THE CONCLVSION. 



raifcd fo high* in the large extent of thefe thoufard hap^-ie ycares. 

 Which when they are cad into a totall furame 5 and that 1 compare 

 it, with the unmeaftn able eternity , which onely meafureth ihee ; 

 then I fee, that all this huge produft of Algebraical! mul tiplycati- 

 on, appearcth as nothing, in refpeft of thy remayning, and never 

 ending furvivance ; and is lefle, then the leaft point in regard of the 

 immenfe Vniverfe t But then, if it bee true (as it is moft true) that 

 thy leaft (paike and moment of reall happincfle, in that blefled e- 

 ternity thouhopeftfor, is infinitely greater, and nobler, then the 

 whole mafic of fancyed joyes , of my thoufand yeares life here on 

 earth j how infinitely will the value of thy duration,exceede all pro- 

 portion, in regard of the felicity, I had imagined my felfe ? And 

 feeing there is no proportion bet wcene them, let mee fadly reflecV 

 upon my owne prefent condition : let me examine what it is , I fo 

 bufily,and anxioufly } employ my thoughts and pretious time upon: 

 letmeconfider my ownecourfes, and whether they leademe: let 

 me take a Cut vay of the lives, and actions, of the greateft part of the 

 worldywhich make fo Joudc a noyfe about my eares : and then may 

 I juftly figh out fromthebottomeofmyanguifhedhart ; to what 

 purpofe have I hitherto lived } To what purpofe are all thefe mil- 

 lions of toylefonae auntes, that live and labour about me > To what 

 purpofe wereCefars and Alexanders ? To what purpofe Ariftotles 

 and Archimedes 1 How miferably foolifh are thole conquering ty- 

 rants, that divide the world with their lawlefle fwords. ? AVhaC 

 fenfeleffe idiots thofe acute Philofophcrs, who teare mens wittsin 

 pieces, by their different waies, and fubtile Logicke j.ftrivingto 

 fhew men beatitudes fn this world , and feekingfor that, which if 

 they had found, were but a nothingof a nothing in refpeft of true 

 beatitude ? He onely is wife, who neglecting all that flcfh and blood 

 defireth, cndeavoreth to purchafe at any rate this felicity, which thy 

 furvivance promifeth : the leaft degree of which, fo farre furmoun- 

 teth all the heapes, which the Gy ants of the earth are able to raife , 

 by throwing hils upon hils, and (triving in vaine to fcale and reach 

 thofe eternities, which rcfide about the skyes. Alafie how fondly 

 doth mankind fuflfer it felfe to be deluded ? How true it is, that the 

 onely thing necef&ry, proveth the,only that isneglefted ?Looke up 

 ray foule, and fixe thine eye upon that truth* which eternall light 

 makethfocleareuntoth.ee, fhining upon thy face with fo great e- 

 j a* defyeth the noonetyde funne,in its gretteft brigntnefle. 



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