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 Meditations. q.9

V.

TT is reported of the peakcock that, prideing himfelt ■*- in his gay feathers, he ruffles them vp; but, fpying his black feet, he foon lets fall his plumes, io he that glorys in his gifts and adornings, fhould look vpon his Corruptions, and that will damp his high thoughts.

VI.

'TpHE finefl bread hath the leaft bran; the pureft -^ hony, the leaft wax; and the fincereft chriftian, the leaft felf loue.

VII.

'T^HE hireling that labours all the day, comforts "*- himfelf that when night comes he fhall both take his reft, and receiue his reward; the painfull chriftian that hath wrought hard in Gods vineyard, and hath born the heat and drought of the day, when he per- ceiues his fun apace to decline, and the fhadowes of his euening to be ftretched out, lifts vp his head with joy, knowing his refrefhing is at hand.

VIII.

"T^OWNNY beds make drofey perfons, but hard

^^^ lodging keeps the eyes open. A profperous

ftate makes a fecure Chrillian^ but adverfity makes

him Confider.

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