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labours. When God had made man after his own 

 Image in a perfect state, and would have him represent 

 himself in authority, tranquility and pleasure upon the 

 Earth, He placed him in Paradise. What was Paradise? 

 But a Garden and Orchard of trees and herbs, full of all 

 pleasure, and nothing there but delights. The gods of 

 the Earth resembling the great God of heaven in author- 

 ity, Majesty and abundance of all things, wherein is 

 their most delight? And whither do they withdraw 

 themselves from the troublesome affairs of their estate, 

 being tired with the hearings and judgings of litigious 

 Controversies? choked (as it were) with the close aire 

 of their sumptuous buildings, their stomachs cloyed with 

 variety of banquets, their ears filled and over-burthened 

 with tedious discoursings. Whither ? but into their 

 Orchards made and prepared dressed and destinated for 

 that purpose to renew and refresh their senses, and to 

 call home their over-wearied spirits. Nay, it is (no doubt) 

 a comfort to them, to set open their casements into a 

 most delicate Garden and Orchard, whereby they may 

 not only see that, wherein they are so much delighted, 

 but also to give fresh, sweet and pleasant air to their 

 Galleries and Chambers. 



" What can your eye desire to see, your ears to 

 hear, your mouth to taste, or your nose to smell, that 

 is not to be had in an Orchard? with abundance and 

 variety? What more delightsome than an infinite 



