The vanity of thoughts discovered with their danger and cure. By ThoThe vanity of thovghts discovered with their danger and cvre. By Tho

They sleep not unless they have done mischief; if their desires remain unsatisfied, they do disturb their thoughts, like froward children by their crying: so as, often, these which men count free (as the most do thoughts) do prove the greatest bondage and torment in the earth unto them, and do hinder sleep, the nurse of nature, eat out, and live ⟨p. 62⟩upon the heart that bred them, weary the spirits, that when a man shall say (as Job 7. 13.) My bed shall comfort me, by putting a parenthesis to his thoughts, and sad discourses, which he hath when awake, yet then they haunt a man; and as vers. 14. terrify him. A man cannot lay them aside as he doth his cloak: and when men die they will follow them to hell, and torment them worse there; your thoughts are one of the greatest executioners there, even the worm that dies not.

They sleepe not unlesse they have done mischiefe; if their desires remaine unsatisfied, they doe disturbe their thoughts, like froward children by their crying: so as, often, these which men count free (as the most doe thoughts) doe prove the greatest bondage and torment in the earth unto them, and doe hinder sleepe, the nurse of nature, eate out, and live ⟨p. 62⟩upon the heart that bred them, weary the spirits, that when a man shall say (as Iob 7. 13.) My bed shall comfort mee, by putting a parenthesis to his thoughts, and sad discourses, which hee hath when awake, yet then they haunt a man; and as vers. 14. terrifie him. A man cannot lay them aside as he doth his cloake: and when men die they will follow them to hell, and torment them worse there; your thoughts are one of the greatest executioners there, even the worme that dies not.

Thirdly, the vanity of the mind appears in curiosity, a longing and itching ⟨p. 63⟩