Exceeding S infúlnefs' of Sin. 143 I remember Chryfoflom bath this upon it, That theywerefoexcellent, as all themen in the world were not worthone ofthem ; put all theother menin the world together, and they were not worth fo much as (at leaft) a fewof thefe affliéted, per- fecuted, tormentedChriftians : as ifhe íhould fay, do you fee a company of poorCreatures walking in iheep fkins andgoat fkins, and live in caves and dens of the Earth ; look upon them, and take all themenoftheWorld, Kings, Princes, and Monarchs, rich men, and mighty Captains oftheWorld, all other men, and put them all together, they arenot all worth thefe few poor Creatures that go up and down in [beep fkins and goat fkins. Thus afliidions make not a man a pin the worfe : Manhe is ex- ceeding glorious in Gods eyes notwithftanding Affli&úons. 2 But now fecondly, Come to Sin, let there be sin, although a man have neverfomuch outwardpro f erityandglory in the world, he isamo.11 vile abomixa hie Creature, whenfcnfni. See one famous example for this parallel to this on the other fide, in the ProphefieofDaniel, II. Dan. verfe 2 And there (hall Elandup' a VILE Pefon : Now who is this vilePerfon that the holy Ghoft fpeaks of? It is according to Interpreters Antiochor Epiptanus, the great King of Aria; and his very n'me lignifies 7lluflrious, fo theword Epiphanus figni- fies, Illuflri®us, Fasnosïs, Glorioars; fo that he bath there two Titles, thegreat. King ofAria, and the great King, Famous, Illuftrious, Glorious. And yofeph,s writing ofthis man, hath this ftory That
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