The vanity of this mortal life, or, Of man, considered only in his present…

And verily, since the vile sons ⟨p. 93⟩of the earth, the men of sense, that aim at no other end than to gratify their brutal appetite with such pleasure as is only to be compassed within a short li••s-time in this world; and who live to the reproach of their Maker, and of mankind, do not go about to hide the infamy of their low design, or conceal the degenerous baseness of their mean spirits; but while they make their belly their God, and only mind earthly things, do also glory in their shame: How much were it beneath the state and spirit of the sons of God, that are worthily designing for a glorious immortality, to be ashamed of their glory? or think of stealing a passage to Heaven in the dark?

And verily, since the vile sons ⟨p. 93⟩of the earth, the men of sense, that aim at no other end than to gratifie their brutal appetite with such pleasure as is only to be compass'd within a short li••s-time in this world; and who live to the reproach of their Maker, and of mankind, do not go about to hide the infamy of their low design, or conceal the degenerous baseness of their mean spirits; but while they make their belly their God, and only mind earthly things, do also glory in their shame: How much were it beneath the state and spirit of the sons of God, that are worthily designing for a glorious immortality, to be ashamed of their glory? or think of stealing a passage to Heaven in the dark?

No; let them know, it is not only too mean a thing for them to involve themselves in the common spirit of the sensual world, but even to seem to do so. And that this is so soul and ignominious a thing, as whereof they are concerned, not to be free from the ⟨p. 94⟩