<p><term id="embstma_1667_24301"/>ADVE deceiptfull worlde, thy pleasures I detest:<lb/> Nowe, others with thy showes delude; my hope in heauen doth rest.<lb/> Inlarged as followeth<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_24302"/>EVEN as the flower, or like vnto the grasse,<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_24303"/>Which now dothe stande, and straight with sithe dothe fall;<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_24304"/>So is our state: now here,now hence wee passe:<lb/> For, time attendes with shredding sith for all.<lb/> And deathe at lengthe, both oulde, and yonge, doth strike:<lb/> And into dust dothe turne vs all alike.<lb/> Yet, if wee marke how swifte our race dothe ronne,<lb/> And waighe the cause, why wee created bee:<lb/> Then shall wee know, when that this life is donne,<lb/> Wee shall bee sure our countrie right to see.<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_24305"/>For, here wee are but straungers, that must flitte:<lb/> The nearer home, the nearer to the pitte.<lb/> O happie they, that pondering this arighte,<lb/> Before that here their pilgrimage bee past,<lb/> Resigne this worlde: and marche with all their mighte<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_24306"/>Within that pathe, that leades where ioyes shall last.<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_24307"/>And whilst they maye, there, treasure vp their store,<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_24308"/>Where, without rust, it lastes for euermore.<lb/> <pb n="embstma_1667_fac226"/> <term id="embstma_1667_24309"/>This worlde must chaunge: That worlde, shall still indure.<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_24310"/>Here, pleasures fade: There, shall they endlesse bee.<lb/> Here, man doth sinne: And there, hee shalbee pure.<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_24311"/>Here, deathe hee tastes: And there, shall neuer die.<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_24312"/>Here, hathe hee griefe: And there shall ioyes possesse,<lb/> <term id="embstma_1667_24313"/>As none hath seene, nor anie harte can gesse.<lb/> <gloss target="embstma_1667_24301" lang="la">Peregrinus Chri-<lb/> stianus loquitur.</gloss> <gloss target="embstma_1667_24302" lang="la">Iacob. 1.</gloss> <gloss target="embstma_1667_24303" lang="la">Ecclesiast. 14.</gloss> <gloss target="embstma_1667_24304" lang="la">Isaiae 40.</gloss> <gloss target="embstma_1667_24305" lang="la">2 Corinth. 5.</gloss> <gloss target="embstma_1667_24306" lang="la">Via veritas vita.</gloss> <gloss target="embstma_1667_24307" lang="la">Ioan. 14.</gloss> <gloss target="embstma_1667_24308" lang="la">Matth. 6.</gloss> <pb n="embstma_1667_fac226"/> <gloss target="embstma_1667_24309" lang="la">Apocal. 6.</gloss> <gloss target="embstma_1667_24310" lang="la">Apocal. 21.</gloss> <gloss target="embstma_1667_24311" lang="la">2 Corinth. 15.</gloss> <gloss target="embstma_1667_24312" lang="la">Apocal. 21.</gloss> <gloss target="embstma_1667_24313" lang="la">2 Corinth. 2.</gloss> </p>

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