Soon the earth will cover us all. Then the earth itself will change. Time will roll from one age to another in endless cycles. Anyone who thinks about these constant changes — how quickly everything shifts and passes — how can they not look down on worldly things? The force that drives the universe is like a rushing river. It sweeps everything away.
Within a while the earth shall cover us all, and then she herself shall have her change. And then the course will be, from one period of eternity unto another, and so a perpetual eternity. Now can any man that shall consider with himself in his mind the several rollings or successions of so many changes and alterations, and the swiftness of all these rulings; can he otherwise but contemn in his heart and despise all worldly things? The cause of the universe is as it were a strong torrent, it carrieth all away.