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Mark what a ' r Heathen faith of thefe 

 fenfual Pleafures, *Dimitte iftas voluptates 

 turbidas, magno luendas : non venture tan- 

 tum, fed 5> pr#tcrit& nocent. Quemadmo- 

 dum feeler a etiamfi non flnt deprehenfa cum. 

 ferent^ folicitttdo non cum ipjis abit ; it a vo- 

 luptatum tmprobariini etiam fofl ipfas f&ni- 

 tentia eft : Non funt foltdtf> non funt fideles ; 

 ettamfi non nocent^ fuginnt. ^Difmtfs (ftith 

 he) thefc troubled \ or muddy and impure 

 pleafures^ which you muft pay dearly for ; 

 they are hurtful not only when they are com- 

 ing ^ but when they are paft ': As crimes 

 though undifcovered when they are commit- 

 ted \ leave not the commit ters of them with" 

 out folicitude\ fo Repentance always at- 

 tends unlawful T^leafiires : They are not fo- 

 lid they are falfe and deceitful-, and though 

 they were not hurtful^ yet are they tranji- 

 ent, only in motion^ and fuddainly gone. 



As for Riches or Honours^ or any other 

 worldly good, they are alib unfatisfadtory. 

 We find our Expectations in the purfuit 

 of them, fruftrated in the acquifition and en- 

 joyment ; being prefently full and weary of 

 that, which we did molt eagerly and im- 

 potently defire and long after. 



* Seneca, Epift. 17,^ 



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