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A08598	The harmonie of Holie Scriptures vvith the seuerall sentences of sundry learned and vvorthy vvriters : collected for the comfort of all such as are desirous to seeke after theyr soules health / by I.B.	Bentley, James.	1600 (1600)	STC 1891.5; ESTC S1177	217,904	567

flash and the largest date of his daies to no longer abiding then a bauens blaze And with good consideration also dyd that Wiseman silently make aunswere who beeing demaunded what he thought of the life of man Suddainly turned himselfe about before them that asked the question Solon and presently departed out of their sight Giuing them thereby to vnderstand that our life is no more but onely a turne about and of short continuance §. 5. Short is Mans life saith Aurelius and Mar. Aur. vpon very short and suddaine vvarning we are commaunded to leaue the Worlde to close our eyes and to follow the common course of death Yea assoone as thou art borne to possesse the earth incontinent Death issueth Basill out of his Sepulcher to finde thee and although thou art vncertaine and knovvest neyther when nor where he will meet thee yet must thou remember that alwayes and in euery place he seeketh for thee And when thy last howre is come necessitie Polion carrieth thee hence though thou bee neuer so much vnwilling to depart For Death is a thing that cannot bee Pythagoras eschewed and therfore it ought of all men the lesse to be feared §. 6. VVhat man liuing in this vvorld saith Thales Thales can eyther by his power or policie preuent the suddaine stroake of death or vvho can assure himselfe of so much certaintie as to performe tomorrow what he left vndone to day For man hath no assurance of his owne life but liues vncertaine of his last howre finding nothing in this world that he may boldly leane or trust vnto Hee vvanders alwayes vp and downe Socrates among most vncertaine and doubtfull chaunces onely comforting his mind with hope but neuer knowing certainlie vvhat shall befall him or howe when or where he shall leaue his carkasse When hee goeth out of his house hee is Seneca not sure to returne into the same againe and when he entereth into his house hee is asmuch vncertaine to goe foorth againe Likewise when he sitteth downe to meate he knoweth not that he shal rise vp againe and lying down in his bed at night he cannot promise to come safe from thence the next morning But this thing onely of all other in the Demonax world is most certaine to man that death is common to all though to some one way and to some another §. 7. Lastly if we well weigh with our selues how fraile short and vncertaine the life of man is we shall finde small cause to blame Zerxes that great King of Persia for weeping whē from the toppe of an high Hill hee behelde his whole Army and fell into this remembrance with himselfe that within fewe yeeres following there should not one man among so many thousands in that huge company be left aliue With as little reason also may vvee reproue Thales the Philosopher for saying The life of man is no more but euen as it were the shooting of a starre that passeth at a trice and is quickly gone out of sight and within a little vvhile after the verie signe thereof which was left behind vanisheth out of sight also So fareth it vvith man For within few daies after he is dead the very remembrance of him dyeth with his life though the party in this worlde were neuer so great and honourable Besides this is very certaine that there is Salust nothing in this tottering world among mē perpetuall nor any thing firme stable but all thinges passe repasse continually like vnto the ebbing flowing of the Sea And all things at the last haue an end by Mar. Aur. Death saue onely Death himselfe whose end is vnknowne For black vglie Death maketh al things Augustine subiect to the rigour of his Law And as there is nothing among men ●laeto more certaine then death so is there nothing more vncertaine to man then the howre of his death ¶ Of the many miseries happening to Man in this life §. 1. GReat trauaile saith Sirach is created Ecclus 40 1 2 3 4. for all men and an heauy yoake vppon the sonnes of Adam from the day that they goe out of theyr Mothers vvombe till the day that they be buried in the earth the common Mother of all things Namely theyr thoughts and theyr feare of hart theyr imagination of the thinges they waite for and the day of theyr death Euen from him that sitteth vpon the glorious throne vnto him that is lowest the most simple vpon earth From him that is gorgiously arrayed and weareth a Crowne Ecclus 40. 5 6 7 8 c. euen vnto him that is but homly porelie clothed there is nothing but wrath enuie trouble vnquietnesse and feare of death with rigorous anger and strife Also in the time of night vvhen Man should take his rest vpon his bed the sleep changeth his vnderstanding and knovvledge so that little or nothing is mans rest in his sleepe as well as in the day of his labour For hee feareth and is disquieted in the vision of his hart like vnto one that runneth out of a battaile And when all is past he awaketh out of his sleepe and meruaileth that the feare was nothing Such things as these happen vnto all flesh both man and beast but seuen times more vnto the vngodly And this also is the state or condition of Mans life sette downe by the holy Ghost himselfe in the booke of Iob That while Iob. 14 22. man liueth he shall be sorrowfull and so long as his soule is in him it shal mourne Onely the Sunne the Moone the starres Marlorate the Sea the Land are pleasant because they are by nature beautifull but all other thinges are doubtfull and greeuous And Man aboue them all for if any good thing happen vnto him hee feeleth vndoubtedly there-withall som● inward sorrowe and discontentment Yea the whole life of man is of it selfe a Menander most greeuous thing ful fraught with miserie and continually accompanied vvith innumerable cares and griefes So that it is counted no better thing but Plato euen a miserable fetter which chayneth the pure and euerlasting soule to the vile sinfull and corruptible body §. 2. Certainly saith Hermes God hath so Hermes ordained for man-kinde that vvee should liue in care For wee see by often experience that among all things liuing moouing vpon earth none is more miserable or wretched then Man All manner of beastes are during thys Menander life farre more happy wiser then man For behold the Asse of beasts no doubt a most simple and miserable creature yet hath hee no harme through his owne default saue what doth hap to him by nature But wee besides our naturall euils dailie procure vnto our selues many other For vvee are angry for euery little misfortune displeased at euery euill worde amazed at euery strange chaunce and afraid of euerie shadowe Yet is there none either so great