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A20947	Heraclitus: or, Meditations vpon the misery of mankinde, and the vanitie of humane life with the inconstancie of worldly things; as also the wickednesse of this deceitfull age described. Faithfully translated out of the last edition written in French by that learned diuine, Monsieur Du Moulin By Abraham Darcie.; Héraclite; ou, De la vanité et misère de la vie humaine. English	Du Moulin, Pierre, 1568-1658.; Darcie, Abraham, fl. 1625.	1624 (1624)	STC 7326; ESTC S115746	58,947	176

death for death is the path of life a Gaole-deliuery of the soule a perfect health the hauen of heauen the finall victory of terrestriall troubles an eternall sleepe a dissolution of the body a terrour to the rich a desire of the poore a pilgrimage vncertaine a thiefe of men a shadow of life a rest from trauell an Epilogue to vaine delight a consumption of idle desires a scourge for euill a guerdon for good it dis-burdens vs of all care vnmanacles and frees vs from vexation solicitude and sorrow Of all those numberlesse numbers that are dead neuer any one returned to complaine of death but of those few that liue most complaine of life On earth euery man grumbles at his best estate The very elements whereby our subsistence or being as the secondarie cause is preserued conspire against vs the fire burnes vs the water drownes vs the earth annoyes vs and the aire infects vs our dayes are laborious our nights comfortlesse the heat scorcheth vs the cold benummes vs health swels vs with pride sicknesse empaleth our beauties friends turne Swallowes they will sing with vs in the Summer of prosperitie but in the winter of tryall they will take wings and be gone Enemies brand our reputations with deprauing imputations and the enuious man hurleth abroad his gins to ensnare our liues who would then desire to liue where there is nothing that begets content for this world is a Theater of vanities a Chaos of confusions an Embassador of mischiefe a Tyrant to vertue a breaker of Peace a Fauorite of Warre a friend of Vices a coyner of Lies an Anuile of Nouelties a table of Epicurisme a furnace of Lust a pit-fall to the rich a burthen to the poore a Cell of Pilgrims a den of Theeues a calumniator of the good a renowner of the wicked a cunning Impostor and a deceiuer of all How is the progresse of poore proud mans life violently agitated like the riuer Euripus with contrarious motions The pleasure of the wyly world thus inueigles him Come vnto mee and I will drowne thee in delight The corruption of the luxurious flesh thus ingles him Come vnto me and I will infect thee the Diuell he whispers this in his eare Come vnto mee and I will cheate and deceiue thee But our sweet and sacred Sauiour Iesus Christ with perswasiue inducements thus intreates him Come vnto me I pray thee that art heauy laden and I will receiue and exonerate thee and with the mighty arme of my mercy and compassion lift off that vnsupportable loade which crusheth downe to Hell thy groaning soule Study then to liue as dead to the world that thou maist liue with God for the iust man is said neuer to liue till after death Endeuor thy selfe to march faire through this worlds Labyrinth not to squander and looke asquint vpon the Circean allurements thereof But without turning either to the right or left hand runne straight on in that Eclipticke line which will conduct thee to that celestiall Ierusalem where with that immaculate Lambe Iesus Christ thou shalt enioy pleasure without pain wealth without want rest without labour ioy without griefe and immensiue felicitie without end Moreouer the contempt of the world born of the loue of God shall at length grow to hatred of the world when that besides the vanity and misery of it he shall contemplate the mischiefe and enmitie against the Almighty vvhich there raigneth when besides that vanity which some doe lay open to the view of all hee will represent to himselfe the iniquities which are closely kept and the Treasons Adulteries Murthers which are priuately and lurkingly committed when he shall consider the vials of Gods wrath and displeasure powred generally vpon all man-kinde for in the consideration of this world it behooueth vs to leaue out no part of it but to obserue all manner of nations and people amongst which there are many Pagans which not onely by a consequent but also by expresse profession adore the deuill The East Indies dedicate their temples to him and reuerence him with all respect The West Indies are afflicted and tormented ordinarily with euill spirits In most part of the North lurking deceits and assuming strange shapes are very common among the Inhabitants Sorcery is there an ordinary profession and the Diuell reigneth without contradiction In that Countrey which did once flourish where the Apostles had planted so happily the holy Ghost the Churches are now changed into Mosques and Temples of Idolatry In the West the head of the visible Church is become an earthly Monarch and banks are erected in those places where in times past was the House of God Amongst those erroneous and enuious people are scattered the Iewes which blasphemed against Iesus Christ and hauing persecuted him in his life doe iniuriously wrong him after his death The Countrey from whence came Decrees and Orders for Religion hath in it publike Brothel-houses and Sodomy is there an vsuall custome Here it is also where doubts in Religion that concerne a mans faith are decided in the middest of corruption There onely remaineth in the world a handfull of people which serue Iesus Christ in truth and verity and they can scarce receiue breath in this ayre which is so contrary to them beeing here as fishes without water as the remainders of great Massacres as pieces of boords scattered after the breaking of a great vessell and yet neuerthelesse among these few that are substracted out of the rest of the world corruption doth increase as a Canker or Vlcer Quarrels Vanity Superfluity in Apparell Auarice Ambition Sumptuousnesse which spendeth foolishly doth infect the one part of this small troupe for GOD is ill serued in priuate families their almes are cold they pray seldome and reade neuer IN briefe a contagion of vices by conuersing with our aduersaries doth infect vs which is the first steppe to superstition for errour creeps in to vs by vice and spirituall fornication by corporall If therefore where God is most purely knowne hee bee there ill serued how much more amongst the rest of the world If vices doe harbour in the Sanctuary how much more in the body of the church and habitation of the wicked Therefore Christ doth rightly call Satan The prince of the world and Peter doth iustly write in the second of the Acts Saue your selues from that peruerse generation for Satan lieth in ambush for vs all This age is infectious vices are like vnto glue temptations strong our enemies mighty our selues feeble and ignorant and the way of saluation narrow and full of thornes And few there bee saith Christ that finde it And those which finde it doe not alwayes keepe it but many hauing knowne the trueth doe leaue it and returne to their vomit Let vs know then a place so dangerous that wee may passe by as strangers which doe not onely passe but also runne from it flying from the world to come vnto God for wee shall neuer haue repose vnlesse wee rest

women THe most part of women are vaine not onely out of weakenesse and example but also by expresse profession All their study is how to establish vanity and about this they haue great strife and emulation For amongst these worldly lustres you shall see women corrupted with delicacies subiecting themselues to fashions and aspects of others losing the vse of their feet by pleasing their fancy with too much neatnesse imploying the fourth part of their life in attiring themselues wearing haire bought out of Tire-womens shops painting their faces Idolatrizing their owne bodies yet neuerthelesse crucifying them with a iust punishment ignorant of all things yet studying to speake well viewing themselues in a Looking-Glasse a thousand times in a day and calling consultations vpon a particular haire Poore creatures vvho in altering the colour of their haire and adding somewhat to their height by extraordinary shooes would disproue the saying of Christ vvhen hee sought to verifie that man could not make one haire white or blacke nor adde one cubite to his stature Make but a collection of the time that a curious vvoman doth spend through al her life in dressing her selfe and you shall find that it is more then a fourth part of her age This curiosity hath some affinity with seruitude who amongst them will apply so much time in doing good works and how commeth it to passe that those habits which were giuen vnto man for to hide his sinne are now conuerted into to sinne it selfe What is the occasion that that which God hath ordained to couer mans shame serues now to set forth his glory That that vvhich was an argument of humilitie is now become the matter of pride There is nothing so contrarie to the will and glory of God as that vaine vanity for a woman that hindreth the going of her owne feete by wearing such nice and high Pantofles how can she fly away into a strange Countrey for Gods cause A flesh that is so delicate how can it endure to take rest being imprisoned for the testimonie of the Diuine Gospell A vvoman which by reason of her painting cannot tolerate the heat of the Sunne how can shee endure the fire for the Word of God Obserue our Preparations to suffer afflictions and peruse our Apprentiship to martyrdom and in the end you will finde that Salomon hath not seene such things in his time and that the vanity of vanities which he speakes of is inferiour to the vanitie of this age But let such beware that the same happen not to them which the Prophets write against the women of Ierusalem who reproued their pride their vnshamefac't lookes their rowling eies their attire Chaines Iewels Bracelets and other their vaine-glorious fashions It will happen to you saith the Lord of Hosts that in stead of perfumes you shall haue stinke in stead of haire baldnes and the fairest young men among you shall passe through the edge of the Sword and the strongest shall be slaine and perish in the warres CHAP. VIII Of Couetousnesse BVt of all the miseries that happen to Man in this world these hereafter following are the greatest And first let vs consider of Couetousnesse wherewith many men are so farre ouercome that they will hazard their life to win a little money that is to lose their beeing for to gaine the meanes to bee which misse the end to obtaine the accessories as he which selleth his Sword to buy a sheath or his Horse to haue some prouender and to gaine worldly pelfe not to serue his occasions but rather for himselfe to serue it to haue riches as one hath a Feauer which doth more possesse the grieued than the grieued it To bee like vnto a greedy dogs which lying vpon hay not eating it himselfe will snarle if any other commeth neere vnto it O miserable people that liue poorely to dye rich that are most couetous in their declining age which is to prouide for a tedious iourney when it is euen finished But a man that feareth God for to auoid so great an inconuenience will consider in himselfe what is the worth and estimation of such drosse and will conceipt that these things are oft giuen to wicked men as seducers of mindes from true piety and the diuine knowledge of the Almighty who sheweth vs what estimation wee should haue of riches in giuing largely to the wicked within whose brests it doth fall as a purse into a stinking priuy Iesus Christ doth giue vs an example what repute is to be had of it in committing his purse to Iudas when as he gaue his holy Spirit to his faithfull Apostles And if hee had thought wealth to haue beene the true felicitie no doubt he would haue gathered it more abundantly but hee had not so much where to lay his head on He hath willed vs to loue pouerty by his example And the great King of the World will despise all things that shall entice vs to affect the contrary A little wealth will suffice vs to liue well and lesse to dye happily Godlines with contententment is great gaine we are come naked into the world and naked shall we goe out peaceable pouertie is much better than troublesome riches But man is so foolish that he had rather draw water out of a great disturbed Riuer with difficulty and perill then from a little cleere brooke with facility and ease had rather take a great masse of gold with torment and danger then a little with peace and security in fine he will bee nothing the more satisfied Moreouer he thinketh that to bee lost which was neuer gayned by him This kind of Auarice is alwayes linked with enuy If peraduenture a man lose his worldly fortunes according vnto that which Salomon saith That riches betaketh her to her wings it doth sometimes distract humane sence for to ransacke a couetous person is to flay his skin from his body to take from him his riches is to depriue him of his heart since that such doe wholy deuote both heart and affection to their wealth Who euer saw the sinne of couetousnes more deepely rooted in the world then at this day for all the Cities Prouinces and Kingdomes of the earth be very shops and store-houses of Couetousnesse and auarice This is the world which the Prophets did fore-shew that men ioyne house to house and land to land as though themselues would alone dwell vpon the earth Couetousnesse is the well-spring of miseries for from thence proceed war and destruction and the great effusion of bloud wherewith the earth is ouerflowne From Couetousnesse proceed Murders Treasons Thefts Vsuries forswearings the corruption of witnesses peruerting of Iudgements from Couetousnes the tedious delayes in Law and lingring of Suites doe proceede And to be short from thence commeth all kind of wickednesse This grieuous sinne is growne so familiar among men that many liue without mercy in such sort that now wee may see the streets full of poore beggers