Burroughes - Houston-Packer Collection BS1265.6.C43 B8 1649

700 Lib.! !á Cat. 2. Mofes his Selfe-deniall. fweet of plealures. As on the one fide, thofe who are in affic`fions, and have theirfpirits finkunder them, they think within themfelves, let men take what they will, ifthey felt what I doe, their fpirits would fink as muchas mine : fo on the other fide, they who enjoy the fweet of profperity, they think,iet men fay what they will, if they had what we have, they would prize it and de- light in it asmuch as we. Here then is the true and reali ho- nour, when a man is in the height and topofall profperity,yet then he can be above all, then he can trample uponall: It was thus with Mofes; it was thus withDaniel; it bath been thus in many worthies ofthe Lord. Vincentius re- portsofone Eufiochifa whom Trajane hadfen t againft the Barbarians, andhe havinggot thevic`ory,returned home; the Empereur being joyful! goes to meet him, and brings him in gloriouf- ly to the citie: nowwas a time for E0- '1oEhius toenjoy thefavour of the Em- pereur, and what he coulddefire; but at this time, this veryday, refufing to facrifice with the Empereur unto A- pollo

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