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The vvorld, (saith Socrates) hath so ma∣nie sundry changes in the vanitie thereof, that it leadeth all men vvandering in vn∣stedfastnesse.
It is a speciall enemy to those vvhom it hath raised to honour.
It neuer paieth vnto any man, that which it promiseth.
It endeuoureth daily, to drawe the soule from God, through fained delights.
And, whosoeuer busily seeketh after the pleasures thereof, followeth a shaddovve; which when hee thinketh he is surest of, it speedily vanisheth away, & turneth to no∣thing.
Besides, if any man desire to reade more largely of the delights of the world, & the seuerall falshoods of them; let him looke into the Booke of Ecclesiastes, & there he shall finde what the Preacher (through his owne experience) speaketh of them. And how withall, after a long repetition of the tryall of all the pleasures vnder the sunne, hee at last, giueth forth these words in their discommendation; saying: * Vanitie of vanities; all is vanitie.
Put no confidence (therfore) in the mu∣table vanities of this euer-changing world: neither suffer thy selfe to be seduced by the deceits thereof: for, the pleasures of the world, leade diuers men to perdition; and whosoeuer trusteth vnto them, shall most certainly be deceiued.
Socrates.
Crates.
Euripides.
Aristotle.
Hermes.
Ecclesi. cap. 1. 2, 3. &c.
Eccle, 12, 8,
Plotinus.