84. Spiritual PerfeHiorr. Some are fwell'd with the Conceit of their Riches : but this is very unreafon- able, for no external acceffion can add real value to a perfon, Fools only .wor- fhip a Golden Calf. if any air of Pride rifes in a Rich Poífeífor, it may as juft- ly provoke God to recai his Bleßîngs as he liberally bellowed them. Others prefume upon the Nobility of their Extraaion, but whoever our more immediate Parents be, if we afcend in our thoughts, we mull come to our grand Progenitor Adam, the Son of the Earth, and Fountain of Mankind. All are Streams from him, ifforce slide along in the low Grounds, and forne are re- ceived in Marble Repositories, they all `flow from the fame Original. How of- ten do the Honourable tarnifh the Co- lour and Luftre of their Blood by dege- nerous AEtions ? How often are the Rich and Great forfaken of their Depen- dents, and only attended by a train of Miferies, maintain'd by their Expences ? Such Revolutions are not more ftránge thanEclipfes are to the Moon. Some are rais'd to the heighth of Se- cular Honour, and there is nothing fènds lticere. up more hot, fuming, and intoxicating Spirits, than Soveraign Power. Humi- lity in a fate of the higheft Honour, is ä very .Auden Aug.
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