An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of…

Do not think any new thing happens under the Sun, when you see men that were at ease, broken, men that were full, empty, men that were rich, impoverished, men that were in health, sick. The holy Apostle (1 Cor. 7.30.) at once counsels and commands us, Use the World, as not abusing it, that is, use it well: There is much evil in the World, y•t we may, yea we must make a good use of the World: Why? Because the fashion of this World passeth away. As fashions in the World alter and change every day, so doth the fashion of this World; there is a World to come, the fashion whereof shall never go or pass away; but the fashion (or scheme) of this World passeth continually. The word which we translate fashion, signifies a Geometrical figure, or artificial form, habit, vesture, as also any rhetorical fineness or bravery of words: Now all the beauty of this World is but like some of these schemes, which have more show then substance in them; and the whole World below put together, is but like a Pageant, or Mask, on the scene ⟨p. 288⟩whereof many persons are represented to act their parts, but they soon disappear, and the stage or scene it self is pulled down.

Doe not think any new thing happens under the Sun, when you see men that were at ease, broken, men that were full, empty, men that were rich, impoverished, men that vvere in health, sick. The holy Apostle (1 Cor. 7.30.) at once counsels and commands us, Ʋse the World, as not abusing it, that is, use it vvell: There is much evill in the World, y•t we may, yea we must make a good use of the World: Why? Because the fashion of this World passeth away. As fashions in the World alter and change every day, so doth the fashion of this World; there is a World to come, the fashion wherof shall never go or passe away; but the fashion (or scheme) of this World passeth continually. The word which we translate fashion, signifi•s a Geometricall figure, or artificiall form, habit, vesture, as also any rhetoricall finenesse or bravery of words: Now all the beauty of this World is but like some of these schemes, which have more shew then substance in them; and the whole World below put together, is but like a Pageant, or Mask, on the scene