9.
Reioyce ô young man in thy youth, and let thine h••rt chere thee in the dayes of thy youth: and wa••ke in the wayes of thine h••rt, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know that for all these things, God will bring thee to iudge∣ment.
Delight he then in what so ere he please,
In youth, in beauty, strength, or wealthy store,
Let him delight himselfe, in vse of these,
And cheare his hart (as cause he hath) therefore
Yet let him thinke death knocketh at his dore.
And that they all, do vanish with their wayes,
That God alone remayneth euer ••ure,
That only vertue with vs longest stayes,
And can eternall blessednesse procure,
When to the iudgement of a God seuere,
Our workes must come, who all in mind doth beare.