wonderfull preſence: and that little breath of ours once ſpent, it is then but a ſhadowe, duſt and ſmoke. Theſe worldly fauours and temporall goodes in the iudgement of the wiſe ſeeme but as ſnowe, which with the firſt beames of the Sunne diſſolveth and commeth to nothing. Lord, what coſt do we beſtow vpon our heares and face, which when the Barber clippeth of, are deſpiſed and throwne away? A man mould neuer truſt this fooliſhe life. It is but a fire kindled on the coles, which conſuming it ſelfe giueth heate to others. The Phiſition truly that cureth the diſeaſe of the bodie is a worthie ſpirite of man: but he that healeth us of our ſinnes is a celeſtiall God. Hee that can ſhunne the water of this riuer, which carrieth in his courſe, Pride, vaine glorie, laſciuiouſneſſe, couetouſneſſe, preſumption, infirmities, and loſſe: may be called diuine and not humaine. Let no man put his foote into the water of carnall loue, neyther his legge into the falſe waues of theſe goodes, nor waſhe his bodie in the glorie of this malignant time, neyther ſeeke continually to ſwimme in the middeſt of theſe felicities: for all paſſeth awaye to oure loſſe and vndoing. The rich Indian merchaunt Soʃtrates richly furniſhed his houſe with ſundrie ſorts of merchaundiſe with his
