8.
Man is not Lord ouer the spirit to retaine the spirit: nei∣ther hath he power in the day of death, nor deliuerance in battell, nei∣ther shall wic∣kednesse deli∣uer the posses∣sors thereof.
And how should he be able to foretell,
An others haps or actions, can you thinke,
That not foresaw, what to himselfe befell,
Nor knew his perill being at pits brinke?
Nor could deferre his death or destiny,
With all the care he did thereto apply?
That could not tell the place, the dart should light,
That he in battell flong against his foe?
That cannot saue himselfe amidst the fight,
But beares the brunt (perhaps) of ouerthroe?
No wicked slight or art can sinners saue,
But that they sure (in fine) their merits haue.