The Practice of Piety

Seeing every man enters into this life in Tears, passeth it in sweat, and ends it in sorrow; ah what is there in it, that a man should desire to live any longer to it! oh what a folly is it, that when the Mariner roweth with all his force to arrive at the wished Port; and that the Traveller never testeth, till ⟨p. 944⟩he come to his journeys end; we fear to descry our Port; and therefore would put back our Bark, to be longer tossed in this continual Tempest, we weep to see our journeys end; and therefore desire our journey to be lengthened, that we might be more tired with a foul and cumbersome way.

SEeing euery man enters into this life in Teares, passeth it in sweate, and ends it in sorrow; ah what is there in it, that a man should desire to liue any longer to it! oh what a folly is it, that vvhen the Mariner roweth with all his force to arriue at the wished Port; and that the Traueller neuer testeth, till ⟨p. 944⟩hee come to his iourneyes end; wee feare to discrie our Port; and therefore would put backe our Barke, to be longer tossed in this continual Tempest, we weepe to see our iourneyes end; and therefore desire our iourney to be lengthened, that vvee might be more tyred with a foule and cumbersome way.