Occasionall meditations by Ios. Exon ; set forth by R.H.

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Title
Occasionall meditations by Ios. Exon ; set forth by R.H.
Author
Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.
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London :: Printed by W.S. for Nath. Butter,
1631.
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"Occasionall meditations by Ios. Exon ; set forth by R.H." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A68133.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 5, 2024.

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CX.

Vpon the sight of an old unthached Cottage.

THere cannot bee a truer embleme of crazie old age; Moldred and clay walls; a thinne, uncovered roofe; ben∣ding studds; darke and broken windowes; in short, an house ready to fall on the head of the in∣dweller: The best body is but a cottage; if new∣er, and better timbred, yet such as age will e∣qually impaire, and make

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thus ragged, & ruinous; or, before that, perhaps casualty of fire or tēpest; or violence of an enemy; One of the chief cares of men is to dwel wel; some build for themselues, faire, but not strong; o∣thers build for posterity, strong but not faire, not high; but happie is that man that builds for eter∣nity, as strong, as faire, as high as the glorious contignations of heaven.

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