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Which being extinguished, our body shall be turned into ashes, and our spirit shall vanish as the soft air,
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And our name shall be forgotten in time, and no man shall have our works in remembrance, and our life shall pass away as the trace of a cloud, and shall be dispersed as a mist, that is driven away with the beams of the sun, and overcome with the heat thereof.
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For our time is a very shadow that passeth away; and after our end there is no returning: for it is fast sealed, so that no man cometh again.
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Come on therefore, let us enjoy the good things that are present: and let us speedily use the creatures like as in youth.
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Let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments: and let no flower of the spring pass by us:
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Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds, before they be withered:
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Let none of us go without his part of our voluptuousness: let us leave tokens of our joyfulness in every place: for this is our portion, and our lot is this.
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Let us oppress the poor righteous man, let us not spare the widow, nor reverence the ancient gray hairs of the aged.
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Let our strength be the law of justice: for that which is feeble is found to be nothing worth.
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Therefore let us lie in wait for the righteous; because he is not for our turn, and he is clean contrary to our doings: he upbraideth us with our offending the law, and objecteth to our infamy the transgressings of our education.
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He professeth to have the knowledge of God: and he calleth himself the child of the Lord.