ,
           and
           that
           vices
           which
           come
           up
           of
           themselves
           ,
           and
           grow
           without
           watering
           ,
           may
           find
           argument
           from
           you
           either
           to
           amend
           or
           condemne
           them
           ;
           
           this
           is
           also
           an
           honour
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           sacred
           seed
           which
           we
           sow
           falls
           upon
           so
           good
           a
           ground
           ,
           and
           proves
           so
           fruitfull
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           are
           examples
           among
           us
           ,
           shewing
           the
           difference
           btwixt
           true
           Godliness
           ,
           and
           that
           superstitious
           devotion
           which
           thinks
           to
           amuse
           God
           with
           gestures
           ,
           and
           binds
           it self
           strictly
           to
           certain
           numbers
           of
           reiterated
           words
           ,
           and
           reduceth
           Religion
           to
           the
           singers
           end
           .
        
         
           Having
           now
           
             Madam
          
           so
           many
           just
           causes
           to
           present
           this
           book
           unto
           you
           ,
           yet
           I
           durst
           never
           undertake
           it
           ,
           had
           not
           you
           commanded
           it
           .
           I
           am
           not
           stuffed
           with
           ornaments
           
           according
           to
           the
           distastfull
           humour
           of
           this
           age
           ;
           I
           cannot
           ruffle
           it
           out
           in
           swelling
           termes
           ,
           and
           full-blown
           bubbles
           of
           words
           ,
           which
           are
           for
           none
           but
           brave
           spirits
           ;
           I
           cannot
           talk
           of
           
             Barricadoes
          
           of
           vices
           ,
           or
           
             Scaladoes
          
           of
           vertues
           ,
           nor
           call
           Iesus
           Christ
           the
           
             Daulphin
          
           of
           heaven
           ;
           
           I
           do
           not
           compose
           prayers
           upon
           a
           Fan
           or
           a
           Nosegay
           ;
           I
           am
           content
           to
           speak
           French
           ,
           and
           aym
           at
           nothing
           but
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           and
           in
           deciphring
           vices
           to
           plant
           in
           mens
           minds
           the
           contempt
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           the
           love
           of
           God
           ;
           in
           low
           tearms
           I
           discourse
           of
           high
           matters
           ,
           and
           paint
           out
           light
           
           with
           a
           coale
           ;
           a
           fault
           which
           partly
           may
           be
           imputed
           to
           mine
           own
           dullness
           ,
           partly
           to
           my
           tossed
           and
           troubled
           condition
           ;
           It
           is
           not
           easy
           to
           study
           among
           gunshot
           ,
           nor
           to
           mount
           the
           spirits
           high
           ,
           when
           a
           thousand
           things
           interpose
           and
           pluck
           them
           down
           again
           and
           stop
           their
           flight
           :
           But
           the
           same
           your
           goodness
           which
           moved
           you
           to
           perswade
           me
           to
           write
           ,
           will
           perswade
           you
           to
           bear
           with
           my
           imperfections
           ,
           considering
           also
           that
           at
           the
           first
           it
           was
           not
           my
           purpose
           this
           writing
           should
           come
           abroad
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           bestowed
           less
           care
           to
           dress
           it
           :
           Now
           that
           it
           is
           come
           forth
           by
           your
           command
           ,
           you
           
           shall
           receive
           it
           from
           the
           hand
           of
           him
           who
           prayes
           to
           God
           for
           the
           greatness
           and
           prosperity
           of
           your
           thrice
           Noble
           Family
           (
           which
           God
           hath
           honoured
           with
           his
           sacred
           Covenant
           )
           and
           from
           him
           whose
           chief
           ambition
           is
           ever
           to
           obey
           you
           ,
           and
           while
           he
           lives
           to
           be
        
         
           
             Your
             most
             Humble
             ,
             and
             Dutifull
             Servant
             ,
             P.
             d.
             
             M.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           MEDITATION
           VPON
           THE
           VANITIE
           AND
           MISERIE
           OF
           Mans
           Life
           .
        
         
           THe
           distracted
           diversity
           of
           the
           affairs
           of
           this
           World
           mangles
           our
           time
           in
           an
           hundred
           thousand
           pieces
           ;
           every
           business
           
           snatcheth
           away
           some
           part
           of
           our
           life
           ;
           No
           time
           is
           ours
           but
           that
           which
           we
           steal
           from
           our selves
           ,
           robbing
           some
           hours
           to
           examine
           our selves
           a-part
           ,
           and
           confer
           with
           God
           ;
           there
           is
           work
           enough
           to
           be
           found
           in
           these
           solitary
           Meditations
           :
           But
           the
           first
           work
           to
           be
           considered
           of
           is
           the
           vanity
           and
           misery
           of
           our
           life
           ,
           not
           to
           perplex
           us
           for
           it
           ,
           but
           to
           prepare
           us
           to
           leave
           it
           :
           None
           aspires
           as
           he
           ought
           to
           the
           life
           to
           come
           ,
           but
           he
           that
           despiseth
           the
           present
           .
           None
           despiseth
           the
           present
           ,
           but
           he
           that
           hath
           throughly
           known
           it
           ;
           None
           can
           throughly
           know
           it
           ,
           but
           by
           beholding
           it
           a
           far
           off
           ,
           and
           by
           withdrawing
           the
           heart
           ,
           and
           removing
           the
           affections
           aside
           ;
           for
           worldly
           pleasures
           nigh
           at
           hand
           dazle
           &
           distract
           the
           judgement
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           if
           we
           would
           enquire
           of
           any
           that
           hath
           trod
           this
           path
           ,
           
             Salomon
          
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           his
           
             Ecclesiastes
          
           entring
           into
           this
           Meditation
           cryes
           out
           
             Vanity
             of
             Vanities
             all
             is
             Vanity
          
        
         
           This
           great
           Prince
           ,
           who
           had
           riches
           without
           parallell
           ,
           peace
           without
           trouble
           ,
           honour
           without
           envy
           ;
           who
           was
           obeyed
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           admired
           of
           his
           Neighbours
           ;
           whose
           reign
           of
           80
           years
           gave
           him
           full
           scope
           to
           satisfie
           his
           mind
           in
           buildings
           ,
           in
           multitude
           of
           horses
           ,
           in
           all
           sorts
           of
           Studies
           and
           Sciences
           ;
           whose
           Spirit
           trave●led
           through
           the
           whole
           course
           of
           Nature
           ,
           having
           written
           of
           Plants
           from
           the
           Cedar
           to
           the
           Hyssope
           ;
           yet
           when
           he
           had
           done
           ,
           considering
           how
           much
           these
           sweets
           were
           
           mixed
           with
           gall
           ,
           how
           little
           stedfastness
           in
           all
           these
           things
           ,
           how
           small
           contentment
           in
           all
           this
           travail
           ,
           concludes
           thus
           of
           all
           his
           labours
           ,
           
             all
             is
             Vanity
             and
             Vexation
             of
             Spirit
          
        
         
           
             He
             had
             learned
             this
             lesson
             of
             his
             Father
             ,
             before
             he
             was
             taught
             by
             his
             own
             experience
             ;
             for
          
           David
           
             in
             the
          
           39
           Psalm
           
             saies
          
           Man
           walketh
           in
           a
           vain
           shadow
           ,
           and
           disquieteth
           himself
           in
           vain
           ,
           he
           heapeth
           up
           riches
           and
           cannot
           tell
           who
           shall
           gather
           them
           .
        
         
           Now
           after
           so
           excellent
           presidents
           let
           us
           enter
           into
           this
           Meditation
           ,
           and
           taking
           the
           Razour
           from
           their
           hand
           ,
           let
           us
           Anatomize
           our selves
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           no
           argument
           of
           greater
           moment
           than
           that
           which
           treats
           of
           
             Vanity
             ,
          
           it
           is
           
           an
           high
           contemplation
           to
           discourse
           of
           our
           own
           business
           ,
           for
           then
           man
           despising
           himself
           mounts
           above
           himself
           ;
           this
           
             Vanity
             ,
          
           mixed
           with
           
             Misery
          
           must
           be
           considered
           threefold
           .
        
         
           
             First
             ,
          
           In
           the
           Nature
           of
           Man
           .
        
         
           
             Secondly
             ,
          
           In
           his
           Actions
           .
        
         
           
             Thirdly
             ,
          
           In
           his
           thoughts
           and
           desires
           .
        
         
           
             Vanity
             in
             the
             Nature
             of
             Man
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             
             To
             take
             Man
             from
             his
             beginning
             ,
             the
             Noblest
             of
             all
             Men
             (
             be
             he
             the
             Sonne
             of
             an
             Emperour
             )
             is
             formed
             betwixt
             the
             Vrine
             and
             Ordure
             ,
             nourished
             with
             the
             most
             impure
             bloud
             of
             all
             ,
             might
             easily
             be
             crushed
             by
             the
             least
             fall
             of
             the
             Mother
             ,
             
             or
             smoothered
             with
             the
             stink
             of
             a
             candle
             snuff
             .
          
           
             His
             Birth
             is
             shamefull
             ,
             for
             no
             woman
             would
             be
             openly
             delivered
             ;
             on
             the
             other
             side
             it
             is
             a
             glory
             to
             kill
             a
             man
             ,
             and
             Duels
             bring
             men
             into
             reputation
             .
             Thus
             it
             is
             a
             shame
             to
             bring
             a
             Man
             into
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             a
             glory
             to
             send
             him
             out
             ;
             a
             plain
             proof
             that
             the
             life
             of
             a
             Man
             is
             an
             
               evill
               ,
            
             since
             it
             is
             a
             shame
             to
             give
             it
             ,
             and
             an
             honour
             to
             take
             it
             away
             .
          
           
             We
             see
             also
             he
             begins
             his
             life
             with
             tears
             ,
             and
             when
             he
             is
             born
             he
             cannot
             help
             himself
             ,
             but
             crawles
             for
             some
             years
             in
             his
             own
             filth
             ,
             whereas
             other
             creatures
             as
             soon
             as
             they
             come
             forth
             fall
             upon
             their
             feet
             ,
             and
             run
             after
             their
             food
             as
             soon
             as
             they
             are
             out
             of
             the
             shell
             ,
             Man
             is
             born
             under
             
             the
             necessity
             of
             maintaining
             his
             life
             with
             the
             sweat
             of
             his
             brows
             ,
             when
             all
             other
             Creatures
             find
             their
             cloath
             laid
             ;
             onely
             man
             hath
             need
             of
             clothing
             ,
             He
             that
             is
             Lord
             of
             all
             the
             World
             is
             ashamed
             to
             be
             seen
             ,
             and
             therefore
             clads
             himself
             in
             the
             spoyl
             of
             another
             .
          
           
             Man
             alone
             is
             subject
             to
             more
             diseases
             than
             all
             the
             Beasts
             together
             ;
             they
             are
             not
             hurt
             with
             
               Dewes
               ,
            
             nor
             bleed
             at
             the
             Nose
             ,
             though
             they
             hang
             it
             alwayes
             downward
             to
             the
             ground
             ,
             they
             know
             not
             what
             Rheumes
             mean
             ,
             the
             
               Stone
               ,
               Tertian
               ,
            
             or
             
               Quotidian
            
             Agues
             ;
             Man
             onely
             knowes
             these
             differences
             ,
             and
             feels
             them
             :
             those
             Beasts
             that
             are
             more
             domesticall
             ,
             are
             more
             diseasefull
             
             than
             others
             ,
             as
             infected
             by
             Contagion
             .
          
           
             Man
             indeed
             hath
             Reason
             above
             Beasts
             ,
             but
             he
             deviseth
             therewith
             how
             to
             torment
             himself
             ,
             and
             strains
             the
             uttermost
             of
             his
             wit
             about
             painfull
             and
             pernicious
             Projects
             ;
             to
             be
             subtill
             in
             sutes
             of
             Law
             ,
             to
             entangle
             himself
             in
             other
             mens
             business
             ,
             when
             he
             is
             glutted
             and
             full
             ,
             to
             raise
             up
             an
             artificiall
             stomach
             ,
             and
             a
             desire
             to
             drink
             ,
             without
             thirst
             ;
             and
             I
             know
             not
             how
             it
             comes
             to
             pass
             ,
             but
             we
             are
             more
             sensible
             of
             Evill
             than
             Good
             ,
             and
             troubles
             fret
             us
             more
             than
             all
             pleasures
             can
             content
             us
             :
             scarce
             any
             one
             finds
             a
             generall
             health
             ,
             but
             ach
             in
             the
             teeth
             ,
             or
             pain
             in
             the
             fingers
             end
             torments
             us
             ;
             a
             drop
             of
             gall
             
             bitters
             a
             sea
             of
             sweet
             ,
             and
             how
             much
             hapiness
             doth
             one
             affliction
             countervail
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Vanity
             of
             Man
             in
             his
             Actions
             .
          
           
             Man
             being
             born
             thus
             poor
             and
             miserable
             ,
             
             what
             a
             while
             it
             is
             before
             he
             can
             guide
             himself
             ?
             how
             long
             and
             laborious
             his
             Instruction
             ?
             what
             a
             while
             he
             trembles
             under
             the
             Masters
             awe
             to
             learn
             vain
             words
             ,
             and
             knowledge
             ,
             that
             will
             deceive
             him
             ?
             and
             in
             the
             end
             of
             all
             this
             travel
             ,
             who
             sees
             not
             a
             froward
             humor
             ,
             and
             a
             despightfull
             perversity
             ;
             and
             in
             a
             Child
             all
             the
             vices
             of
             a
             man
             ,
             as
             in
             a
             seed
             or
             kernell
             ?
             the
             onely
             way
             to
             quiet
             a
             Child
             ,
             is
             to
             beat
             another
             before
             him
             :
             if
             any
             touch
             but
             
             one
             of
             his
             toyes
             ,
             he
             flings
             away
             the
             rest
             for
             anger
             ;
             the
             love
             and
             liking
             which
             they
             bear
             to
             their
             Babies
             ,
             are
             plain
             seeds
             of
             
               Idolatry
               ,
            
             and
             such
             are
             the
             Children
             of
             the
             best
             Parents
             .
             A
             grain
             of
             Corn
             ,
             though
             never
             so
             clean
             dressed
             ,
             makes
             straw
             when
             it
             springs
             again
             .
             He
             that
             is
             circumcized
             begets
             a
             Child
             with
             a
             foreskin
             on
             ;
             thus
             we
             are
             driven
             to
             acknowledge
             ,
             in
             the
             frowardness
             of
             our
             own
             Children
             ,
             the
             picture
             of
             our
             own
             corruption
             .
          
           
             After
             
               Childhood
            
             comes
             
               Youth
               ,
            
             
             which
             is
             a
             brisque
             humour
             ,
             a
             rash
             heat
             ,
             that
             runs
             into
             all
             riot
             ,
             rushes
             headlong
             into
             dangers
             ▪
             and
             rejects
             all
             admonitions
             :
             Oh!
             what
             a
             number
             perish
             in
             that
             way
             ?
             how
             many
             in
             this
             age
             
             are
             poysoned
             with
             sensuality
             ,
             which
             lulls
             them
             in
             the
             lap
             to
             strangle
             them
             ?
             treacherous
             
               Dallilah
               ,
            
             that
             dallyes
             with
             them
             ,
             to
             betray
             them
             to
             the
             Devil
             ,
             an
             enemy
             far
             worse
             than
             the
             
               Philistims
               ;
            
             those
             pleasures
             are
             Golden
             Pills
             ,
             which
             hide
             their
             bitter
             under
             their
             beauty
             ;
             and
             like
             fresh
             Rivers
             that
             lose
             their
             pleasant
             rellish
             in
             saltness
             ,
             and
             drown
             their
             sweetness
             in
             the
             Sea
             .
          
           
             Godliness
             cannot
             live
             under
             so
             dainty
             a
             dominion
             ;
             the
             knowledge
             of
             God
             (
             which
             comes
             from
             Heaven
             )
             will
             not
             be
             subject
             to
             the
             Belly
             ,
             nor
             dwell
             in
             Swine
             ;
             that
             lodging
             is
             fittest
             for
             the
             Devil
             ,
             who
             (
             by
             the
             sufferance
             of
             our
             Saviour
             )
             entred
             into
             the
             Swine
             ,
             and
             ran
             them
             headlong
             into
             the
             Sea
             .
             
             The
             Devil
             feeds
             the
             prodigall
             Children
             with
             these
             husks
             of
             pleasure
             ,
             instead
             of
             the
             bread
             of
             life
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             .
          
           
             This
             heat
             a
             little
             cooled
             with
             years
             ,
             
             and
             man
             grown
             ripe
             ,
             now
             see
             what
             other
             
               Vanities
            
             follow
             him
             less
             boysterous
             ,
             but
             more
             sullen
             and
             obstinate
             ;
             Then
             come
             Cares
             chained
             together
             ,
             domesticall
             vexations
             ,
             thoughts
             of
             a
             Family
             ,
             troubles
             of
             sute
             ,
             travells
             of
             a
             painfull
             Trade
             to
             get
             maintenance
             for
             Children
             ,
             who
             suck
             away
             all
             the
             substance
             ,
             and
             to
             receive
             at
             length
             nothing
             but
             Reproach
             and
             Ingratitude
             .
          
           
             These
             Evils
             make
             men
             ever
             distast
             the
             present
             ,
             and
             rely
             upon
             the
             future
             ;
             alwayes
             travelling
             to
             get
             a
             good
             ,
             
             which
             flies
             from
             us
             ,
             and
             being
             gotten
             ,
             it
             melts
             in
             our
             hands
             ,
             and
             vanisheth
             away
             ;
             if
             kept
             it
             contents
             us
             not
             ,
             it
             helps
             not
             our
             fear
             ,
             nor
             quencheth
             our
             thirst
             ;
             this
             
               Evil
            
             looks
             many
             wayes
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             many
             men
             who
             hazard
             their
             life
             to
             get
             their
             living
             ,
             
             and
             miss
             the
             End
             to
             obtain
             the
             Means
             ,
             as
             he
             that
             sells
             his
             Sword
             to
             buy
             a
             Scabberd
             ,
             or
             his
             Horse
             for
             Hay
             ,
             and
             again
             ,
             to
             get
             money
             ,
             and
             not
             therwith
             to
             serve
             his
             turn
             ,
             but
             rather
             to
             serve
             his
             money
             ;
             to
             have
             Goods
             as
             one
             hath
             an
             Ague
             ,
             which
             rather
             gets
             the
             sick
             Man
             ,
             than
             he
             ,
             It
             ;
             or
             like
             the
             Dogg
             in
             the
             Manger
             which
             eats
             not
             the
             Hay
             ,
             but
             grinns
             if
             another
             come
             neer
             it
             :
             Wretched
             people
             ,
             who
             live
             poor
             to
             die
             rich
             ,
             who
             
             covet
             most
             when
             they
             are
             most
             in
             years
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             make
             greatest
             provision
             when
             they
             are
             at
             the
             end
             of
             their
             journy
             :
             He
             that
             fears
             God
             to
             dismantle
             himself
             of
             so
             great
             a
             mischief
             ,
             will
             consider
             with
             himself
             what
             the
             price
             &
             valew
             of
             Riches
             are
             ,
             and
             will
             thus
             reason
             ;
             The
             Devil
             offers
             these
             ,
             but
             he
             never
             offers
             Piety
             ,
             or
             the
             knowledge
             of
             God
             ;
             God
             shewes
             what
             account
             he
             makes
             of
             Riches
             ,
             when
             he
             gives
             them
             most
             abundantly
             to
             the
             Wicked
             ,
             into
             whose
             bosome
             they
             fall
             ,
             as
             a
             Purse
             in
             to
             a
             privy
             .
             Our
             Saviour
             shews
             what
             account
             he
             made
             of
             mony
             ,
             when
             he
             gave
             
               Iudas
            
             his
             Purse
             ,
             but
             to
             his
             blessed
             Apostles
             he
             gave
             his
             Holy
             Spirit
             ;
             had
             he
             thought
             riches
             the
             true
             Good
             ,
             sure
             he
             would
             
             have
             provided
             enough
             for
             himself
             ;
             but
             he
             had
             not
             where
             to
             rest
             his
             head
             ;
             he
             honoured
             poverty
             by
             his
             own
             example
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             &
             Soveraign
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             would
             have
             nothing
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             to
             teach
             us
             to
             contemn
             the
             World
             ;
             A
             little
             wealth
             serves
             to
             live
             well
             ,
             and
             less
             to
             dye
             well
             ;
             
             
               Godliness
               is
               great
               gain
               if
               a
               man
               be
               content
               with
               that
               he
               hath
               ;
               Naked
               we
               came
               into
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               naked
               we
               shall
               goe
               out
               .
            
             Quiet
             poverty
             ,
             is
             better
             than
             troublesome
             Riches
             ,
             yet
             such
             is
             the
             silly
             nature
             of
             man
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             rather
             fetch
             water
             from
             a
             raging
             and
             violent
             stream
             ,
             with
             hazard
             and
             perill
             ,
             than
             from
             a
             small
             Brook
             or
             rivulet
             with
             ease
             and
             safety
             ;
             To
             get
             a
             mass
             of
             money
             with
             danger
             and
             
             disquiet
             ,
             rather
             than
             a
             small
             summe
             with
             peace
             and
             security
             ;
             and
             at
             the
             end
             ,
             he
             shall
             be
             nothing
             the
             more
             satisfied
             ,
             nay
             still
             further
             off
             ,
             and
             thinks
             all
             is
             lost
             that
             he
             gets
             not
             ;
             and
             this
             greediness
             is
             alwayes
             mixed
             with
             Envy
             ;
             If
             he
             happen
             to
             lose
             his
             goods
             (
             as
             
               Solomon
            
             saith
             ,
             
               Riches
               taketh
               to
               her
               wings
               ,
               and
               flees
               away
               )
            
             it
             is
             as
             much
             as
             if
             he
             lost
             his
             sences
             ;
             for
             to
             rob
             and
             spoyl
             a
             covetous
             man
             ,
             is
             as
             it
             were
             to
             flea
             him
             ;
             and
             to
             take
             away
             his
             money
             ,
             is
             to
             pluck
             out
             his
             heart
             ,
             because
             he
             sets
             his
             heart
             all
             upon
             his
             money
             .
             The
             Godly
             man
             when
             he
             considereth
             these
             things
             ,
             will
             say
             with
             the
             Wise
             Man
             ,
             
               This
               is
               Vanity
               &
               Vexation
               of
               Spirit
               .
            
             
          
           
             To
             this
             
               Vanity
            
             we
             may
             resemble
             that
             of
             many
             persons
             
             who
             extremely
             toyl
             themselves
             to
             get
             honour
             and
             greatness
             ;
             In
             this
             throng
             of
             people
             which
             press
             to
             get
             up
             .
             Those
             behind
             would
             fain
             tred
             down
             those
             before
             ;
             threequarters
             of
             them
             are
             enfo●ced
             to
             stay
             behind
             with
             anger
             and
             despight
             ▪
             those
             that
             have
             got
             to
             the
             top
             of
             honour
             pluck
             the
             Ladder
             after
             them
             ,
             lest
             others
             should
             get
             up
             by
             it
             ,
             and
             when
             they
             are
             gotten
             to
             the
             top
             ,
             then
             they
             shew
             their
             tricks
             ,
             like
             Apes
             got
             upon
             an
             House
             or
             a
             Tree
             ,
             making
             faces
             at
             those
             that
             are
             below
             ,
             &
             set
             the
             people
             on
             gazing
             &
             gaping
             on
             them
             ;
             for
             there
             ,
             their
             weakness
             best
             appears
             ,
             and
             their
             vices
             are
             most
             in
             view
             .
             Add
             also
             ,
             that
             in
             this
             height
             they
             meet
             with
             more
             cares
             than
             before
             ;
             
               Trees
            
             
             shake
             most
             at
             the
             top
             ;
             
               Pinacles
            
             of
             high
             Towers
             are
             oftenest
             struck
             with
             Tempest
             and
             Lightning
             ;
             we
             sleep
             worst
             upon
             the
             richest
             and
             embroydered
             Beds
             ;
             we
             are
             in
             most
             danger
             of
             poyson
             at
             the
             fullest
             Feasts
             :
             but
             you
             never
             heard
             of
             any
             poysoned
             in
             a
             wooden
             dish
             ;
             after
             innocent
             labor
             ,
             sleep
             is
             sweet
             upon
             a
             lock
             of
             
               Straw
               ;
               This
               is
               also
               Vanity
               and
               Vexation
               of
               the
               Spirit
               .
            
             
          
           
             This
             
               Vanity
               ,
            
             joyned
             with
             a
             like
             corruption
             ,
             appears
             especially
             in
             the
             Court
             ,
             where
             prime
             Slavery
             goes
             under
             the
             colour
             of
             Greatness
             and
             Golden
             Shackles
             are
             counted
             a
             Noble
             Imprisonment
             ;
             He
             that
             lives
             there
             ,
             must
             make
             account
             to
             be
             alwayes
             masked
             ;
             to
             play
             twenty
             severall
             
             parts
             in
             one
             hour
             ;
             to
             have
             a
             number
             of
             Servants
             ,
             but
             never
             a
             Friend
             ;
             there
             ,
             Innocence
             is
             called
             Silliness
             ,
             and
             a
             simple
             Affirmation
             is
             a
             signe
             there
             is
             no
             such
             matter
             ;
             Two
             hate
             one
             another
             ,
             and
             both
             know
             it
             ,
             yet
             each
             strives
             to
             seem
             to
             serve
             the
             other
             first
             ,
             who
             shall
             begin
             ,
             and
             who
             shall
             be
             last
             ;
             and
             with
             these
             complements
             they
             make
             an
             Enterlude
             :
             
               Envy
            
             is
             never
             to
             seek
             for
             ,
             but
             ever
             in
             fashion
             there
             ,
             either
             to
             supplant
             ,
             prevent
             ,
             or
             to
             nibble
             at
             one
             another
             ,
             and
             no
             means
             but
             by
             slavery
             to
             avoid
             it
             ;
             debauched
             tricks
             ,
             and
             beastliness
             among
             Courtiers
             ,
             become
             Lawes
             ,
             and
             turn
             into
             complexion
             .
             One
             had
             need
             have
             more
             Faith
             than
             a
             grain
             of
             
               Mustard
            
             seed
             to
             keep
             himself
             
             there
             from
             Corruption
             ;
             as
             Ravens
             build
             on
             high
             Trees
             ,
             so
             the
             Devil
             nestles
             among
             great
             ones
             ,
             and
             there
             he
             hatcheth
             and
             discloseth
             his
             Young
             ,
             which
             are
             Vices
             ,
             because
             there
             they
             are
             better
             seen
             ,
             and
             shew
             themselves
             with
             Authority
             ;
             There
             you
             shall
             meet
             with
             some
             that
             kill
             one
             another
             in
             bravery
             ,
             upon
             the
             construction
             of
             a
             word
             ;
             a
             plain
             proof
             that
             their
             Life
             is
             little
             worth
             ,
             which
             they
             set
             at
             so
             low
             a
             rate
             ,
             but
             these
             brave
             Ladds
             would
             be
             soon
             gone
             if
             they
             were
             to
             suffer
             for
             Gods
             Cause
             :
             Sure
             it
             would
             ask
             a
             number
             of
             those
             Gallants
             to
             make
             one
             true
             Evangelical
             
               Martyr
               .
            
             Alas
             !
             how
             wretchedly
             do
             they
             understand
             the
             true
             point
             of
             Honour
             :
             
               This
               is
               also
               an
               Evill
               
               Travell
               ,
            
             and
             an
             extreme
             
               Vanity
               .
            
          
           
             To
             this
             also
             we
             may
             adde
             the
             
               Vanity
            
             of
             the
             other
             Sex
             ;
             
             For
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             Women
             are
             vain
             ,
             not
             onely
             through
             frailty
             and
             example
             ,
             but
             by
             express
             profession
             .
          
           
             All
             their
             study
             is
             to
             set
             up
             
               Vanity
               ,
            
             and
             upon
             that
             they
             are
             in
             Emulation
             with
             one
             another
             ;
             for
             amidst
             all
             this
             worldly
             glory
             and
             lustre
             ,
             you
             shall
             see
             some
             women
             swallow'd
             up
             of
             pleasures
             ,
             slaves
             to
             other
             Fashions
             &
             Faces
             ,
             who
             out
             of
             daintiness
             have
             almost
             lost
             the
             use
             of
             their
             Feet
             with
             mincing
             ,
             who
             bestow
             a
             quarter
             of
             their
             Life
             to
             make
             them
             ready
             ;
             who
             buy
             their
             hair
             ,
             borrow
             their
             face
             ,
             make
             Idols
             of
             their
             bodies
             ,
             yet
             torture
             them
             again
             by
             a
             just
             
             judgement
             ;
             who
             know
             nothing
             ,
             yet
             study
             to
             speak
             well
             ;
             who
             look
             in
             the
             Glass
             a
             thousand
             times
             a
             day
             ,
             and
             call
             a
             Counsell
             about
             an
             hair
             .
             Poor
             Souls
             !
             who
             changing
             the
             colour
             of
             their
             hair
             ,
             and
             raising
             themselves
             upon
             their
             Chappins
             ,
             would
             make
             
               Christ
            
             beleeve
             he
             did
             not
             well
             understand
             himself
             ,
             when
             he
             said
             ,
             
             
               Man
               cannot
               make
               an
               hair
               white
               or
               black
               ,
            
             or
             
               adde
               one
               cubit
               to
               his
               stature
               .
            
             If
             a
             man
             could
             summe
             up
             all
             the
             time
             that
             a
             dainty
             Lady
             bestowes
             in
             dressing
             of
             her self
             all
             her
             life
             time
             ,
             it
             would
             prove
             a
             dozen
             years
             ;
             such
             Curiosity
             is
             next
             to
             Slavery
             :
             But
             who
             would
             bestow
             so
             much
             to
             any
             good
             end
             or
             purpose
             ?
             How
             comes
             it
             to
             pass
             ,
             that
             clothes
             (
             which
             
             were
             given
             because
             of
             Sinne
             )
             are
             now
             turned
             into
             Sinne
             ?
             that
             man
             makes
             that
             a
             matter
             of
             glory
             ,
             which
             God
             gave
             to
             cover
             his
             shame
             ?
             that
             an
             argument
             of
             humility
             should
             now
             become
             a
             matter
             of
             pride
             ?
             There
             is
             nothing
             more
             opposite
             to
             the
             zeale
             of
             Gods
             glory
             ,
             than
             this
             loose
             
               Vanity
               :
            
             Could
             a
             Woman
             that
             wears
             a
             pair
             of
             prodigious
             
               Chappins
               ,
            
             fly
             into
             another
             Country
             for
             the
             cause
             of
             Religion
             ?
             Could
             so
             delicate
             a
             skin
             endure
             the
             cold
             and
             hard
             Prison
             for
             the
             testimony
             of
             the
             Gospell
             ?
             She
             that
             cannot
             endure
             the
             heat
             of
             the
             Sunne
             ,
             because
             of
             her
             painting
             ,
             could
             she
             abide
             the
             Fagot
             for
             Gods
             Word
             ?
             you
             see
             how
             we
             prepare
             for
             sufferings
             ,
             what
             Apprentises
             we
             
             are
             for
             
               Martyrdom
               ?
               Salomon
            
             saw
             none
             of
             this
             in
             his
             time
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Vanity
               of
               Vanities
            
             whereof
             he
             speakes
             ,
             comes
             far
             short
             of
             the
             
               Vanity
            
             of
             our
             Age
             .
          
           
             But
             now
             behold
             another
             kind
             of
             
               Vanity
            
             wherein
             men
             toyl
             themselves
             ,
             
             a bawling
             ,
             roring
             and
             tumultuous
             
               Vanity
               ,
            
             which
             is
             armed
             with
             stings
             ,
             and
             covered
             with
             subtilty
             ,
             which
             bestowes
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             time
             in
             br●bbles
             ,
             and
             pleads
             up
             and
             down
             by
             rote
             ;
             Goe
             but
             into
             
               Guild-Hall
               ,
            
             or
             Court
             of
             Assizes
             ,
             you
             will
             wonder
             at
             the
             confused
             turmoyl
             ,
             and
             the
             Arts
             of
             Cozenage
             ,
             such
             toylsom
             trotting
             up
             and
             down
             ,
             
             such
             a
             dustie
             eagerness
             ,
             and
             you
             will
             truly
             say
             ,
             in
             all
             this
             crowd
             of
             Lawyers
             
             (
             who
             sometime
             speak
             all
             at
             once
             )
             not
             any
             one
             once
             names
             God
             ,
             unless
             it
             be
             in
             an
             Oath
             .
          
           
             There
             ,
             while
             two
             devour
             one
             another
             in
             sute
             ,
             a
             third
             man
             runs
             away
             with
             the
             prey
             ,
             and
             the
             charges
             surmount
             the
             principall
             .
             What
             a
             world
             of
             people
             live
             upon
             the
             wickedness
             of
             other
             men
             ?
             What
             a
             number
             should
             fast
             ,
             if
             others
             (
             who
             worrie
             one
             another
             )
             should
             lay
             their
             malice
             aside
             ?
             Mee-thinks
             when
             God
             looks
             down
             upon
             this
             brawling
             and
             confused
             throng
             of
             Lawyers
             ,
             and
             their
             followers
             ,
             they
             appear
             like
             Ants
             upon
             a
             Mole-hill
             ,
             which
             stir
             pell
             mell
             up
             and
             down
             without
             order
             or
             reason
             ;
             
               This
               is
               also
               an
               Evill
               Travell
               ,
               a
               Vanity
               ,
               and
               Vexation
               of
               Spirit
               .
            
          
           
           
             Some
             will
             confess
             that
             these
             things
             are
             true
             ,
             but
             will
             say
             ,
             yet
             there
             are
             some
             honest
             studies
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             some
             commendable
             knowledge
             ,
             and
             many
             Civill
             and
             Religious
             vertues
             which
             cannot
             be
             comprehended
             under
             this
             
               Vanity
               ,
            
             but
             are
             worthy
             of
             praise
             :
             yet
             even
             in
             this
             ,
             the
             
               Vanity
            
             of
             man
             principally
             appears
             ;
             for
             if
             the
             best
             of
             our
             actions
             be
             vain
             ,
             how
             much
             more
             the
             
               Vanities
            
             themselves
             .
             Let
             us
             begin
             with
             
               Arts
            
             and
             
               Sciences
               .
            
          
           
             Now
             a
             dayes
             Vnderstanding
             consists
             in
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             Tongues
             ▪
             
             the
             Learned
             busie
             themselves
             to
             know
             what
             the
             Women
             of
             
               Rome
            
             spake
             2000
             years
             since
             ,
             what
             Apparell
             the
             
               Romans
            
             did
             
             wear
             ,
             in
             what
             ceremony
             Stage-play's
             were
             beheld
             then
             among
             the
             people
             ,
             and
             to
             new
             furbish
             over
             ,
             and
             refine
             certain
             
               Latine
            
             or
             
               Greek
            
             words
             ,
             which
             Antiquity
             hath
             long
             buried
             in
             darkness
             ;
             this
             is
             to
             rake
             a
             Dunghill
             with
             a
             Scepter
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             our
             Vnderstanding
             (
             that
             should
             command
             )
             a
             Drudge
             to
             a
             base
             Occupation
             ;
             as
             if
             a
             man
             should
             make
             all
             his
             Meal
             of
             Sawces
             ;
             the
             knowledge
             of
             these
             things
             is
             good
             to
             season
             ,
             but
             not
             to
             nourish
             .
             Some
             again
             hunt
             after
             words
             in
             their
             old
             age
             ,
             when
             they
             should
             have
             the
             things
             ;
             many
             learn
             their
             Grammar
             with
             Spectacles
             ,
             they
             study
             to
             speak
             true
             
               Latine
               ,
            
             and
             are
             barbarous
             in
             their
             own
             tongue
             ,
             and
             their
             
             whole
             life
             a
             continuall
             Incongruity
             .
          
           
             
               Philosophy
            
             and
             the
             
               Arts
            
             as
             they
             are
             somewhat
             higher
             ,
             
             so
             they
             are
             somewhat
             harder
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Pine
               Apples
            
             upon
             the
             top
             of
             the
             Tree
             :
             many
             fall
             that
             climbe
             for
             them
             ,
             many
             when
             they
             have
             got
             them
             break
             their
             teeth
             with
             cracking
             ;
             as
             they
             teach
             to
             know
             more
             ,
             so
             they
             perplex
             more
             ;
             
               He
               that
               increaseth
               Knowledge
            
             (
             saith
             
               Salomon
               )
               increaseth
               Sorrow
               .
            
             
             Ignorance
             hath
             some
             commodity
             ;
             and
             when
             all
             is
             done
             ,
             this
             Knowledge
             goes
             not
             far
             :
             For
             no
             Man
             by
             
               Philosophie
            
             can
             clearly
             tell
             the
             nature
             of
             a
             Fly
             ,
             or
             an
             Herb
             ,
             much
             less
             of
             himself
             ;
             our
             Spirits
             travell
             every where
             ,
             and
             yet
             we
             are
             strangers
             at
             home
             ,
             we
             would
             know
             all
             ,
             but
             doe
             
             nothing
             ,
             for
             (
             to
             speak
             properly
             )
             our
             study
             is
             no
             labour
             ,
             but
             a
             curious
             la●iness
             which
             tires
             it self
             ,
             and
             goes
             not
             forward
             ,
             like
             Squirrells
             in
             a
             cage
             ,
             which
             turn
             up
             and
             down
             ,
             and
             think
             they
             goe
             apace
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             still
             where
             they
             were
             ;
             we
             learn
             little
             with
             great
             labour
             ,
             and
             that
             little
             makes
             us
             little
             the
             better
             ,
             nay
             ,
             many
             times
             worse
             ;
             a
             drop
             or
             dram
             of
             divine
             Knowledge
             is
             more
             worth
             than
             all
             humane
             whatsoever
             .
          
           
             To
             what
             purpose
             doth
             an
             Attorney
             follow
             another
             mans
             cause
             ,
             when
             himself
             is
             at
             sute
             with
             God
             ?
             To
             what
             end
             doth
             a
             Physician
             undertake
             to
             judge
             of
             anothers
             health
             ,
             if
             he
             does
             duely
             observe
             the
             pulse
             of
             his
             own
             
             Conscience
             ?
             What
             are
             we
             the
             better
             to
             know
             by
             
               History
            
             what
             was
             done
             a
             great
             while
             since
             ,
             and
             know
             not
             what
             to
             doe
             now
             ?
             or
             by
             
               Astronomy
            
             to
             learn
             the
             motions
             and
             influences
             of
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             and
             know
             not
             how
             to
             come
             thither
             ?
          
           
             Others
             undertake
             long
             voyages
             ,
             to
             have
             many
             Hosts
             and
             few
             Friends
             ;
             they
             promise
             to
             learn
             much
             ,
             but
             return
             more
             Fools
             than
             they
             went
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             dropt
             their
             Wits
             by
             the
             way
             ,
             and
             having
             painfully
             trod
             over
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             ground
             ,
             at
             length
             
               Death
            
             tumbles
             them
             into
             it
             ,
             as
             Flies
             that
             are
             so
             long
             busie
             with
             the
             flame
             ,
             that
             at
             last
             they
             rush
             in
             ,
             and
             when
             they
             have
             surveyed
             so
             much
             ground
             ,
             a
             handfull
             will
             
             cover
             them
             .
             Those
             are
             bewitched
             with
             this
             
               Vanity
               ,
            
             who
             goe
             long
             Pilgrimages
             to
             some
             
               Saint
            
             to
             have
             Children
             ,
             and
             when
             they
             are
             come
             home
             ,
             they
             find
             some
             officious
             Neighbour
             hath
             eased
             them
             of
             the
             care
             ,
             
               This
               is
               also
               Vanity
               and
               Vexation
               of
               the
               Spirit
               .
            
          
           
             It
             may
             be
             our
             Civill
             Virtues
             have
             some
             more
             substance
             in
             them
             ,
             
             but
             therein
             
               Vanity
            
             displayes
             it self
             most
             ,
             because
             many
             of
             those
             Virtues
             are
             but
             Vices
             Brats
             :
             
               Choler
            
             whets
             on
             Valour
             ;
             
               Cowardise
            
             makes
             a
             Man
             advised
             and
             wary
             ;
             
               Ambition
               ,
               Avarice
               ,
            
             and
             
               Envy
               ,
            
             are
             spurs
             to
             Study
             and
             Industry
             ;
             fear
             of
             disgrace
             and
             defamation
             ,
             makes
             many
             Women
             Chast
             ;
             niggardness
             makes
             many
             moderate
             ,
             
             others
             ,
             necessity
             ;
             friendships
             are
             contracted
             either
             for
             profit
             or
             pleasure
             ;
             whereof
             the
             first
             is
             a
             Frippery
             ,
             the
             last
             a
             Market
             .
          
           
             Religion
             it self
             is
             often
             used
             to
             serve
             our
             covetousness
             ;
             many
             follow
             
               Christ
            
             in
             the
             
               Wilderness
            
             for
             bread
             ,
             this
             is
             to
             make
             the
             Vnderstanding
             a
             slave
             to
             the
             Belly
             ,
             and
             the
             Prince
             and
             Commander
             of
             all
             Virtues
             ,
             a
             Servant
             to
             the
             basest
             of
             Vices
             :
             Nay
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             which
             is
             worst
             ,
             to
             forsake
             
               Christ
               ,
            
             or
             to
             follow
             him
             for
             gain
             ;
             to
             serve
             
               Christ
            
             for
             money
             ,
             or
             the
             Devil
             for
             nothing
             ;
             unless
             we
             doe
             God
             less
             injury
             to
             forsake
             
               Christ
               ,
            
             than
             to
             follow
             him
             to
             doe
             him
             injury
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             him
             a
             Servant
             to
             our
             Avarice
             .
             If
             these
             be
             
             our
             Virtues
             ,
             what
             shall
             our
             Vices
             be
             ?
             and
             what
             Virtues
             can
             these
             be
             that
             thus
             dance
             after
             the
             Devills
             pipe
             ?
             
               This
               is
               also
               Vanity
               ,
               and
               a
               vexatious
               Corruption
               .
            
          
           
             This
             makes
             some
             men
             ,
             
             (
             when
             they
             consider
             that
             
               Vanity
            
             hath
             over-spred
             all
             Worldly
             things
             ,
             that
             Vice
             and
             Wickedness
             have
             infected
             all
             estates
             and
             conditions
             of
             men
             ,
             to
             the
             intent
             to
             wind
             themselves
             out
             and
             get
             away
             )
             confine
             themselves
             to
             Deserts
             and
             a
             perpetual
             solitude
             ,
             there
             to
             remain
             in
             extreme
             silence
             ,
             and
             to
             speak
             with
             none
             but
             God
             and
             themselves
             ;
             and
             though
             this
             solitary
             humor
             in
             diverse
             proceed
             from
             a
             savage
             disposition
             ,
             in
             others
             from
             a
             weakness
             ,
             and
             spirit
             not
             capable
             of
             the
             society
             
             of
             men
             ;
             in
             others
             ,
             from
             an
             ambitious
             desire
             to
             be
             noted
             for
             some
             extraordinary
             profession
             ,
             because
             they
             could
             not
             be
             seen
             enough
             in
             the
             Common
             Crowd
             ;
             in
             others
             ,
             from
             anger
             and
             despite
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             so
             long
             tyred
             themselves
             in
             striving
             against
             the
             stream
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             crossed
             in
             every
             thing
             ;
             So
             I
             doubt
             not
             but
             there
             are
             some
             who
             purposely
             withdraw
             themselves
             ,
             and
             take
             upon
             them
             this
             solitary
             condition
             ,
             to
             get
             out
             of
             the
             crowd
             of
             Vices
             ,
             and
             to
             serve
             God
             with
             more
             liberty
             ;
             but
             even
             these
             are
             deceived
             ,
             and
             when
             they
             think
             to
             goe
             out
             of
             the
             World
             at
             one
             door
             ,
             they
             come
             in
             at
             another
             :
             for
             griefs
             of
             mind
             ,
             perplexed
             thoughts
             ,
             lumpish
             laziness
             ,
             windie
             
               Hypochondriacall
               
               Melancholy
               ,
            
             despair
             ,
             presumption
             ,
             and
             self-admiration
             steal
             insensibly
             into
             the
             mind
             under
             a
             profession
             of
             extraordinary
             Sanctity
             ,
             which
             pines
             the
             spirits
             of
             the
             peevishly
             arrogant
             ,
             and
             of
             peremptory
             devotion
             ,
             which
             degenerates
             oftentimes
             into
             folly
             or
             brutishness
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Solitary
               Man
            
             hath
             none
             to
             comfort
             him
             in
             his
             heaviness
             ,
             and
             having
             none
             to
             compare
             withall
             ,
             thinks
             himself
             the
             most
             excellent
             :
             then
             also
             inordinate
             desires
             multiplie
             upon
             him
             ,
             for
             Man
             ever
             thinks
             that
             best
             that
             is
             furthest
             off
             .
             So
             St.
             
               Jerome
            
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             Wilderness
             ,
             
             and
             in
             abstinent
             solitude
             ,
             yet
             burnt
             with
             incontinent
             affections
             ,
             and
             his
             mind
             ran
             most
             on
             dancing
             with
             Maids
             ,
             
             and
             when
             the
             Devil
             followed
             
               Christ
            
             into
             the
             Wilderness
             ,
             he
             thought
             that
             the
             fittest
             place
             for
             temptation
             and
             if
             the
             Devil
             set
             upon
             the
             Sonne
             of
             God
             in
             the
             Desert
             ,
             what
             Monk
             or
             Cloysterer
             thinks
             to
             goe
             free
             ?
             The
             safest
             way
             is
             to
             goe
             out
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             not
             with
             feet
             ,
             but
             affections
             ,
             and
             first
             to
             keep
             the
             World
             from
             nestling
             in
             our
             hearts
             or
             near
             us
             ,
             lest
             when
             we
             goe
             out
             of
             the
             World
             we
             carry
             it
             with
             us
             ;
             for
             as
             a
             Man
             may
             be
             Worldly
             and
             Wicked
             ,
             though
             he
             make
             a
             shew
             to
             live
             out
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             so
             he
             may
             leave
             the
             World
             and
             yet
             never
             come
             in
             the
             Wilderness
             ,
             and
             live
             among
             a
             multitude
             as
             if
             he
             were
             alone
             ,
             and
             even
             in
             a
             Court
             or
             Palace
             behold
             the
             evill
             travell
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             have
             
             no
             share
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             where
             the
             greatest
             talk
             is
             ,
             there
             to
             talk
             with
             himself
             alone
             and
             confer
             with
             God
             ;
             and
             to
             imploy
             himself
             to
             the
             edifying
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             to
             direct
             those
             right
             that
             are
             wrong
             ,
             and
             to
             bring
             them
             again
             into
             the
             way
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             by
             no
             means
             to
             hide
             the
             talent
             in
             the
             ground
             ,
             and
             to
             lop
             himself
             off
             (
             as
             an
             unprofitable
             branch
             )
             from
             the
             Bodie
             of
             
               Civill
               Society
               ,
            
             thus
             the
             Apostles
             did
             ,
             and
             all
             those
             lights
             who
             brought
             so
             great
             glory
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             yet
             shine
             after
             their
             death
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             that
             
               Aristotle
            
             spake
             true
             in
             the
             first
             of
             his
             
               Poli●
               .
            
             that
             he
             that
             is
             disposed
             to
             Solitariness
             is
             either
             of
             a
             divine
             ,
             or
             a
             base
             spirit
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             
             to
             say
             ,
             He
             forsakes
             the
             company
             of
             men
             ,
             either
             because
             his
             Virtues
             are
             above
             them
             ,
             or
             he
             inferiour
             and
             not
             worthy
             to
             come
             among
             them
             ;
             But
             I
             say
             ,
             that
             he
             that
             loves
             Solitude
             because
             he
             excells
             others
             in
             Virtue
             ,
             or
             Knowledge
             ,
             ought
             to
             subdue
             himself
             ,
             and
             to
             descend
             (
             by
             humility
             and
             gentleness
             )
             to
             others
             imperfections
             ,
             bestowing
             himself
             every
             way
             in
             word
             and
             action
             to
             the
             good
             of
             the
             Church
             and
             Common-wealth
             .
          
           
             For
             what
             are
             all
             our
             perfections
             ,
             but
             poor
             shadowes
             and
             obscure
             traces
             of
             the
             perfection
             of
             
               Christ
               ?
            
             yet
             he
             became
             like
             unto
             men
             ,
             and
             conversed
             among
             men
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             save
             men
             :
             From
             all
             which
             I
             gather
             this
             conclusion
             ,
             
             That
             if
             it
             be
             a
             
               Vanity
            
             to
             forsake
             the
             World
             ,
             then
             much
             more
             to
             follow
             it
             ,
             and
             if
             Vices
             (
             with
             all
             their
             mischiefs
             )
             nestle
             in
             the
             Deserts
             ,
             much
             more
             in
             the
             common
             crowd
             :
             Surely
             if
             
               Vanity
            
             be
             thus
             found
             every where
             ,
             we
             may
             well
             say
             ,
             
               All
               is
               Vanity
               and
               Vexation
               of
               Spirit
               .
            
          
           
             Now
             ,
             
             while
             Man
             busies
             himself
             about
             all
             his
             vain
             travell
             ,
             while
             he
             thrusts
             time
             forward
             with
             the
             Shoulders
             ,
             every
             day
             begins
             a-fresh
             to
             rise
             up
             ,
             and
             lye
             down
             again
             ,
             to
             fill
             and
             empty
             his
             belly
             like
             a
             Spunge
             ,
             and
             goes
             round
             like
             a
             Mill-horse
             in
             the
             circle
             of
             of
             the
             same
             tedious
             occupations
             ,
             Behold
             old
             Age
             comes
             stealing
             on
             ,
             which
             yet
             but
             a
             few
             attain
             unto
             ;
             Every
             one
             desires
             to
             come
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             
             when
             they
             are
             at
             it
             they
             wish
             it
             farther
             off
             :
             This
             is
             as
             it
             were
             the
             sink
             and
             setlings
             of
             mans
             life
             ,
             the
             worst
             of
             all
             to
             the
             Worldly
             ,
             and
             the
             best
             to
             the
             Godly
             ;
             then
             are
             Worldly
             men
             more
             way-ward
             than
             ever
             ,
             then
             they
             grow
             fearfull
             and
             froward
             ,
             and
             (
             to
             speak
             truly
             )
             weak
             in
             Judgement
             ▪
             for
             we
             cannot
             properly
             call
             that
             humour
             wisdom
             ,
             which
             is
             any
             way
             irksome
             ,
             nor
             want
             of
             power
             ,
             Sobrietie
             ;
             an
             old
             Man
             does
             not
             leave
             pleasures
             ,
             but
             they
             leave
             him
             ;
             he
             complains
             without
             cause
             ,
             that
             the
             Fashions
             and
             Manners
             of
             Men
             are
             changed
             into
             worse
             ;
             't
             is
             himself
             that
             is
             altered
             :
             when
             he
             was
             young
             ,
             every
             thing
             pleased
             him
             ,
             though
             never
             so
             had
             ,
             when
             he
             is
             old
             ,
             nothing
             can
             please
             him
             ,
             though
             never
             
             so
             good
             ;
             like
             a
             Man
             in
             a
             Wherry
             ,
             who
             thinks
             the
             shore
             moves
             ,
             when
             't
             is
             himself
             .
             It
             is
             also
             a
             fault
             of
             old
             age
             to
             talk
             much
             ,
             because
             they
             can
             doe
             little
             ,
             therefore
             they
             think
             't
             is
             their
             part
             to
             teach
             young
             Men
             ,
             and
             to
             tell
             of
             old
             matters
             done
             a
             great
             while
             agoe
             ;
             So
             towards
             the
             declining
             of
             a
             
               State
            
             (
             as
             of
             the
             
               Roman
               Empire
               )
            
             much
             talke
             but
             little
             actions
             .
             In
             the
             Worlds
             old
             age
             ,
             many
             curious
             Disputes
             ,
             but
             little
             piety
             and
             solid
             Religion
             .
             Old
             Age
             is
             covetous
             ,
             and
             worldy
             cares
             then
             come
             a
             fresh
             ,
             every
             thing
             growes
             gray
             and
             withered
             save
             onely
             Vice
             .
             The
             old
             Man
             the
             
               Apostle
            
             so
             often
             speaks
             of
             ,
             growes
             not
             old
             to
             the
             World
             ,
             but
             is
             then
             in
             his
             prime
             ;
             he
             sees
             Death
             at
             hand
             ,
             
             and
             holds
             Life
             but
             like
             an
             Eel
             by
             the
             tayl
             ,
             yet
             he
             devises
             long-breathed
             plots
             ,
             and
             gathers
             and
             heaps
             up
             riches
             together
             ,
             as
             if
             
               Death
            
             were
             a
             great
             way
             off
             ;
             then
             is
             Man
             loath
             to
             leave
             his
             Life
             when
             it
             is
             least
             worth
             ,
             and
             little
             left
             but
             Lees
             :
             He
             never
             thinks
             of
             
               Death
               ,
            
             though
             his
             Age
             gives
             him
             warning
             of
             it
             and
             every
             grey
             hair
             serves
             for
             a
             Summons
             :
             Nay
             ,
             
               Death
            
             oftentimes
             takes
             an
             earnest
             of
             him
             ,
             by
             the
             loss
             of
             an
             Arm
             ,
             or
             an
             Eye
             ,
             or
             a
             Legge
             ,
             to
             put
             him
             in
             minde
             that
             shortly
             after
             he
             will
             have
             the
             rest
             .
             Again
             ,
             old
             Men
             are
             besotted
             with
             the
             World
             through
             long
             custom
             and
             acquaintance
             ,
             and
             are
             loth
             to
             leave
             it
             ,
             though
             they
             find
             no
             good
             in
             it
             ;
             
               This
               is
               also
               a
               Vanity
               
               and
               Vexation
               of
               the
               Spirit
               .
            
          
           
             At
             the
             end
             of
             all
             this
             tedious
             and
             unprofitable
             travell
             
               Death
            
             comes
             ,
             
             which
             takes
             every
             man
             away
             before
             he
             knowes
             how
             to
             live
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             much
             less
             to
             leave
             it
             ;
             most
             men
             goe
             out
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             before
             they
             consider
             why
             they
             came
             in
             ;
             they
             would
             fain
             adjourn
             time
             ,
             but
             
               Death
            
             will
             not
             listen
             to
             any
             composition
             ;
             His
             feet
             are
             of
             Wooll
             ,
             but
             his
             hands
             of
             Iron
             ;
             he
             comes
             stealing
             in
             ,
             but
             what
             he
             layes
             hold
             of
             he
             never
             le
             ts
             goe
             .
             Man
             makes
             as
             slow
             hast
             thither
             as
             he
             can
             .
             If
             a
             Ship
             split
             100
             Leagues
             from
             Land
             ,
             every
             one
             swims
             as
             well
             as
             he
             can
             ▪
             not
             so
             much
             to
             save
             himself
             from
             drowning
             ,
             as
             to
             set
             the
             
             clock
             a
             little
             back
             for
             some
             minutes
             ,
             and
             perswade
             
               Death
            
             to
             give
             Nature
             a
             little
             longer
             time
             to
             pay
             the
             debt
             ;
             this
             every
             one
             sees
             ,
             and
             yet
             none
             can
             resolve
             himself
             ;
             The
             very
             remembrance
             of
             
               Death
            
             or
             Funerals
             ,
             or
             the
             reading
             of
             an
             
               Epitaph
               ,
            
             makes
             the
             hair
             stand
             right
             up
             ,
             and
             daunts
             and
             frights
             us
             ;
             We
             picture
             
               Death
            
             stern
             and
             starved
             ;
             It
             mingles
             our
             compassion
             with
             horrour
             when
             we
             think
             of
             any
             that
             late
             glistred
             in
             gold
             and
             glory
             ,
             now
             crawling
             full
             of
             Worms
             ,
             and
             intolerably
             stinking
             ,
             while
             his
             Heir
             laughs
             in
             his
             sleeve
             ,
             and
             enjoyes
             the
             fruit
             of
             that
             labour
             which
             himself
             never
             could
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             all
             this
             
               dust
               and
               dirt
            
             Ambition
             thrusts
             up
             the
             head
             ,
             and
             Pride
             nestles
             in
             
             he
             very
             Coffin
             ;
             for
             they
             make
             sumptuous
             Sepulchers
             ,
             speaking
             Stones
             ,
             stately
             Stiles
             ,
             upon
             a
             Tomb
             stuck
             full
             of
             lyes
             ,
             that
             they
             which
             goe
             by
             may
             say
             ,
             
               Here
               lies
               a
               fair
               Stone
               and
               a
               foul
               Body
               ,
            
             Surely
             this
             is
             a
             
               Vanity
               of
               Vanities
               ,
               and
               an
               extreme
               Vanity
               .
            
          
           
             But
             all
             these
             are
             but
             Roses
             to
             the
             Thorns
             that
             follow
             ,
             
             for
             the
             most
             irksom
             vanities
             and
             traveil
             of
             his
             temporall
             Life
             ,
             are
             pleasant
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             torments
             of
             eternall
             death
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             common
             Inne
             and
             End
             of
             most
             men
             :
             
               That
               is
               the
               broad
               way
               that
               leads
               to
               damnation
               ,
               few
               men
               find
               the
               narrow
               way
               to
               salvation
               .
            
             
          
           
             
               Death
            
             comes
             to
             make
             a
             Press
             for
             〈◊〉
             ,
             and
             enrolls
             great
             and
             small
             ,
             wise
             and
             foolish
             ,
             
             rich
             and
             poor
             ,
             and
             some
             too
             that
             goe
             for
             
               Saincts
               ,
            
             and
             mask
             under
             a
             fine
             cloak
             of
             hypocrisie
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             meant
             to
             steal
             to
             Hell
             without
             any
             noise
             ,
             or
             trouble
             by
             the
             way
             .
          
           
             
               Hell
            
             is
             all
             Fire
             ,
             yet
             there
             is
             nothing
             but
             darkness
             ,
             where
             Souls
             live
             to
             be
             alwayes
             dying
             ,
             but
             never
             dead
             ;
             where
             they
             burn
             ,
             but
             are
             never
             consumed
             ;
             complain
             ,
             but
             are
             not
             pitied
             ;
             are
             afflicted
             ,
             but
             never
             repent
             ;
             where
             the
             torment
             hath
             neither
             end
             nor
             measure
             .
          
           
             There
             wicked
             
               Dives
            
             (
             who
             denied
             
               Lazarus
            
             a
             crumme
             of
             bread
             ,
             )
             now
             begs
             but
             one
             drop
             of
             water
             ,
             though
             all
             the
             Rivers
             in
             the
             World
             cannot
             quench
             his
             thirst
             :
             But
             if
             those
             fatherly
             rods
             wherewith
             
             God
             chastiseth
             his
             Children
             have
             brought
             some
             of
             them
             to
             the
             brink
             of
             the
             pit
             of
             
               Desperation
               ,
            
             and
             to
             curse
             the
             day
             of
             their
             Birth
             (
             as
             
               Job
               ,
            
             
             and
             
               Ieremy
            
             did
             )
             how
             shall
             his
             enemies
             endure
             the
             
               Flails
            
             of
             his
             Indignation
             ?
             
             
               It
               is
               a
               fearfull
               thing
            
             (
             sayes
             the
             Apostle
             )
             
               to
               fall
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               living
               God
               ▪
            
             
             and
             hear
             also
             what
             he
             sayes
             in
             his
             anger
             ,
             Deut.
             32.
             
             
               If
               I
               lift
               up
               my
               hand
               to
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               say
               I
               live
               for
               ever
               ,
               If
               I
               whet
               my
               glittering
               Sword
               ,
               and
               mine
               hand
               take
               hold
               of
               Iudgment
               ,
               I
               will
               execute
               Iudgment
               on
               mine
               enemies
               ,
               and
               will
               reward
               them
               that
               hate
               me
               .
            
          
           
             Blessed
             be
             God
             ,
             who
             hath
             delivered
             us
             from
             this
             fierce
             wrath
             and
             furnace
             ,
             by
             his
             Sonne
             Iesus
             Christ
             ,
             
               who
               ,
            
             as
             
             S.
             
               Paul
            
             sayes
             ,
             
             
               was
               made
               a
               curse
               for
               us
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               hath
               called
               us
               from
               darkness
               to
               his
               marvellous
               light
               :
            
             God
             grant
             that
             we
             may
             never
             know
             what
             that
             torment
             means
             ,
             and
             study
             to
             learn
             no
             more
             than
             may
             serve
             to
             keep
             us
             in
             his
             fear
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             us
             acknowledge
             the
             greatness
             of
             his
             savour
             ,
             and
             the
             excellency
             of
             our
             redemption
             in
             Christ
             Iesus
             his
             Sonne
             ,
             blessed
             for
             ever
             .
          
           
             This
             precedent
             Discourse
             hath
             led
             us
             along
             through
             all
             ages
             and
             ordinary
             conditions
             of
             humane
             life
             ,
             
             and
             in
             our
             whole
             travell
             and
             survey
             we
             have
             found
             nothing
             but
             
               Vanity
               and
               Vexation
               of
               Spirit
               ,
            
             which
             more
             manifestly
             appears
             ,
             if
             we
             consider
             the
             guidance
             &
             providence
             of
             God
             ,
             
             who
             from
             the
             highest
             Heavens
             looks
             down
             upon
             our
             actions
             ,
             not
             as
             an
             idle
             spectator
             ,
             but
             as
             a
             sage
             conductor
             and
             just
             Iudge
             :
             He
             derides
             from
             aloft
             the
             plots
             of
             great
             men
             ,
             he
             blasts
             their
             devices
             ,
             he
             confounds
             the
             tongues
             and
             spirits
             of
             the
             re-builders
             of
             
               Babel
               ,
            
             bruises
             the
             mighty
             ones
             ,
             breaks
             Scepters
             into
             shivers
             ,
             and
             all
             to
             make
             man
             know
             that
             he
             is
             but
             dust
             ,
             his
             wisdom
             ignorance
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             learn
             to
             contemne
             the
             World
             ,
             to
             transplant
             his
             hopes
             from
             Earth
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             having
             seen
             some
             of
             the
             brightest
             beams
             of
             earthly
             glory
             (
             which
             like
             a
             flash
             of
             lightning
             is
             soon
             gone
             )
             He
             may
             never
             say
             with
             
               Peter
               ,
            
             
             
               It
               is
               good
               for
               us
               to
               be
               here
               ,
               let
               us
               make
               us
               Tabernacles
               ;
            
             Blessed
             
             is
             he
             who
             hath
             seen
             enough
             of
             this
             worldly
             Vanity
             ,
             and
             is
             drawn
             nearer
             to
             God
             ,
             that
             when
             the
             storm
             comes
             he
             may
             be
             in
             the
             Haven
             ,
             and
             under
             Gods
             wing
             and
             protection
             as
             under
             a
             safe
             shelter
             ,
             he
             may
             behold
             the
             downfall
             of
             the
             wicked
             ,
             the
             staggering
             of
             their
             purposes
             ,
             the
             silliness
             of
             their
             hopes
             ,
             and
             the
             effects
             of
             Gods
             Iudgement
             .
             Hereof
             the
             Prophet
             
               David
            
             cries
             out
             in
             the
             92d
             Psalm
             ,
             
               O
               Lord
               how
               glorious
               are
               thy
               works
               ,
               and
               thy
               thoughts
               are
               very
               deep
               ,
               An
               unwise
               man
               doth
               not
               well
               consider
               this
               ,
               and
               a
               fool
               doth
               not
               understand
               it
               ,
               when
               the
               ungodly
               are
               green
               as
               the
               grass
               ,
               and
               when
               all
               the
               workers
               of
               wickednes
               do
               florish
               ,
               then
               shall
               they
               be
               destroyed
               for
               ever
               .
            
             And
             herein
             we
             are
             also
             
             to
             observe
             ,
             that
             this
             Psalm
             is
             a
             Song
             of
             the
             Sabbathday
             ,
             to
             teach
             us
             that
             this
             Meditation
             requires
             a
             setled
             and
             sequestred
             mind
             ,
             that
             gets
             out
             of
             the
             crowd
             of
             worldy
             thoughts
             to
             enter
             into
             Gods
             house
             ,
             suitable
             to
             that
             in
             the
             72d
             Psalm
             ,
             where
             he
             professeth
             ,
             That
             
               he
               was
               grieved
               at
               the
               prosperity
               of
               the
               wicked
               ,
            
             and
             that
             it
             vexed
             him
             to
             the
             heart
             ,
             
               untill
               he
               went
               into
               the
               Sanctuary
               of
               God
               ,
               then
               he
               considered
               the
               end
               of
               those
               men
               :
            
             For
             to
             know
             the
             
               summum
               bonum
               ,
            
             and
             to
             un-mask
             this
             imaginanary
             happiness
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             we
             must
             not
             goe
             to
             the
             Philosophers
             school
             ,
             and
             less
             beleeve
             common
             judgment
             ,
             but
             we
             must
             goe
             into
             Gods
             house
             ,
             and
             there
             enquire
             what
             manner
             of
             Goods
             they
             be
             which
             
             God
             doth
             ordinarily
             bestow
             ,
             and
             what
             he
             reserves
             for
             his
             own
             Children
             ;
             how
             uncertain
             worldly
             happiness
             is
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             certainties
             of
             Gods
             promises
             ,
             with
             what
             easie
             and
             insensible
             chains
             the
             Devil
             hales
             men
             into
             Hell
             ;
             how
             he
             triumphs
             over
             those
             that
             triumph
             most
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             and
             think
             they
             stand
             sure
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             at
             the
             point
             of
             down-fall
             .
          
           
             So
             also
             he
             considers
             the
             vain-glory
             of
             men
             ;
             
             One
             glories
             in
             his
             strength
             ,
             yet
             a
             Bull
             is
             stronger
             ;
             Another
             of
             his
             beauty
             ,
             which
             is
             but
             a
             superficiall
             Dye
             that
             covers
             the
             bones
             and
             the
             brain
             ,
             things
             in
             themselves
             loathsome
             and
             hideous
             to
             be
             seen
             ,
             and
             age
             will
             spoil
             and
             marr
             it
             all
             ,
             or
             perhaps
             sickness
             
             before
             age
             comes
             .
             Another
             glories
             in
             his
             Honours
             and
             Dignity
             ,
             but
             he
             is
             ever
             full
             of
             pensiveness
             and
             fear
             ,
             and
             never
             enjoyes
             any
             quiet
             ;
             and
             imprisoned
             in
             his
             own
             perplexities
             ,
             and
             so
             tyed
             to
             the
             top
             ,
             as
             he
             can
             hardly
             come
             down
             without
             breaking
             his
             neck
             :
             Another
             glories
             that
             he
             is
             the
             bravest
             Drunkard
             of
             all
             his
             fellowes
             ,
             but
             i●
             his
             Belly
             hold
             more
             than
             theirs
             ,
             an
             hogshead
             holds
             more
             than
             his
             Belly
             .
             
               All
               this
               is
               Vanity
               and
               Vilany
               ,
            
             both
             alike
             .
          
           
             These
             are
             Generall
             Vanity
             and
             Misery
             ,
             
             common
             to
             all
             Men
             ,
             and
             that
             's
             the
             fruit
             of
             Sin
             .
             Besides
             these
             ,
             there
             are
             some
             Men
             examples
             of
             extreme
             wretchedness
             ;
             what
             a
             number
             of
             Beggars
             lie
             in
             the
             streets
             ?
             how
             many
             Slaves
             in
             
             the
             Galleys
             ?
             what
             a
             sort
             of
             Hirelings
             and
             Mercenaries
             ?
             the
             hundred
             part
             of
             Men
             devour
             the
             rest
             ,
             and
             the
             weakest
             are
             
               Meat
               for
               the
               strongest
               .
            
          
           
             Among
             the
             
               Turks
            
             and
             
               Pagans
            
             (
             which
             are
             above
             three
             quarters
             of
             the
             world
             )
             Men
             are
             sold
             like
             Horses
             ,
             he
             that
             buyes
             them
             notes
             their
             countenance
             ,
             looks
             in
             their
             mouth
             ,
             tries
             the
             muscles
             of
             their
             arms
             and
             legs
             ;
             the
             Great
             Princes
             have
             thousands
             of
             Slaves
             kept
             in
             Chains
             to
             work
             in
             the
             Sugars
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             Mines
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             Gallyes
             ,
             a
             misery
             more
             insufferable
             than
             death
             .
          
           
             Some
             people
             have
             night
             six
             moneths
             together
             ,
             who
             live
             in
             Caves
             through
             extremity
             of
             cold
             ,
             and
             have
             no
             
             heat
             but
             what
             they
             get
             by
             cruelty
             .
          
           
             Others
             again
             continually
             scorched
             with
             the
             Sun
             upon
             their
             naked
             sands
             ,
             which
             are
             barren
             of
             fruits
             ,
             and
             fruitfull
             of
             wild
             Beasts
             and
             Serpents
             ;
             our
             climate
             is
             as
             natures
             garden
             to
             those
             intemperatures
             ;
             God
             gives
             us
             more
             of
             his
             blessings
             ,
             and
             we
             him
             the
             least
             thanks
             ;
             and
             there
             is
             no where
             so
             great
             poverty
             and
             misery
             ,
             as
             where
             such
             abundance
             of
             blessings
             are
             so
             plentifully
             showred
             down
             ,
             and
             yet
             so
             ill
             handled
             and
             requited
             .
          
        
         
           
             Vanity
             in
             the
             thoughts
             ,
             desires
             ,
             and
             judgments
             of
             Men
             .
          
           
             All
             that
             which
             is
             already
             said
             is
             but
             a
             rough
             draught
             ,
             
             or
             the
             first
             traces
             to
             represent
             superficially
             the
             vanity
             and
             misery
             of
             our
             nature
             ,
             and
             the
             actions
             of
             men
             ;
             we
             will
             now
             consider
             their
             thoughts
             .
             David
             in
             the
             94th
             .
             Psalm
             saies
             thus
             ,
             
               God
               knoweth
               the
               thoughts
               of
               man
               that
               they
               are
               but
               vain
               .
            
          
           
             If
             a
             man
             could
             at
             night
             gather
             together
             all
             the
             thoughts
             which
             have
             run
             through
             his
             fancy
             in
             the
             day
             ,
             he
             would
             wonder
             and
             be
             amased
             at
             their
             number
             and
             vanity
             ,
             much
             more
             at
             their
             folly
             ;
             
               Painters
            
             antick
             works
             come
             nothing
             neer
             them
             .
          
           
             One
             locks
             himself
             into
             his
             study
             ,
             where
             he
             resolves
             to
             study
             very
             hard
             ,
             but
             when
             he
             is
             in
             he
             does
             nothing
             else
             but
             tell
             the
             quarrells
             of
             his
             window
             ,
             
             or
             (
             like
             
               Domitian
               )
            
             hunts
             after
             flies
             :
          
           
           
             Another
             walkes
             up
             and
             down
             sad
             and
             solitary
             ,
             and
             begins
             to
             rave
             in
             his
             own
             thoughts
             what
             he
             would
             do
             if
             he
             were
             a
             King
             ;
             or
             if
             he
             had
             a
             million
             of
             Crowns
             how
             bravely
             he
             would
             spend
             them
             ;
             or
             thinking
             of
             his
             domestick
             business
             ,
             linkes
             together
             a
             chain
             of
             long
             hopes
             ,
             and
             by
             little
             and
             little
             becomes
             exceeding
             rich
             in
             his
             own
             waking
             dream
             ,
             and
             when
             he
             comes
             to
             himself
             and
             sees
             his
             own
             poverty
             ,
             he
             flings
             away
             and
             bites
             the
             lip
             at
             it
             .
          
           
             Nay
             even
             in
             the
             times
             of
             preaching
             and
             prayer
             ,
             when
             God
             speaks
             to
             us
             ,
             or
             we
             to
             him
             ,
             our
             minds
             wander
             up
             and
             down
             ;
             and
             if
             our
             best
             actions
             be
             thus
             besmeared
             ,
             and
             mixt
             with
             vanity
             ,
             how
             much
             more
             our
             idle
             and
             
             unprofitable
             houres
             ?
          
           
             These
             foolish
             thoughts
             accompanied
             with
             vain
             desires
             and
             ignorance
             suitable
             ,
             turmoyl
             ,
             and
             toss
             so
             the
             spirits
             of
             Man
             ,
             that
             he
             can
             never
             rest
             .
          
           
             When
             man
             is
             in
             his
             brown
             study
             then
             he
             gathers
             and
             heaps
             together
             all
             the
             evills
             that
             ever
             befell
             him
             ,
             he
             frets
             and
             fumes
             at
             the
             present
             ,
             falls
             to
             calculate
             what
             is
             to
             come
             ,
             and
             more
             than
             ever
             shall
             happen
             ,
             he
             changeth
             doubtfull
             fears
             for
             certain
             miseries
             ;
             Fear
             makes
             many
             miserable
             before
             they
             come
             at
             it
             ;
             many
             dye
             out
             of
             fear
             to
             dye
             ;
             every
             day
             hath
             affliction
             enough
             of
             its
             own
             ;
             who
             can
             ever
             be
             quiet
             in
             himself
             ,
             that
             continually
             sets
             before
             him
             all
             the
             evills
             past
             ,
             and
             to
             come
             ,
             the
             one
             by
             memory
             ,
             the
             other
             by
             fear
             ?
          
           
           
             This
             naturall
             restlesness
             makes
             a
             man
             toss
             and
             tumble
             up
             and
             down
             ,
             as
             a
             sick
             man
             is
             ever
             changing
             his
             Bed
             ,
             and
             ever
             worse
             at
             last
             ,
             and
             finds
             no
             rest
             but
             when
             he
             is
             weary
             of
             stirring
             ;
             he
             carries
             the
             evill
             allwaies
             about
             him
             ,
             and
             is
             never
             the
             better
             for
             removing
             :
             Nay
             I
             verily
             believe
             that
             if
             God
             had
             set
             man
             betwixt
             good
             and
             bad
             to
             take
             his
             choice
             (
             and
             to
             cut
             out
             of
             the
             whole
             cloath
             )
             he
             would
             chuse
             the
             bad
             ,
             he
             is
             so
             blind
             in
             judgment
             ;
             or
             if
             the
             good
             ,
             he
             would
             make
             it
             bad
             ,
             his
             nature
             is
             so
             perverse
             ;
             if
             God
             sent
             him
             no
             evill
             ,
             he
             would
             provide
             some
             for
             himself
             ;
             if
             his
             own
             evill
             could
             not
             vex
             him
             ,
             he
             would
             be
             grieved
             at
             anothers
             good
             ,
             for
             envy
             frets
             him
             more
             than
             affliction
             .
          
           
           
             Hence
             it
             comes
             that
             men
             are
             alwaies
             coveting
             ,
             but
             they
             know
             not
             what
             ,
             they
             are
             hot
             in
             desire
             ,
             but
             cold
             in
             performance
             ,
             like
             a
             bird
             that
             would
             flie
             ,
             and
             can
             flutter
             but
             with
             one
             wing
             ,
             nay
             they
             are
             often
             distracted
             with
             a
             desire
             of
             contrarieties
             .
          
           
             One
             complaines
             that
             his
             wife
             is
             dead
             ,
             another
             that
             his
             wife
             will
             not
             dye
             ;
             one
             grieves
             for
             the
             loss
             of
             his
             children
             ,
             another
             that
             his
             children
             are
             so
             leud
             as
             he
             counts
             them
             ,
             all
             lost
             ;
             one
             tired
             with
             forrein
             business
             commends
             home-peace
             ,
             and
             like
             
               Saul
            
             had
             rather
             lye
             hidden
             among
             the
             baggage
             than
             shew
             himself
             abroad
             to
             preferment
             another
             that
             is
             out
             of
             publick
             ●mployment
             breaks
             his
             neck
             in
             climing
             for
             it
             ;
             
             every
             thing
             
             m●kes
             the
             best
             shew
             but
             that
             which
             we
             have
             ;
             nothing
             pleases
             us
             so
             much
             as
             that
             we
             cannot
             get
             ;
             we
             like
             nothing
             so
             well
             as
             anothers
             loss
             ;
             we
             laugh
             to
             see
             another
             man
             fall
             ,
             but
             never
             laugh
             to
             see
             him
             rise
             again
             .
          
           
             But
             alas
             in
             this
             vanity
             of
             our
             thoughts
             ,
             
             and
             variety
             of
             our
             affections
             ,
             we
             shew
             great
             weakness
             of
             Spirit
             ,
             for
             the
             face
             and
             fashion
             of
             things
             move
             us
             more
             than
             the
             things
             themselves
             .
          
           
             One
             sees
             a
             tragedy
             acted
             which
             he
             knows
             to
             be
             but
             a
             fable
             ,
             and
             nothing
             concerns
             him
             ,
             yet
             he
             cryes
             for
             pitie
             ,
             but
             for
             his
             own
             miseries
             never
             sheds
             a
             tear
             .
          
           
             Another
             hangs
             himself
             with
             despair
             ,
             who
             at
             the
             same
             
             time
             would
             have
             run
             away
             as
             fast
             as
             he
             could
             if
             another
             had
             offered
             to
             run
             him
             through
             with
             a
             sword
             ;
             the
             difference
             is
             this
             ,
             the
             last
             comes
             with
             a
             horror
             and
             fear
             ,
             the
             first
             is
             felt
             before
             t
             is
             seen
             .
          
           
             Opinion
             moves
             more
             than
             the
             things
             ;
             Many
             eat
             they
             know
             not
             what
             ,
             but
             find
             they
             like
             it
             ,
             and
             being
             told
             what
             it
             is
             ,
             streight
             it
             goes
             against
             their
             stomacks
             ,
             and
             they
             cast
             it
             up
             again
             .
          
           
             Others
             are
             more
             afraid
             of
             Mouse
             or
             a
             Toad
             than
             of
             a
             Sword
             ;
             sure
             our
             conceipts
             are
             often
             moved
             and
             transported
             with
             very
             childish
             toyes
             and
             fancies
             .
          
           
             Again
             (
             but
             I
             cannot
             give
             the
             reason
             of
             it
             )
             sometimes
             a
             man
             studies
             to
             cozen
             himself
             ;
             one
             tels
             a
             tale
             which
             he
             knows
             
             to
             be
             false
             ,
             yet
             he
             tells
             it
             so
             often
             ,
             and
             with
             that
             assurance
             ,
             that
             at
             length
             he
             believes
             t
             is
             true
             .
          
           
             Some
             husband
             knowes
             his
             wife
             but
             hard-favoured
             and
             a
             blowse
             ,
             yet
             when
             he
             sees
             her
             sophisticated
             and
             painted
             he
             begins
             to
             think
             her
             fair
             ,
             and
             she
             her self
             too
             begins
             to
             think
             she
             is
             well-favoured
             and
             beautifull
             .
          
           
             What
             a
             number
             there
             are
             that
             believe
             a
             religion
             because
             they
             will
             believe
             it
             ?
             who
             strive
             against
             their
             own
             knowledge
             ,
             and
             whose
             Conscience
             tells
             them
             thus
             ,
             Me
             thinks
             that
             seems
             absurd
             ,
             and
             agrees
             not
             with
             Scripture
             ,
             but
             I
             will
             have
             it
             so
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             thinke
             it
             so
             too
             ;
             this
             is
             to
             have
             Faith
             in
             a
             string
             ,
             and
             not
             subject
             Will
             to
             Religion
             ,
             
             but
             Religion
             to
             Will
             .
          
           
             Above
             all
             things
             mans
             judgement
             shews
             it self
             weakest
             in
             religion
             ,
             for
             outward
             actions
             demonstrate
             what
             is
             inwardly
             apprehended
             of
             the
             service
             of
             God
             ;
             in
             matters
             of
             news
             ,
             we
             give
             more
             credit
             to
             one
             eye-witness
             than
             the
             report
             of
             a
             Country
             ,
             but
             in
             religion
             we
             are
             caryed
             with
             the
             common
             opinion
             ,
             and
             love
             to
             follow
             the
             fashion
             ,
             and
             to
             go
             with
             the
             croud
             ;
             when
             a
             man
             puts
             out
             money
             he
             will
             be
             as
             sure
             as
             he
             can
             to
             lend
             to
             honest
             and
             sufficient
             men
             ,
             and
             to
             take
             good
             security
             ,
             but
             in
             matters
             of
             Conscience
             he
             nere
             looks
             farther
             than
             to
             the
             priest
             ;
             I
             will
             now
             shew
             you
             some
             damnable
             trifles
             of
             reverend
             estimation
             .
          
           
             1
             To
             clad
             pictures
             of
             men
             
             in
             silk
             and
             gold
             ,
             when
             the
             poor
             goes
             naked
             who
             is
             the
             picture
             of
             God
             .
          
           
             2
             To
             put
             off
             the
             hat
             at
             the
             name
             of
             
               Iesus
               ,
            
             but
             never
             at
             the
             name
             of
             
               Christ
               .
            
          
           
             3
             To
             carry
             a
             flaring
             Cross
             upon
             the
             belly
             ,
             when
             the
             belly
             is
             the
             enemy
             of
             the
             Cross
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           
             4
             Going
             to
             a
             Bawdy-house
             ,
             or
             returning
             from
             some
             ill
             act
             ,
             to
             rumble
             over
             the
             beads
             .
          
           
             5
             To
             kneel
             as
             well
             before
             the
             empty
             Pix
             ,
             when
             the
             Priest
             comes
             from
             a
             sick
             man
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             full
             .
          
           
             6
             To
             adore
             the
             Host
             in
             the
             Pix
             ,
             and
             not
             as
             well
             to
             adore
             it
             in
             the
             stomack
             of
             him
             that
             received
             it
             .
          
           
             7
             To
             make
             his
             Creator
             with
             a
             few
             words
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             eat
             him
             .
          
           
           
             8
             To
             revell
             and
             riot
             one
             day
             in
             Shrovetide
             ;
             and
             the
             next
             day
             to
             be
             very
             grave
             and
             reserved
             .
          
           
             9
             To
             imploy
             some
             blessed
             Beads
             for
             the
             remission
             of
             sins
             .
          
           
             10
             When
             a
             great
             man
             dies
             to
             bestow
             a
             mourning
             gown
             upon
             our
             Lady
             that
             〈◊〉
             may
             bear
             a
             part
             of
             the
             sorrow
             .
          
           
             11
             To
             Whip
             ones
             self
             openly
             thereby
             to
             please
             God
             ,
             and
             bring
             a
             Soul
             out
             of
             Purgatory
             .
          
           
             12
             In
             honour
             of
             Saints
             to
             burn
             Candels
             at
             Noon
             .
          
           
             These
             and
             many
             more
             such
             toyes
             man
             hath
             devised
             in
             his
             own
             brain
             ,
             and
             God
             must
             not
             dislike
             them
             ;
             Nay
             he
             goes
             so
             far
             as
             he
             bestows
             the
             Offices
             in
             
               Paradice
               ,
            
             he
             makes
             
             one
             a
             Patron
             of
             one
             Country
             ,
             another
             a
             Physitian
             for
             one
             disease
             ,
             another
             for
             another
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             
               Ants
            
             should
             dispose
             the
             affairs
             of
             a
             Kingdom
             ,
             all
             this
             (
             to
             say
             no
             worse
             )
             is
             a
             vanity
             and
             an
             extreme
             want
             of
             understanding
             .
          
           
             We
             who
             have
             only
             the
             word
             of
             God
             for
             our
             rule
             are
             not
             exempted
             ,
             for
             we
             mingle
             our
             one
             folly
             ,
             and
             vanities
             ,
             with
             the
             sacred
             verities
             of
             Gods
             word
             .
          
           
             In
             Civill
             actions
             when
             we
             need
             advise
             we
             go
             to
             our
             friends
             ,
             but
             in
             matters
             of
             religion
             we
             consult
             only
             with
             our
             own
             sense
             and
             inordinate
             desires
             ,
             which
             are
             our
             domestique
             enemies
             .
          
           
             If
             a
             man
             owe
             us
             money
             we
             had
             rather
             have
             the
             money
             than
             his
             word
             ;
             In
             matters
             
             concerning
             God
             it
             is
             quite
             otherwise
             :
             For
             the
             Gospel
             is
             the
             obligation
             whereby
             God
             promiseth
             salvation
             to
             us
             ,
             sealed
             with
             the
             blood
             of
             his
             own
             Son
             ,
             yet
             we
             had
             rather
             keep
             the
             obligation
             ,
             than
             be
             payd
             the
             debt
             when
             we
             die
             ,
             and
             then
             we
             would
             fain
             give
             a
             longer
             day
             .
          
           
             One
             tels
             a
             childish
             weakness
             in
             
               Honorius
            
             the
             Emperor
             ,
             
             who
             made
             so
             much
             of
             a
             Hen
             ,
             (
             which
             he
             called
             
               Roma
               )
            
             that
             when
             it
             was
             told
             him
             that
             
               Roma
            
             was
             lost
             ,
             Alas
             !
             (
             said
             he
             with
             a
             sigh
             )
             
               Roma
            
             was
             here
             even
             now
             .
             Sir
             ,
             sayes
             one
             to
             him
             ,
             we
             talk
             not
             of
             a
             Hen
             ,
             but
             your
             City
             
               Roma
               ,
            
             taken
             and
             sack'd
             by
             
               Alaric
            
             the
             
               Goth
               ;
            
             when
             the
             Emperor
             heard
             that
             ,
             he
             was
             prettily
             cheered
             again
             ,
             as
             esteeming
             
             that
             loss
             farre
             more
             tolerable
             .
          
           
             Such
             is
             our
             weakness
             ,
             we
             give
             none
             leave
             to
             meddle
             with
             our
             money
             ,
             but
             we
             give
             any
             man
             leave
             to
             draw
             us
             to
             Vice
             ,
             to
             seduce
             us
             with
             Error
             ,
             and
             to
             poyson
             our
             Souls
             :
             I
             will
             proceed
             ,
             and
             shew
             more
             of
             the
             like
             .
          
           
             None
             are
             so
             fond
             as
             to
             refuse
             to
             take
             Physick
             but
             of
             a
             man
             of
             excellent
             language
             ;
             Yet
             many
             refuse
             to
             hear
             a
             Preacher
             of
             the
             Gospel
             unless
             he
             be
             eloquent
             ,
             and
             the
             Gospel
             is
             the
             Souls
             Physick
             ;
             were
             it
             not
             a
             brutish
             madness
             in
             a
             Malefactor
             to
             refuse
             a
             Pardon
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             not
             Rhetorically
             penned
             ?
             and
             why
             may
             not
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             please
             well
             enough
             ,
             although
             It
             be
             not
             flourished
             over
             ,
             and
             trimmed
             
             with
             the
             graces
             of
             art
             ,
             since
             it
             is
             the
             Letters
             Patents
             of
             Grace
             and
             Pardon
             ,
             and
             the
             doctrine
             of
             our
             reconciliation
             with
             God
             ;
             As
             if
             we
             should
             like
             our
             Fathers
             rod
             best
             when
             it
             is
             tyed
             with
             silk
             ?
             this
             is
             a
             peevish
             vanity
             ,
             and
             a
             childish
             humour
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             strange
             to
             observe
             how
             vain
             ,
             absurd
             ,
             and
             foolish
             our
             Judgement
             is
             of
             others
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             esteem
             or
             dis-esteem
             of
             our selves
             .
          
           
             If
             we
             talk
             of
             burthens
             ,
             he
             is
             best
             ,
             that
             bears
             most
             ;
             if
             of
             injuries
             ,
             he
             that
             will
             bear
             none
             ;
             so
             we
             change
             strength
             and
             valour
             into
             weakness
             and
             impatience
             .
          
           
             In
             matters
             of
             Ornament
             ,
             we
             judge
             not
             of
             the
             Blade
             by
             the
             beauty
             of
             the
             Scabbard
             ,
             nor
             of
             an
             Horse
             by
             his
             
             fine
             Bridle
             or
             Saddle
             ;
             why
             then
             doe
             we
             esteem
             of
             a
             man
             by
             his
             good
             or
             bad
             cloaths
             ?
             If
             we
             salute
             a
             man
             for
             his
             Apparrel
             ,
             we
             might
             as
             well
             complement
             with
             the
             Stuff
             in
             the
             Shop
             :
             why
             are
             we
             so
             considerate
             in
             slight
             matters
             ,
             and
             so
             inconsiderate
             in
             our
             judgement
             of
             matters
             of
             moment
             .
          
           
             We
             esteem
             well
             of
             a
             Merchant
             or
             Auditor
             ,
             that
             is
             ready
             and
             exact
             in
             accounts
             ,
             though
             he
             live
             so
             as
             he
             can
             give
             God
             no
             good
             account
             of
             his
             life
             ;
             one
             orders
             his
             garden
             and
             grounds
             handsomly
             ,
             and
             himself
             lies
             rude
             ,
             wast
             and
             out
             of
             all
             order
             .
          
           
             We
             are
             no
             less
             vain
             and
             childish
             in
             our
             feares
             ;
             
             for
             even
             as
             little
             Children
             play
             with
             fire
             and
             burn
             themselves
             ,
             
             and
             are
             afraid
             as
             soon
             as
             their
             Father
             comes
             sodainly
             upon
             them
             ;
             so
             men
             play
             with
             pleasures
             (
             because
             they
             glister
             and
             look
             gay
             )
             till
             at
             length
             they
             hurt
             themselves
             .
             As
             Children
             are
             afraid
             of
             their
             Father
             ,
             when
             he
             comes
             to
             them
             with
             a
             vizard
             on
             ,
             we
             are
             frighted
             when
             God
             comes
             suddainly
             upon
             us
             under
             the
             mask
             of
             afflictions
             ,
             sickness
             ,
             or
             death
             .
          
           
             Man
             also
             forges
             to
             himself
             dangerous
             or
             foolish
             fears
             ;
             One
             fears
             that
             his
             Wife
             likes
             another
             better
             than
             himself
             ,
             and
             hunts
             and
             seeks
             for
             that
             he
             would
             not
             find
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             the
             Wife
             grows
             angry
             ,
             and
             revenges
             herself
             ,
             by
             doing
             as
             much
             as
             he
             feared
             .
          
           
             Another
             fears
             he
             shall
             never
             rise
             to
             Honor
             ,
             and
             does
             
             somewhat
             to
             bring
             him
             to
             the
             Gallowes
             ,
             and
             to
             blot
             his
             memory
             with
             perpetuall
             infamy
             .
          
           
             Another
             fears
             he
             shall
             never
             have
             money
             enough
             ,
             at
             last
             he
             finds
             the
             way
             to
             get
             it
             ,
             and
             dies
             before
             he
             tasts
             the
             pleasure
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             Another
             feares
             to
             die
             a
             Batchelour
             ,
             but
             God
             sends
             him
             a
             Wife
             that
             makes
             him
             more
             miserable
             than
             he
             was
             before
             .
          
           
             And
             when
             I
             consider
             the
             wisdom
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             
             I
             find
             it
             like
             the
             labour
             of
             
               Moles
               ,
            
             who
             digge
             cunningly
             under
             ground
             ,
             but
             dare
             not
             look
             out
             to
             the
             Sun
             ;
             for
             we
             have
             many
             fine
             slights
             in
             worldly
             matters
             ,
             sell
             ,
             〈◊〉
             bargain
             ,
             and
             to
             undermine
             one
             another
             ,
             but
             let
             me
             see
             
             him
             that
             is
             best
             seen
             in
             all
             these
             things
             ,
             and
             bring
             him
             before
             the
             Sun-shine
             of
             Gods
             Word
             ,
             and
             the
             Brightness
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             and
             then
             he
             is
             stark
             blind
             ,
             and
             will
             be
             so
             still
             ;
             and
             though
             he
             forecasts
             what
             future
             changes
             and
             chances
             shall
             be
             in
             the
             State
             ,
             yet
             he
             sees
             not
             how
             nigh
             at
             hand
             his
             own
             destruction
             is
             ,
             and
             though
             he
             can
             talk
             and
             discourse
             of
             matters
             of
             State
             ,
             yet
             he
             is
             but
             the
             Devils
             slave
             ;
             and
             this
             weak-sighted
             knowledge
             dares
             contest
             with
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             folly
             of
             the
             children
             of
             darkness
             with
             the
             wisdom
             of
             the
             Father
             of
             lights
             ;
             and
             mans
             prudence
             with
             Gods
             providence
             :
             for
             the
             wicked
             cover
             themselves
             with
             silence
             ,
             subtilty
             ,
             and
             dissembling
             ,
             like
             little
             children
             ,
             
             who
             think
             they
             are
             hid
             ,
             when
             they
             shut
             their
             eyes
             ;
             and
             that
             no body
             sees
             them
             ,
             because
             they
             see
             no body
             ;
             but
             God
             sees
             them
             all
             bare
             and
             naked
             ,
             better
             than
             they
             see
             themselves
             .
             God
             who
             is
             not
             only
             all
             hand
             (
             as
             holding
             and
             guiding
             all
             )
             but
             also
             all
             Eye
             ,
             (
             as
             seeing
             or
             searching
             all
             things
             )
             he
             sees
             through
             the
             thickest
             substance
             ,
             and
             darkness
             is
             light
             unto
             him
             ,
             and
             therefore
             the
             Royall
             Prophet
             Ps.
             94.
             justly
             taxes
             this
             sottish
             wisdom
             ,
             
               Take
               heed
               ye
               unwise
               among
               the
               people
               ,
               ye
               fools
               when
               will
               you
               understand
               ,
               he
               that
               planted
               the
               ear
               ,
               shall
               not
               be
               hear
               ?
               or
               he
               that
               made
               the
               eye
               ,
               shall
               not
               he
               see
               ?
            
             In
             this
             place
             the
             Prophet
             calls
             them
             unwise
             ,
             not
             the
             fools
             that
             run
             mad
             up
             and
             down
             
             the
             streets
             ,
             not
             the
             Idiots
             ,
             not
             the
             gross
             common
             people
             ,
             but
             the
             great
             Politicians
             ,
             who
             manage
             all
             their
             matters
             so
             smoothly
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             thought
             to
             hide
             themselves
             from
             the
             All-seeing
             wisdom
             of
             God
             ,
             or
             to
             dazle
             the
             eyes
             of
             his
             providence
             ;
             but
             as
             those
             are
             the
             fiercest
             Fevers
             that
             have
             the
             coldest
             Fit
             at
             first
             ,
             so
             that
             is
             the
             most
             desperate
             folly
             that
             is
             vizarded
             with
             wisdom
             and
             greatest
             discretion
             .
          
           
             Thus
             the
             Godly
             man
             must
             observe
             the
             actions
             and
             affections
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             consider
             all
             the
             unprofitable
             travell
             of
             this
             life
             ,
             and
             accordingly
             frame
             his
             Meditation
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             two
             sorts
             of
             people
             in
             the
             life
             of
             man
             ,
             as
             there
             is
             in
             a
             Fair
             ;
             Some
             come
             to
             
             buy
             and
             sell
             ,
             others
             only
             to
             look
             about
             ;
             He
             that
             fears
             God
             is
             but
             a
             looker
             on
             ;
             he
             comes
             not
             to
             buy
             or
             sell
             ,
             but
             onely
             to
             observe
             the
             workes
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             actions
             of
             men
             ,
             that
             when
             he
             sees
             the
             glitter
             of
             vaine
             curiosities
             ,
             which
             men
             expose
             to
             view
             ,
             he
             may
             say
             ,
             Oh!
             what
             a
             number
             of
             things
             there
             are
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             no
             need
             of
             ?
             but
             if
             (
             while
             he
             be
             thus
             looking
             about
             )
             he
             happen
             to
             get
             some
             hurt
             ,
             or
             be
             justled
             ,
             or
             have
             his
             purse
             cut
             ,
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             if
             he
             be
             troubled
             ,
             or
             afflicted
             )
             he
             will
             presently
             be
             gone
             ,
             and
             remembring
             that
             he
             is
             but
             a
             stranger
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             he
             will
             set
             forward
             towards
             his
             own
             Countrie
             ,
             his
             home
             in
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             ayming
             always
             
             (
             as
             the
             Apostle
             saith
             )
             
               towards
               the
               mark
               of
               the
               high
               calling
               of
               God
               in
               Christ
               Iesus
               .
            
             
             If
             the
             world
             contemn
             him
             ,
             he
             contemns
             that
             contempt
             ,
             knowing
             himself
             to
             be
             better
             than
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             called
             to
             a
             better
             hope
             ,
             he
             will
             esteem
             lightly
             of
             the
             promises
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             the
             businesse
             thereof
             base
             and
             tedious
             ;
             and
             like
             
               Mary
            
             in
             the
             10th
             of
             
               Luke
               ,
            
             he
             will
             choose
             the
             
               better
               part
               ,
            
             which
             cannot
             be
             taken
             from
             him
             ;
             concluding
             all
             his
             Meditations
             of
             Vanity
             ,
             as
             
               Salomon
            
             did
             in
             the
             end
             of
             his
             
               Ecclesiastes
               ,
               The
               End
               of
               all
               is
               this
               ,
               Fear
               God
               ,
               and
               keep
               his
               Commandements
               ,
               for
               this
               is
               the
               whole
               duty
               of
               ,
               Man
               .
            
          
           
             
               After
               this
               Meditation
               we
               must
               rest
               our selves
               upon
               
               those
               two
            
             Maxims
             
               and
            
             Propositions
             
               which
               are
               the
               two
               Sanctuaries
               of
               Religion
               ,
               the
               first
               ,
            
             That
             to
             love
             God
             we
             must
             contemn
             the
             world
             ;
             
               the
               second
               ,
            
             that
             to
             contemn
             the
             world
             we
             must
             be
             think
             our selves
             of
             our
             own
             worth
             and
             dignity
             ,
             and
             the
             excellency
             of
             our
             vocation
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             
               Maxime
            
             is
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             Epistle
             of
             St.
             
               John
               ,
            
             
             
               Love
               not
               the
               world
               ,
               nor
               the
               things
               of
               the
               world
               ;
               If
               any
               love
               the
               world
               ,
               the
               love
               of
               God
               is
               not
               in
               him
               ,
               for
               all
               that
               which
               is
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               as
               the
               lust
               of
               the
               flesh
               ,
               the
               lust
               of
               the
               eyes
               ,
               &
               the
               pride
               of
               life
               ,
               is
               not
               of
               the
               father
               but
               is
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               &
               the
               world
               passeth
               away
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             Nothing
             drives
             us
             further
             frō
             the
             love
             of
             God
             than
             the
             love
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             for
             the
             Scripture
             calls
             the
             world
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             
               Sathan
               ;
            
             and
             as
             the
             Moon
             
             hath
             no
             light
             but
             by
             opposition
             to
             the
             Sun
             ,
             so
             our
             Souls
             are
             in
             darkness
             but
             when
             we
             look
             unto
             God
             ;
             So
             again
             it
             followes
             ,
             that
             as
             the
             Moon
             hath
             no
             light
             in
             the
             shadow
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             
             so
             our
             Souls
             lose
             their
             light
             (
             as
             the
             Scripture
             calls
             us
             Children
             of
             light
             )
             when
             they
             are
             obscured
             and
             eclipsed
             with
             the
             love
             of
             earthly
             things
             ,
             
             as
             worldly
             cares
             and
             covetousness
             ,
             which
             we
             ought
             to
             tread
             under
             our
             feet
             ,
             like
             the
             Church
             in
             the
             
               Revelation
               ,
            
             
             which
             hath
             the
             Moon
             under
             her
             Feet
             ,
             that
             is
             tramples
             upon
             all
             the
             unchangeable
             unsteadiness
             of
             these
             sublunary
             things
             .
             And
             as
             
               Christ
            
             would
             have
             the
             penny
             paid
             for
             Tribute
             to
             
               Caesar
            
             because
             it
             bare
             his
             Image
             ,
             so
             we
             must
             give
             our selves
             to
             God
             because
             
             we
             bear
             his
             Image
             ;
             the
             misery
             is
             this
             ,
             we
             often
             deface
             the
             Image
             ,
             and
             batter
             it
             against
             the
             ground
             ,
             bemiring
             our selves
             with
             base
             thoughts
             and
             dirty
             desires
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             to
             the
             end
             we
             may
             contemn
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             World
             can
             promise
             or
             doe
             for
             us
             ,
             we
             must
             come
             to
             the
             second
             point
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             know
             the
             worth
             and
             excellency
             of
             Godly
             men
             ;
             for
             when
             men
             by
             Fox-friendship
             and
             cruell
             subtilty
             would
             intice
             a
             godly
             man
             to
             doe
             ill
             ,
             and
             to
             sin
             against
             God
             and
             his
             own
             Conscience
             ,
             then
             let
             him
             look
             into
             himself
             and
             thus
             Argue
             ;
             I
             that
             am
             a
             child
             of
             God
             ,
             of
             heavenly
             parentage
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             first-born
             ,
             whose
             names
             are
             written
             in
             heaven
             ,
             shall
             I
             value
             
             the
             promises
             of
             the
             world
             any
             thing
             worth
             ,
             which
             (
             if
             they
             were
             certain
             )
             yet
             they
             are
             too
             mean
             for
             me
             ?
             Win
             a
             Kings
             Son
             with
             apples
             ?
             tempt
             the
             Son
             of
             the
             great
             Prince
             of
             Heaven
             with
             money
             to
             offend
             his
             Father
             ?
             and
             like
             
               Esau
            
             sell
             his
             birthright
             for
             a
             Mess
             of
             potage
             ?
             I
             will
             never
             doe
             it
             ,
             God
             will
             never
             suffer
             me
             to
             be
             so
             hood-winked
             ;
             He
             is
             not
             worthy
             of
             
               Christ
            
             that
             doth
             not
             think
             the
             world
             unworthy
             of
             him
             ;
             was
             not
             the
             world
             made
             for
             the
             Godlies
             sake
             ?
             and
             will
             not
             God
             destroy
             it
             again
             ,
             and
             provide
             an
             house
             far
             more
             glorious
             for
             us
             ,
             and
             a
             more
             beautifull
             heaven
             than
             that
             we
             now
             behold
             ,
             which
             is
             indeed
             too
             mean
             for
             the
             dignity
             of
             Gods
             children
             ?
             thou
             
             that
             fearest
             God
             ,
             and
             hast
             faith
             in
             his
             Son
             ,
             I
             would
             have
             thee
             know
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             thou
             that
             upholdest
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             for
             whose
             sake
             the
             wicked
             are
             yet
             suffered
             to
             live
             ;
             so
             far
             are
             Gods
             enemies
             indebted
             to
             thee
             .
             And
             God
             suffers
             the
             world
             to
             continue
             for
             the
             Elects
             sake
             ,
             whereof
             some
             are
             mixed
             with
             the
             wicked
             ,
             others
             are
             not
             yet
             born
             ,
             and
             (
             as
             it
             is
             in
             the
             6th
             of
             the
             
               Revelation
               )
               God
               stayes
               untill
               the
               number
               of
               our
               Brethren
               be
               fulfilled
               ;
            
             and
             that
             is
             one
             of
             the
             causes
             why
             our
             Saviour
             calls
             his
             disciples
             the
             Salt
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             
             as
             a
             small
             part
             among
             men
             that
             preserves
             the
             rest
             ,
             and
             retards
             the
             dissolution
             ;
             God
             continuing
             the
             Bad
             for
             the
             Goods
             sake
             ,
             that
             the
             bad
             may
             profit
             at
             the
             
             example
             of
             the
             Good
             ,
             and
             by
             that
             means
             be
             driven
             to
             fear
             God
             ,
             and
             trust
             in
             his
             promises
             ;
             this
             being
             the
             excellency
             of
             Gods
             children
             ,
             they
             must
             esteem
             of
             the
             pleasures
             ,
             riches
             ,
             and
             glory
             of
             the
             world
             but
             as
             trifles
             ,
             and
             like
             the
             painted
             Kingdoms
             which
             the
             Devill
             offered
             
               Christ
               .
            
          
           
             When
             men
             look
             down
             from
             the
             top
             of
             the
             
               Alpes
            
             to
             the
             plains
             below
             them
             ,
             the
             greatest
             Towns
             would
             seem
             no
             better
             than
             little
             Cabins
             ,
             how
             much
             would
             they
             seem
             far
             less
             to
             be
             seen
             from
             Heaven
             ?
             The
             Godly
             man
             must
             think
             he
             is
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             look
             down
             upon
             earth
             from
             thence
             ▪
             he
             will
             still
             keep
             his
             heart
             above
             ,
             and
             thence
             beholding
             the
             Palaces
             of
             Princes
             
             they
             will
             seem
             to
             him
             little
             Ant-hills
             :
             and
             the
             tumultuous
             tossing
             up
             and
             down
             of
             Nations
             as
             the
             swarming
             of
             Bees
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             disquieted
             ,
             and
             then
             well
             observing
             what
             is
             most
             remarkable
             ,
             eminent
             and
             conspicuous
             upon
             earth
             ,
             he
             will
             say
             ,
             
               Vanity
               of
               Vanities
               ,
               all
               is
               Vary
               .
            
          
           
             This
             blessed
             magnanimity
             shall
             nothing
             hinder
             
               Christian
            
             humility
             ,
             for
             we
             acknowledge
             our selves
             unworthy
             ,
             but
             are
             made
             worthy
             by
             
               Christ
               Iesus
               ;
            
             If
             repentance
             cast
             us
             down
             ,
             faith
             sets
             us
             up
             again
             ;
             If
             of
             our selves
             we
             be
             nothing
             ,
             yet
             through
             God
             and
             his
             Fatherly
             love
             unto
             us
             we
             are
             made
             something
             ;
             thus
             the
             Godly
             quite
             differ
             from
             the
             worldlings
             ,
             the
             last
             
             lifts
             up
             his
             Pharisaicall
             eyes
             to
             heaven
             ,
             but
             his
             heart
             is
             on
             earth
             ,
             and
             set
             upon
             lust
             and
             covetousness
             ,
             the
             first
             looks
             alwayes
             downward
             in
             humility
             like
             the
             
               Publican
            
             who
             durst
             not
             look
             up
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             
             yet
             by
             faith
             and
             hope
             hath
             his
             heart
             there
             ,
             he
             contemns
             the
             world
             not
             for
             the
             love
             of
             himself
             ,
             but
             for
             the
             love
             of
             God
             .
          
           
             Wickedness
             that
             now
             reigns
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             not
             all
             ,
             for
             if
             we
             contemn
             the
             world
             for
             the
             love
             of
             God
             ,
             it
             will
             at
             last
             make
             us
             hate
             the
             world
             ,
             when
             (
             besides
             the
             misery
             and
             vanity
             thereof
             ,
             )
             we
             see
             the
             damnable
             wickedness
             that
             reigns
             ,
             and
             stands
             in
             defiance
             with
             God
             ;
             when
             (
             besides
             the
             vanity
             that
             is
             set
             to
             open
             sale
             )
             we
             are
             to
             consider
             the
             villany
             
             that
             is
             kept
             close
             ,
             
               Treasons
               ,
               Murders
               ,
               Adulteries
               ,
            
             committed
             in
             secret
             ,
             and
             when
             we
             consider
             the
             viols
             of
             the
             wrath
             and
             curse
             of
             God
             poured
             out
             generally
             upon
             all
             men
             ;
             For
             when
             we
             will
             enter
             into
             a
             due
             consideration
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             we
             must
             set
             it
             before
             us
             all
             at
             once
             ,
             and
             behold
             it
             together
             ,
             and
             then
             at
             one
             glance
             run
             over
             all
             the
             people
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             among
             which
             a
             number
             are
             
               Pagans
               ,
            
             who
             worship
             the
             Devil
             ,
             and
             that
             not
             in
             Ignorance
             (
             not
             knowing
             what
             they
             do
             )
             but
             in
             expresse
             profession
             :
             the
             
               East-Indians
            
             build
             him
             Temples
             ,
             and
             doe
             him
             all
             service
             ;
             The
             
               West-Indians
            
             are
             commonly
             tortured
             and
             tormented
             with
             wicked
             Spirits
             ;
             in
             most
             parts
             of
             the
             North
             they
             
             make
             a
             sport
             to
             be
             
               War
               wolfs
               ,
            
             and
             it
             becomes
             a
             tollerable
             custome
             ;
             
               Witcherie
            
             is
             also
             a
             common
             profession
             there
             ;
             there
             the
             
               Devil
            
             domineers
             without
             contradiction
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             flourshing
             Countrey
             (
             where
             the
             Apostles
             so
             happily
             planted
             the
             Gospel
             )
             the
             Churches
             are
             turned
             into
             
               Mosquees
               ,
            
             and
             Temples
             of
             Idolatry
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             West
             ,
             the
             outward
             face
             of
             the
             Church
             is
             become
             an
             earthly
             Monarchie
             ,
             and
             great
             Money-banks
             are
             set
             in
             the
             place
             where
             Gods
             house
             was
             once
             seated
             .
          
           
             Amongst
             all
             these
             so
             many
             sundry
             and
             severall
             Nations
             ,
             the
             
               Iewes
            
             are
             scattered
             ,
             who
             blasphemed
             ,
             and
             persecuted
             
               Christ
            
             while
             he
             lived
             ,
             and
             have
             continued
             to
             doe
             
             him
             all
             wrong
             ever
             since
             he
             died
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Countrey
             from
             whence
             the
             
               Decretals
            
             come
             ,
             (
             and
             which
             rules
             Religion
             at
             this
             day
             )
             Bawdy-houses
             are
             common
             ,
             and
             
               Sodomy
            
             grown
             a
             fashion
             ,
             and
             yet
             the
             decision
             of
             the
             doubts
             of
             Faith
             must
             be
             coyned
             in
             the
             place
             of
             all
             this
             villany
             .
          
           
             The
             other
             part
             of
             the
             world
             who
             serve
             God
             truly
             ,
             are
             but
             an
             handfull
             ,
             who
             have
             much
             a
             doe
             to
             live
             in
             so
             bad
             an
             ayr
             ,
             who
             are
             upon
             earth
             as
             Fishes
             out
             of
             the
             water
             ;
             the
             remainders
             of
             Massacres
             ,
             and
             as
             scattered
             shivers
             of
             a
             broken
             ship
             .
             Yet
             for
             all
             this
             (
             even
             among
             this
             small
             number
             of
             people
             picked
             out
             of
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             world
             )
             evil
             increases
             ,
             and
             
             spreds
             like
             a
             Canker
             or
             Gangrene
             ,
             Quarrels
             ,
             Vanity
             ,
             Excess
             in
             apparell
             ,
             Ambition
             ,
             (
             which
             lavishly
             layes
             out
             )
             Covetousness
             (
             which
             Idlely
             locks
             up
             )
             infect
             a
             part
             of
             Gods
             flock
             ,
             God
             ill
             served
             in
             housholds
             ,
             cold
             charity
             ,
             neglect
             of
             Gods
             word
             ,
             to
             be
             short
             ,
             a
             Contagion
             of
             Vices
             by
             the
             unwearied
             Industry
             of
             our
             Adversary
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             step
             to
             superstition
             ,
             from
             Vices
             we
             passe
             to
             errour
             ,
             and
             from
             corporall
             to
             spirituall
             whoredom
             ;
             If
             then
             God
             be
             so
             ill
             served
             where
             he
             is
             so
             well
             known
             ,
             what
             will
             he
             be
             in
             other
             parts
             of
             the
             world
             ?
             If
             vices
             lodge
             in
             the
             Pulpit
             how
             much
             more
             in
             the
             Porch
             and
             in
             the
             house
             of
             the
             wicked
             ?
             therefore
             
               Christ
            
             calls
             the
             
               Devil
            
             fitly
             the
             
             
               Prince
            
             of
             the
             
               World
               ,
            
             and
             St.
             
               Peter
            
             justly
             cryes
             out
             in
             the
             2d
             .
             of
             the
             
               Acts
               ,
               Save
               your selves
               from
               this
               froward
               generation
               ,
            
             for
             
               Sathan
            
             lyes
             in
             wait
             ,
             seeking
             whom
             he
             may
             devour
             ;
             this
             Age
             is
             infectious
             ,
             vices
             stick
             fast
             ,
             temptations
             are
             powerfull
             ,
             our
             enemies
             strong
             ,
             and
             subtile
             ,
             our selves
             weak
             and
             simple
             ,
             the
             way
             to
             heaven
             straight
             and
             ragged
             ,
             few
             there
             are
             (
             sayes
             
               Christ
               )
            
             that
             find
             it
             ,
             and
             many
             that
             have
             found
             it
             cannot
             keep
             it
             ,
             but
             having
             known
             the
             truth
             forsake
             it
             again
             ,
             and
             return
             to
             their
             vomit
             ,
             let
             us
             therefore
             take
             heed
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             keep
             our selves
             from
             so
             dangerous
             a
             place
             ,
             let
             us
             pass
             by
             it
             (
             as
             Strangers
             )
             leaving
             the
             world
             and
             leaning
             to
             God
             ;
             we
             are
             never
             truly
             at
             
             rest
             ,
             but
             when
             we
             rest
             wholly
             upon
             God
             and
             his
             promises
             :
             Heaven
             is
             in
             continuall
             motion
             and
             that
             is
             the
             place
             of
             our
             rest
             ;
             and
             on
             the
             other
             side
             the
             earth
             doth
             alwayes
             rest
             ,
             and
             that
             's
             the
             place
             of
             our
             agitation
             ;
             
               Dyalls
            
             and
             
               Clocks
            
             follow
             the
             motion
             of
             the
             heaven
             ,
             but
             the
             faith
             of
             the
             Godly
             imitates
             the
             rest
             above
             the
             heavens
             ,
             for
             that
             teacheth
             us
             to
             set
             our
             rest
             upupon
             God
             ;
             
               Ulisses
            
             liked
             better
             the
             smoke
             of
             his
             own
             house
             than
             the
             fire
             of
             anothers
             ,
             yea
             how
             much
             more
             liked
             he
             his
             own
             fire
             than
             anothers
             smoke
             ?
             we
             are
             strangers
             here
             ,
             this
             is
             none
             of
             our
             house
             ,
             our
             house
             is
             in
             heaven
             ,
             shall
             we
             then
             prefer
             the
             smoke
             of
             our
             strange
             habitation
             in
             another
             Country
             ,
             
             and
             the
             darkness
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             before
             the
             fire
             of
             our
             own
             house
             ,
             and
             the
             glory
             of
             our
             own
             home
             which
             is
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Heaven
             ?
          
           
             This
             is
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             
               Satan
               ,
            
             that
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God
             ,
             this
             a
             vale
             of
             Teares
             ,
             that
             the
             top
             of
             all
             bliss
             ,
             here
             we
             sowe
             in
             sorrow
             ,
             there
             we
             shall
             reap
             in
             joy
             ;
             here
             we
             see
             the
             Suns
             light
             through
             two
             little
             holes
             ,
             which
             we
             call
             Eyes
             ,
             there
             we
             shall
             see
             Gods
             light
             on
             all
             sides
             as
             if
             we
             were
             all
             Eye
             ,
             Then
             when
             God
             shall
             be
             all
             in
             all
             ,
             to
             whom
             be
             Honor
             and
             Glory
             for
             evermore
             .
          
           
             Amen
             .
          
        
      
       
       
       
         
           A
           GLIMPSE
           OF
           THE
           DIVINE
           MAJESTY
           From
           the
           Cleft
           of
           the
           ROCK
           ,
           Exod.
           33.
           22.
           
        
         
           
             1
             BEginning
             without
             beginning
             ,
             End
             without
             end
             .
          
           
             2
             End
             of
             beginnings
             ,
             B●ginning
             of
             all
             ends
             .
          
           
             3
             First
             Mover
             ,
             never
             
             mov'd
             nor
             m●ving
             ,
             yet
             all
             's
             motion
             .
          
           
             4
             Self-sufficient
             ,
             All-efficient
             .
          
           
             5
             Whose
             
               fiat
            
             is
             
               fit
               ,
            
             He
             spake
             the
             word
             and
             it
             was
             done
             .
          
           
             6
             A
             Circle
             whose
             Center
             is
             every where
             ,
             and
             Circumference
             no where
             .
          
           
             7
             To
             whom
             all
             things
             are
             excentrique
             ,
             he
             concentrique
             ,
             with
             all
             things
             .
          
           
             8
             Ever
             green
             ,
             never
             growing
             ,
          
           
             9
             Swift
             without
             motion
             .
          
           
             10
             Continuall
             without
             time
             .
          
           
           
             11
             To
             whom
             whatever
             was
             and
             shall
             be
             Is
          
           
             12
             now
             ,
             What
             Is
             ,
             was
             (
             and
             ever
             shall
             be
             )
             present
             before
             him
             .
          
           
             13
             Sees
             all
             ,
             unseen
             of
             any
             .
          
           
             14.
             
             All
             without
             parts
             .
          
           
             15
             Good
             without
             quality
          
           
             16
             Great
             without
             quantity
             .
          
           
             17
             Unchangeable
             ,
             yet
             changes
             all
             .
          
           
             18
             A
             Loadstone
             without
             variation
             .
          
           
             19
             A
             Ship
             that
             swifter
             than
             thought
             sails
             the
             compass
             of
             All
             without
             any
             compass
             at
             all
             .
          
           
             20
             A
             bottomless
             sea
             ,
             always
             flowing
             without
             reflux
             .
          
           
           
             21
             An
             over-running
             spring
             emptying
             himself
             into
             himself
          
           
             22
             Filling
             all
             ,
             and
             full
             of
             all
             .
          
           
             23
             A
             Sun
             that
             never
             rises
             nor
             sets
             ,
             alwayes
             in
             Meridian
             .
          
           
             24
             Whose
             beams
             are
             his
             works
             ,
             whose
             light
             is
             his
             glory
             .
          
           
             25
             Is
             of
             himself
             ,
             in
             himself
             ,
             every where
             .
          
           
             26
             Above
             us
             ,
             in
             us
             ,
             beneath
             us
             ,
             yet
             inaccessible
             .
          
           
             27
             Wills
             our
             best
             will
             .
          
           
             28
             Whose
             would
             is
             could
             ,
             whose
             will
             is
             Act
             .
          
           
             29
             Day
             without
             night
             .
          
           
             30
             Learning
             without
             Letters
             .
          
           
           
             31
             Knowledge
             without
             defect
             .
          
           
             32
             Wealth
             without
             want
             .
          
           
             33
             Glory
             without
             envy
             .
          
           
             34
             Pleasure
             without
             pain
             .
          
           
             35
             Joy
             without
             grief
             .
          
           
             36
             Enough
             without
             choice
             .
          
           
             37
             Satiety
             without
             fulnes
             ,
          
           
             38
             Peace
             without
             trouble
             .
          
           
             39
             Triumphes
             without
             warre
             .
          
           
             40
             Is
             all
             things
             ,
             yet
             above
             and
             besides
             us
             ,
          
           
             41
             Known
             onely
             to
             us
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             onely
             known
             to
             himself
             .
          
        
         
           
             O
             how
             amiable
             are
             thy
             dwellings
             thou
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
             .
             
          
        
         
         
           Immortall
           ,
           Immutable
           ,
           Infinite
           ,
           Invisible
           ,
           Invincible
           ,
           Incomprehensible
           ,
           Almighty
           ,
           All-sufficient
           ,
           Mercifull
           ,
           Liberal
           ,
           Bountifull
           ,
           Pure
           ,
           Wise
           ,
           Free
           ,
           Just
           ,
           Great
           ,
           Good
           ,
           Glorious
           ,
           Gracious
           ,
           Sole
           ,
           Single
           ,
           and
           the
           Same
           ,
           or
           every
           of
           these
           not
           in
           Denomination
           but
           Abstract
           ,
           and
           but
           One
           yet
           numberless
           .
        
         
           
             These
             are
             a
             part
             of
             his
             ways
             ,
             
             but
             how
             little
             a
             portion
             do
             we
             hear
             of
             him
             who
             held
             back
             the
             face
             of
             his
             throne
             ,
             &
             spreds
             his
             clouds
             over
             it
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             The
             deeper
             that
             we
             dive
             in
             this
             Abyss
             ,
          
           
             The
             more
             we
             know
             the
             less
             of
             what
             he
             is
             .
          
        
         
           
             Vaetacentibus
             de
             te
             quoniam
             Loquaces
             muti
             sunt
             .
          
        
         
           
             Woe
             to
             silence
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
             ,
          
           
             When
             th'
             are
             dumb
             that
             praise
             thee
             most
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A36870e-140
           
             a
             Comparatively
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A36870e-450
           
             As
             Father
             
               Cotton
            
             in
             his
             printed
             Meditations
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A36870e-600
           
             Birth
             .
          
           
             Childhood
             .
          
           
             Youth
             .
          
           
             Manhood
             .
          
           
             Covetousness
             .
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             6.
             
          
           
             Amb●tion
             .
          
           
             Courtiers
             life
             .
          
           
             Vanity
             of
             Women
             .
          
           
             Mar.
             5.
             27.
             6.
             36.
             
          
           
             Pleadings
             at
             Law
             .
          
           
             The
             Author
             intends
             nothing
             of
             Judges
             .
          
           
             Skill
             of
             Languages
             .
          
           
             Arts
             and
             Philosophie
             .
          
           
             1
             Eccl.
             18.
             
          
           
             Civil
             Virtues
             .
          
           
             Solitary
             life
             .
          
           
             In
             his
             Epto
             
               Eustoch.
            
          
           
             Old
             Age
             .
          
           
             Death
             .
          
           
             Hell
             .
          
           
             Matt●
             :
             7.
             13.
             
          
           
             Job
             3.
             1.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             15.
             10
             ▪
             
          
           
             Hebr.
             1●
             .
          
           
             Gal
             :
             3.
             13.
             
          
           
             Peter
             1.
             2.
             
          
           
             God
             blasteth
             mans
             purposes
             .
          
           
             Lu
             :
             9.
             33.
             
          
           
             Vain
             glory
             of
             men
             .
          
           
             The
             misery
             of
             certain
             conditions
             of
             men
             and
             people
             .
          
           
             Sutton
             .
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             10.
             22.
             
          
           
             Weakness
             and
             Ignorance
             .
          
           
             Zonaras
             .
          
           
             Vain
             fears
             .
          
           
             Vain
             Wisdom
             .
          
           
             Phil.
             3.
             14.
             
          
           
             John
             16.
             11.
             
          
           
             Luke
             16.
             8.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             1.
             8.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             12.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             5.
             31.
             
          
           
             Lu.
             18.
             31.
             
          
        
         
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             Psal.
             34.
             1.
             
          
           
             Job
             .
             26.
             14.