at the S P I. T T L 11: I 7 doth beare you; It is the Majeftie thereofthat keepeth you iri your tluones' and maketh you be; that you are : Butf~r Ego dixi Dii ~Jtis (a parcell-corhmiffion~ut ofthis I'fal.~'·1·. commiffion of ours) themadnejfe of thepeople 1vould bcarenogovernm~rit but run bead-Ion<> and overthrow all Chaires of Eftat~, and breake in peece>allth~ sword} and s cept~;s in theworld; whichyou of ~his Ci.ti7 had aftr:inge experience ofin lack Str~w and his meiny,andkcepa memonallof it myourCttte Scutcheon, how all had gonedowneifchis"J:'ordhadnorhddallu.p~ And thm.forll', honoU\' it, I befeecn you l !fay, honounr. For, when the lilgheft of you ·your fclvcs;wh1ch are but grajfe, and your Ldrd~ipsgloryand W~rjhip, which is thejlo~er of ~hu$ra]Je, lh_all iiray ~·~~ perifh 4ndpajfe away, thu~ord )haDrontmuefor ev_er. And 1fyou rece1ve lt now,w1tn due regard and rcverencc,lt w1ll make you alfo to contm11efor ever. ·' This is your charge, touching the firft branch. I befeech you, enquire of it~ whether tht:re be any guilty in thefe.pdinrs: And ifthere be,fu!fer us to doe ciur Of· fice, that is, to humble you, or elfe fure the L o 1t o will doe His, that is, pull dovvne riches, andminde, andma11, and all, Patiminifalcem occimtem, nepatiami11ifecnrim extirpantem. Goo·will not fu!fer it certainly: He would not fuffer it iri a q King; He qDcui.•7.•0: would notfulfer itin an ' Angefl;He cannot bearc ir, ro :ife, in an f Afo.Jlle,forthe rl,u~:~: .. ,t; grutneJ!eofrevelattons; therefore, Hee wtll not beare tt 1n any man for any cau[cf - --· -- .. whatfocvcr. Let this be the condufion of this point. ' , We fhall never havepridewell pluckt up,fo Icing as th'eroot ofit ftiekes fiill i tHat t is, aVaifJCconfidence in ricb,es.. For ifl'!'e doubted them, we would not trnft in them; The fecond ~ewould not ~Mflofthem: But, w~ tm.ft inthe~, ~nd that inordinately; as ~oun- ~.~"',:,.q i~ ter-meanes agamft G.oo: not fubordinatelyJ~asul1der-meatm unto G o·n: and mfo """'"intri- ·. doing, we ti'anllate Go n's Office unto us, and:our homage unto Hini, to a plate of eh<~. ·-· iilver or a wedge ofgdld. And that is (Saint Ptml faith) the worldly mans idolatry. Colo!f.J.r. And indeed there is little difference.: It is but turning the fentcnce of the Prophet ~~~·!Jf,!Si David; ofIdolaters, to fay thus, Theiridulsitrejilverdndgold; and of the Worldlj men, thus, Silvtr andgoldareiheir Idols. . Wemay examine oud/:lves, in this point of the charge; namely, whether·our !rujl be inMr riches, by two wayes: F~r it beinga receivedgro~n~, that ?ur.ftren~tli Pr•!,•t·~~ ls our confidence; whercwetakeour thtefeStreligth to lye, thattS.It certainly, wh1cn _. we trujl ro. Now, what that is; wee !hall foone finde. 'If wee can cercifie our ~ ll felves, in our need, among all meancs, what doth firft offer it felfe in our intention~ • And againe, when all our mcanes forfake us ~i:ld faile us, What is oui:laft fuccour in . execution. By courfe of nature, every thing, when itis afi'aulrd, ever towzeth thaf part 1 firfr,wherein his principal! ftrcngth lyeth : ifit be in his imkes;them; or in his horne$, ·- or whatfoever it is,that. Toapooreman (iflie have acaufe in hand) thete'is nothing commeth eo minde but Go nand innoi:encie,andthe goodncffeofhis cauCe: there is hisjlrength,andthatistheHorneof huf4lvatiiJn. But, therich (faith Amos] hatlt Amos~,•f gotten him Hornes in his ownejlrength; arid not iro~J.hornes, ~s were:iidkia's, but ,.ol· den-hornet, with which he is able to pufh any cau(e, till he haveconfumedit. For~indeed, ifhe be to undertake ought; the firft thing that commeth to hiS head is, Thtu much J~Jill difpatch it: Such a gift will I affure fuch a man, and [uch agift will ftop fuch amans mouth, and foit is done: Neither it Go i> in all his tli111ghts. Tell meethen, in youralfaires, what commcth firft to minde ~nay, tdl you!' felves what it is. Attresomnit~mpulfo([aith Saint At1gr1flim) con{Gicntidt jingr1lomm tonvenio :Tell your felves, what itis; andby this, trie:ind know, whe'rein your tru.ft ,is ; whether this charge meet with you dr no, whether your riahei be the ftrength of your confidence. · . ~owlightly,whatwefirftthinkeof,thatwebftflyto.irisfo. S.i/ommfawitin i . . hts t1me and faid, The rich mans wealth u his cafile: that even as men, when they are Prou ! ·!!l foiled i~ the field, and beatenfrom the City-wals, fly!aft of all into chc Caflte, and !herethtnke thcmfelvesCafe,as in their place ofchiefe frrcngtR; So,it f~lleth out Wltltthc;
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