Iob 32. 4, 6, 7. Philē. 9. Apex see∣ctutis est aut ritas. Cic. de sea. Plut desen. Senatus ergo à se∣nib Hin A∣stus, Audte iuue∣nes senm, quem au∣diuere iuenm s∣nes. Ibid. Point. Spciall 2.authority with it, procureth reuerence and respect: The former whereof fitteth men for the doing of the more good to others, the latter others for the receiuing of the more good from them.Long life in these respects therefore may well be deemed a blessing.Secondly, we may hence obserue, that it isA great mercy of God to haue a good old age.It is a mercy more than ordinary for men at those yeeres to be kept free in some good measure, though not from such weaknesse as the decay of na∣ture necessarily importeth, yet from such aches, and paines, and grieuances, and diseases, and annoi∣ances, as that age is wont commonly to be annoied and pestered with.For first, Reason I. . Sclcrias Sob. cap. 101. Scolio hoc citat & Plo in Gorg. & Aot. Rhet. l. 2. c. 22 Sed & Plat. leg. l. 1. . E ibid. l. 2. idem ferè babet. Quin & Deliacamcitat Aristot. Ethi. Nicom. l . c. 8. & Eadem l. 1. c. 1. quá dicitur. Senar. Grae. . i. mens sana in corpore sano. Iuuen. sat. 10. ; Plato Gorg.Health and the enioyment of it, is at all times a great mercy; (▪ Plut. de sanit. & de tranq. . Ifidor. Pel: l: 3. ep. 192. . Ariphron. Athen. lib vlt. no outward thing being comfortable or delightfull without it) that which nothing sheweth so well as . Hera. Basil. Caes, hom. . Quid boni havat sanitas, languor ostendit. Hier. n. consol. Pa. the want of it at some times, and the inconueniences that ensue thereupon. And if to enioy it at any time then be no small bene∣fit, euen at such times wherein others are wont vsu∣ally to enioy it: how much more is it a great mer∣cie0