Difference betwixt Man and Beast.
MAN troubles himself with Fame, which Beasts do not; and Man troubles himself for Heaven, and Hell, which Beasts do not; Man is weary of what he hath, and torments his Life with various Desires, where Beasts are contented with what they have; Man repines at what is past, hates the present, and is af∣frighted at what is to come, where Beasts content themselves with what is, and what must be; Man hates Ease, and yet is weary of Business; Man is weary of Time, and yet repines that he hath not Enough; Man loves himself, and yet doth all to hurt him∣self, where Beasts are wise onely to their own good: for Man makes himself a trouble, where Beasts strive to take away trouble; Men run into Dangers, Beasts avoyd them; Man trou∣bles himself with what the Sense is not capable of, when Beasts content themselves with their Sense, and seek no further than what Nature directs, with the just measure of the pleasure of their Sense, and no more; Beasts seek not after vain Desires, or Impossibilities, but that which may be had; they do not back∣bite or slander; they raise not false Reports, their Love is as plain as Nature taught; they have no seeming Grief; they make no Sacrifice to false Gods, nor promise Vows they never