46$ Chap. 20: 4,11i xpofition upon ate Tookof ) o>Ë. Verf. 7 Irritamenium (cene, and-have no fiore of fpee°tàtors, all his cot and projects eft omnium in mifcarry and are loft. Who puts on his be cloathes, or makes qua infarimux himfelfevery fine, to itaÿ at home, and fit in a corner ? It fatif Admiratcr a fieth not a proud man, that he feeth hirnfelfe, fcr though ma.; csn,rci.v, )i,n- p ( g- bizio fenana nÿ a man is, proud in his own eyes, yet he never thinks his own deftdcrat. Sen: eyes snow: to fee him) nor is he pleafed to fland in the viewof EPA. 94. a few; efpeciallyofhis friends and daily familiars, he mutt fet ive cencuptfca himfelfe. in the Sun or in the fight ofall. He is never fealled, e ciet ' ne fendam . till he conceives The many fealing their eyes with feeing him. airecere. b.to He would alwayes Rand upon the [cage, and be in pride (what the holy Apoitles were made infcorne) a .°tiacle to the world, to angels, and men. Some finners areall for fecrecy, fuch lob defcribeth (Chap. 24. 13. n7.) They are of thole (the murderer, thiefe, and the adulterer he means) that rebell agairzft the light. The morning is to them as the fhadowof death, ifone know them, theyare in thefhadowof the terrourofdeath. E ,t there are a- nother fort of finnes (the vain - glorious, the ambitious, the hy- pocrite I meane) who delire nothing more then worldly light. To lie in obfcurity, is to them as the fhadowof death, if one know them not (as to their appearances) ifno man fee their, they.are in the fhadow of the terrour of death : Popularity is the Element in which this fort ofmen live ; take them out of irE,. you take them out of the world. A hypocrite dies, unleffe (as yehu deuired) you come and fee his zeale for the Lordof hoafts. A proud man is quite defun& and defpirited, unleffe you take notice ofhis port, and come fee how largea fayle his veffell bea- reth in the world, how he is attended,how feed and fought unto. !n reference to fincha fight as this,I fuppofeZophar chiefly fpeaks here, They who havefeen him, that is, who have feenand admired.. his fplendour andgreatneffe, even thefe fhallfay, Where is he He who was lately marke of honour in every mans eye, he who was lately fogreat and fpreading, that he over-fhadow- ed all, andyou could fcarce fee any man for him ; is now dimi nifhedinto an Atome, which no mancan fee, He is now to be numbred (though not in his nature, yet asto his former Rate) among invifrbles ; Theman is not to be feen, They whohare fernhim %a11 lay, Where is he And
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