Sentence:  But all things that haue beginning, must come to an end, and whatsoeuer groweth, must likewise deminish, being subiect to corruption and change, according to the time appointed vnto it by the course of Nature, as is seene by experience in plants, and in wights, which haue their ages and <WSD>lastings</WSD> certaine and determined. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The action or state of persisting; the time during which something or someone persists.