622 ofEfet?aa1 Calling. S r.XII. andfo bath no morepriviledge fromhdl, then the childeof themeantt Be -- gar, yetin a political and civil confideration, they differ far from others :Now when you fee God in the difpofing ofeternal glory, not much nattering thefe perfons, itfhould be like a thunder bolt inthe very heart ofall thole who boaft themfelves in their wealth, power and nobility, for they arethe lefs likely tobe made glorious hereafter: So that as God when he chofe David to theTempo cal Kingdomof Ifrad, commanded Samuel to call all feffes Sons together, and chofe clean contrary toSamueis expectation ; for when he law Eliab thefir(' Son, Ile faid, Surely the Lords anointedis beforeme; but God laid, Looknot up- on his countenance, or the height of hisfiature, for GodTeeth not as man feerb: So it is herein Divine Election, he choofeth not, he approveth not, as man by worldly refpefts cloth : Obferve, Obferv. Although men temporally great in this World, aregreatly exalted by men, yet Godchoeftth not many fetch toeternalglory. ThePharifees made it a great argument again(' Chia and his way, Mu7. Do any of the Rulers believe in him , but the people that de use know the Law ? Hereyou fee theytriumph ; What? believe in Chrtff ? fee who they are that do it, the multitude, manyof the poorer and contemptible fort; Do any of the Rulers, any of the great men, and rich men, do they believe inhim? The Apoille lames, Cap. a re. (peaks excellently to this purpofe, reproving their finful partiality in exalting a rich man for his gold ring, and goodly apparel but defpifingthofe that were truly good, becaufepoor ; Hearken (faith he) i.e.. Confider What I fay, Ì-lath not God cho /en the poor of this World, rich in faith ? Oh confidêr, thy wealth, thy grearnefs doth not make thee happy, unlefs rich in faith and grace alto, unlefs we may fay, O man, O woman, great is thy faith, as well as Great are thyearthly advantages. To open this ; Confider I. Firf, That there are four things efpecially, which are thegreat things of the The four great world ; and if the Devil Rrew the gloryof anyof them, its an hard thing not thingsof the to fall down and worfhip him,if theybe had thereby. worfi.. The firfis, Earthly Power and_ Dominion: Eft natura hominem avidaimperii, t faid Telly, Thenature of man being ambitious, is greedy of power; and its Omnibus affr£&bnr.flagrantins, more hot andburning thenany other l ft, un- lefs the heart be fofinilihed, as n arcòmpt nothing great but God ; Though Hilloties do abound with the Tragical ends of many, who were in their time great and terrible in power ; yet few are of that mans miede, that would not vouchfafe to take up a Crown from the earth, if he fhould Rode is, becaufe of the cares accompanying of it, Every Crown of gold, being alto a Crown of thorns. Secondly, Another admired thing in the world isGley and Honor: For this many Civil, and many Religious attemptshave been undertaken,: Apoor empty reward, yet the Heathens have bulily difputed, whether this very nothingbe not the chiefef good. 3: The third thing admiredis, Riches and Wealth: Dives fareddilicioufly eve- ry day : The Pfalmif (peaks, how the world blefdeth fuch, that heap upto themfelves innumerable riches, even like the lands othe fea there: And al. though fome fay, they are called Divine dividendo, becaufe they fo divide and di('raf the heartwith tormentingcares; yet they finde nothingbut hap- pinefs in them. La('ly,There is Nobility, which isby blood and birth : This temporal excel- Temporal lency is apt tomake men fwel,: as being Rats of the firff Magnitude. hereby grearrefs not ready to forget, that they are but duff andallies, as other men are. Now the in it felf in- Apofle by thefe twowords, doth intend all thefe, and if therebe anyother gent thing, that bath temporal glory in theworld. and alvatios g' Gálvacion. Secondly, Confider, That this temporalgreatnfs, is not ofit (elf into with
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