Mofes hu Sele-denyall, )1 J twenty Elders fèll downe before him who fate upon the throne, and wor- íhipped him that liveth for ever, and cat their crownes before the throne, laying, 7 hou art worthy, o Lord, to re- ceiveglory, and honest., anal power, &c. Such infinite diftance there is betwixt the excellency and grearncffe of the Lord, and all the nobles of the world, that it is a wonderful! favour of God to them, that ifhe doe but appeare tò them, they may live before him; it is their honour that their lives may bec preferved when God makes knowne his glory, as Exod. 24.1o, I r a And they fitly the God of1frael:&c. andupon theno- bles ofthe childrenofIf;-tel he laid not his band,that is, codeffroy them, but they werePuff:red to'live in his fight. Thirdly, as God is worthy in re- gard of his infinite excellency, fo it is due to hTn;becaufe whatfoever excel- ?e7cy and honour there is in the nobili- ty of your birth, * it is he that hash made the differencebetween men.: the rainebow is beat a common vapour, it is the funne that gilds it, that enamels it with fo many colours s wee are but C a 3. * Long? la- téq; dilatata eft magnifi- centia vefira supra terram, fed audite confilium, ftudete quod invobis eft h+anc gloriane ad ilium re- ferrea qua eft, f non vultis eam perdere, aut certeperdi ab eá. Ber. Epift. L07q
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