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Who buy, should be, as if they did possess None of their purchase, nor themselves did bless In what they have; And he that doth rejoice In what he hath, should rather out of choice, Withdraw his mind from what he hath below, And set his Heart on whether he must go.

Who buy, should be, as if they did possess None of their purchase, nor themselves did bless In what they have; And he that doth rejoyce In what he hath, should rather out of choice, Withdraw his mind from what he hath below, And set his Heart on whether he must go.

For those that weep under their heavy Crosses, Or that are broken with the Sense of Losses, Let them remember, all things here are fading, And, as to Nature, of a Self-degrading And wasting temper; Yea, both we and they Shall waste, and waste, until we waste away: Let Temperance then, with Moderation be As bounds to our Affections, when we see, Or feel, or taste, or any ways enjoy Things pleasing to the Flesh, lest we destroy Our selves therewith, or bring our selves thereby To Surfeits, Guilt, or Satan's Slavery.¹

For those that weep under their heavy Crosses, Or that are broken with the Sence of Losses, Let them remember, all things here are fading, And, as to Nature, of a Self-degrading And wasting temper; Yea, both we and they Shall waste, and waste, until we waste away: Let Temperance then, with Moderation be As bounds to our Affections, when we see, Or feel, or taste, or any ways enjoy Things pleasing to the Flesh, lest we destroy Our selves therewith, or bring our selves thereby To Surfeits, Guilt, or Satans Slavery.¹

1. 1Deut. 8.3. 1 Cor. 7.29, 30, 31.