Three treatises of the vanity of the creature. The sinfulness of sin. The life…Three treatises of the vanity of the creature. The sinfulnesse of sinne. The life…

The last Degree of Vexation from the Creature is from ⟨p. 76⟩the Disposing of them. All Creatures, sinners especially, that have no hope or portion in another life, do naturally love a present earthly Immortality: and therefore though they cannot have it in themselves, yet as the Philosopher saith of living Creatures, the reason why they generate is, that that Immortality which in their own particulars they cannot have, they may [Greek or Hebrew] so far as they are able procure in the species or kind which they thus preserve; so rich and worldly men, though they cannot be immortal on the earth themselves, yet they affect an immortality in their names and dwelling places, Psal. 49. 11. and therefore they desire to transmit their substance unto such successors as may have wisdom and nobleness of mind to continue it. Now then if a man either have no heir, or one that is so active as to alter, or so careless and supine as to ruin all, either base to dishonour the house, or profuse to overthrow it, these and many other the like doubts must needs infinitely perplex the minds of men, greedy to perpetuate their names and places, Eccles. 2. 18. 19.

The last Degree of Uexation from the Creature is from ⟨p. 76⟩the Disposing of them. All Creatures, sinners especially, that have no hope or portion in another life, doe naturally love a present earthly Immortality: and therefore though they cannot have it in themselves, yet as the Philosopher saith of living Creatures, the reason why they generate is, that that Immortality which in their owne particulars they cannot have, they may 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 so farre as they are able procure in the species or kinde which they thus preserve; so rich and worldly men, though they cannot be immortall on the earth themselves, yet they affect an immortality in their names and dwelling places, Psal. 49. 11. and therefore they desire to transmit their substance unto such successors as may haue wisedome and noblenesse of minde to continue it. Now then if a man either have no heire, or one that is so active as to alter, or so carelesse and supine as to ruine all, either base to dishonor the house, or profuse to overthrow it, these and many other the like doubts must needs infinitely perplex the mindes of men, greedy to perpetuate their names and places,