OBSERVATIONS.
COmmuni fit vitio naturae, ut invisis, lati∣tantibus, atque incognitis rebus, magis confidamus, vehementiusque exterreamur, ut tum accidit; It cometh to pass through the com∣mon fault of nature, &c. In cases of hazard, things brought unto us by report do more abuse our judge∣ment, either in conceiving too great hopes, or yielding too much to distrust, then any matter pre∣sent can move or inforce: for these perturbations attending upon our will, are inlarged more ac∣cording to the qualitie of our desires, then as they are directed by discourse of reason; and so draw men either easily to believe what their wishes do require,* 1.1 or otherwise to reject all as ut∣terly lost.
The uncertainty whereof, and the disappoint∣ment ensuing those deceivable apprehensions, hath brought the hope of this life into very slight account, being reckoned but as the dream of him that is awake; and as Piafraus, or a charitable delusion, to support us through the hard chances of this world, and to keep mans heart from break∣ing: for every mans help is hope; which never af∣fordeth present relief, but asswageth the bitternesse of extremities, by
—Dabit Deus his quoque finem,* 1.2 God once will put an end to these things too.