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The vanity of the worldThe vanity of the vvorld
The vanity of the world by Ezekiel Hopkins.The vanity of the vvorld by Ezekiel Hopkins.
London: printed for Nathanael Ranew and Jonathan Robinson, 1668
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
If then there be so great a power in fancy, how vain must all those things be which you pursue with eagerness and impatience, since a vain fancy without them, can give you as much satisfaction,; as if you enjoyed them all: And a vain fancy can, on the other hand, in the greatest abundance of them, make your lives as wearisome and vexatious, as if you enjoyed nothing. That is the first Demonstration.
If then there be so great a power in phancy, how vain must all those things be which you pursue with eagerness and impatience, since a vain phancy without them, can give you as much satisfaction,; as if you enjoyed them all: And a vain phancy can, on the other hand, in the greatest abundance of them, make your lives as wearisome and vexatious, as if you enjoyed nothing. That is the first Demonstration.
Secondly, The Vanity of ⟨p. 33⟩the World appears in its deceitfulness and treachery. It is not only Vanity, but a lying Vanity, and betrays both our hopes, and our souls.
Secondly, The Vanity of ⟨p. 33⟩the World appears in its deceitfulness and treachery. It is not onely Vanity, but a lying Vanity, and betrays both our hopes, and our souls.
It betrays our hopes, and leaves us nothing but disappointment, when it promiseth satisfaction and happiness. What strange confidences do we build upon the false flatteries of the world? In our prosperity we sing a Requiem to our selves, and are ready to say, Our Mountain is so strong,