470 Chap. 20. An Expogrion upon the Book_of j o B. Verl,.7, Hence obferve ; Thefin ofmany met is viftble, andmay be read in the secîall judgements whichare brought upon theta_,. The Lord is righteous in all his judgements, and he is (as we may ,fay with reverence) even curious in force of them. What more exa&.t and futable, then to fee vaine glorypunifhed with obfcurity; and that they fhould be No-body's in the world, who had an itch not onely tobe Some-body's<which h /th a fpice ofambition in it) but the only-body's in the world ? What more futable then that they whole greateh delire was to be feen and taken noticeofevery where and by every one, fhould he redu- ced to fuch a little, to fuch a nothing, that rio man can fee where they are ? Hypocrites doe all to be feen, and anon themfelves are not to be feen. Honour me before the people fay the Ions of pride and ambition, and anon all th people feeand fcornethem, or fcorne at them becaufe They cannot be Peen. They love the uppermoft feats at the Table, and greet- ing's in the:h1.arket- place, and anon themfelves have not a Table Let arma va- to fit at, and are the cheapeft ware, yea the trafh and refuteof cent ceiling; all the Market. doll, Pant tia, Now, befides the nature ofworldly things and Rates in them: pondere magna, , S g ceditq; °nett (elves ( which are all fubjeet to change, and the greater any fortuna fuo, worldly thing is, the more fubjeët to change and to oppreffe:ix sen: in Aga' felfe with its own weight, as the very Heathens have often rnem, told us; ,i fay, befides what is intrinfecall to the nature of worldly things) we mutt chiefly afcribe thefe eminent chap- ges to the fpeciall providence of God, who being molt high himfelfe, and though invifible, yet onely to be fry and adored in all we have or are, cannot bear it to fee the creature fet úp himfelfe to be teen. God would draw (and it is his due) all eyes and hearts to himfelfe, and therefore he will not longen- dure thofe who affect the drawing of mens eyes upon them- felves. The eye of God will, not fpare thofe who either think highly of themfelves, or love to behighly thought ofbyothers: The Lord is pleafed to fet force of his fervants not onely high among men, but high in the hearts and thoughts of men, yet he is highly difpleafed when they or any in a vaineoftenta- cion make it their bufìnefï'e to be fo ; And they who would thus
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