A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written

Thus we see, the time is unknown to us, whether in youth or in age: often i• youth the bud is cropped. Homo per nativitatem viret in carne, per inventutem c• descit in floor, per mortem aret in pulvere; Greg. In birth we are green in the bud, i• youth we are white in the flower, in death we wither in the dust. Death like a fishnet catcheth at one draught, not only the grown fishes, but even the little fry. The Poets have a fable, that Death and Cupid lodging together at one Inn, interchanged each others arrows. From that day to this it comes to pass, that sometimes old men dote, and young men die. Sic moritur Juvenis, Sic moribundus amat. Therefore let me be bold with CHRISTS words, Luk. 7.14. Young man, I say unto thee, Arise: raise up thy soul to grace, thou knowest not how soon thy body shall fall down to dust. Perhaps thy imagined wisdom makes thee believe, that thou art early ripe: and so like a blossom that prevents the spring, thou wilt dare to look forth upon February sun, but thou mayest soon be nipped with a frost. And if youth be but so weak a taper, quickly put out by death; how careful should parents be, with what oil they supply those young Lamps! Usually they provide fair estates for their children's bodies, nothing for the estate of their souls: to show that they are parents of their bodies, not of their souls. Zeuxes having artificially painted a boy, carrying grapes in a hand-basket: the birds came, as if they had been true grapes, and pecked at them. Hereupon he was wondrous angry with himself and his art; saying, If I had painted the boy, which was the chief part of my picture, so well as I have done the grapes, which were but a by-accident; the birds durst never have been so bold. Were parents as careful for their children's good nurture, as about their appendant trifles; those ravenous kites, evil companions, durst not venture upon them, could not so easily corrupt them.

Thus we see, the time is unknowen to us, whether in youth or in age: often i• youth the bud is cropped. Homo per nativitatem viret in carne, per inventutem c• descit in flore, per mortem aret in pulvere; Greg. In birth we are greene in the bud, i• youth we are white in the flower, in death we wither in the dust. Death like a fishnet catcheth at one draught, not only the growen fishes, but even the little frie. The Poets have a fable, that Death and Cupid lodging together at one Inne, interchanged each others arrowes. From that day to this it comes to passe, that sometimes old men dote, and young men die. Sic moritur Iuvenis, Sic moribundus amat. Therefore let me be bold with CHRISTS words,