(seq. 10)

9)

in vain that builds it . except the
Lords Keep the City., the Watchman
waketh but in vain. It is vain
for you to rise up early, to Sit up
late, to eat the Bread of the Sorrow

Innumerable have been the In
:Stances of the Disappointment of
the most deeply concerted Schemes
and most Sanguine illegibleHope
of Mankind; the wise have
been taken in their own Crafti:
:ness and their Counsel carried
headlong, the devices of the people
have been reordered of none Effect
and the most raised Expectations
of Men have proved abortive; and
illegiblenone can assure themselves that
this will not be the Result of all
their Anxious Cares and Sollicitude
if they lay themselves out to please
a Company, to have an unexcep
:tionable entertainment; they have
but a Small Chance of pleasing eve
:ry Taste and, of escaping Some
Reflections; if they are over Sollicitous
for any earthly Acquisition They
are by no means Secure from disap
:pointment. Think wisely of mere men as af
:ter his most curious Experiment of all
earthly Advantages! pronounce this
all to be Vanity. Vanity of vanity
All Vanity and Vexation of Spirit
and that there is no profits under the
Sun; let us then lay these Things toge
:ther and Set down and count ye Cost
And see if we shall be any gainest
by our own immoderate cares; we are
far from Sure of Success and if we
succeed we may not be bettered upon
the Whole, our Bodys no more health
:ful and easy, our minds no more
quiet and content and then we are