Heraclitus: or, Meditations vpon the misery of mankinde, and the vanitie of humane life with the inconstancie of worldly things; as also the wickednesse of this deceitfull age described. Faithfully translated out of the last edition written in French by that learned diuine, Monsieur Du Moulin By Abraham Darcie.

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Heraclitus: or, Meditations vpon the misery of mankinde, and the vanitie of humane life with the inconstancie of worldly things; as also the wickednesse of this deceitfull age described. Faithfully translated out of the last edition written in French by that learned diuine, Monsieur Du Moulin By Abraham Darcie.
Author
Du Moulin, Pierre, 1568-1658.
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London :: Printed by G. P[urslowe] for Thomas Pauier: and are to be sold at his shop in Iuie Lane,
M.DC.XXIV [1624]
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Christian life -- Early works to 1800.
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"Heraclitus: or, Meditations vpon the misery of mankinde, and the vanitie of humane life with the inconstancie of worldly things; as also the wickednesse of this deceitfull age described. Faithfully translated out of the last edition written in French by that learned diuine, Monsieur Du Moulin By Abraham Darcie." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A20947.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 8, 2025.

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A Table of the Contents of this Booke.
CHAP. 1.
THe vanity and mise∣ry of the Nature of man. fol. 6
CHAP. 2.
The vanity and inconstan∣cy of man in his action. 10
CHAP. 3.
Of mans Ripe Age. 16
CHAP. 4.
The life of Courtiers. 27
CHAP. 5.
The life of Magistrates, and wicked Iudges. 31
CHAP. 6.
Of mans estate being in Wedlocke. 36
CHAP. 7.
The vanity and inconstan∣cie of Women. 42
CHAP. 8.
Of Couetousnesse, Enuie, and Ambition. 45
CHAP. 9.
Of Petty-fogging strifes, and law-contention. 53
CHAP. 10.
Of Philosophy, and the knowledge of diuers tongues. 55
CHAP. 11.
Of Pilgrims, and Ciuill vertues. 59
CHAP. 12.
Of old and decrepit Age. 77
CHAP. 13.
Of Death. 69
CHAP. 14.
Of the terrible Iudgement seat of God. 74
CHAP. 15.
Of Heauen. 79
CHAP. 16.
Of Hell. 81
CHAP. 17.
The misery and vanity of our Life, and the wic∣kednesse that now raig∣neth.
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