6 Chap. 2$. . Rn L`'.tpo f:ion ups; the Bef,kof J O B. Vert. 6 weasldf&on rake rare away. As God took away Herod for receiving flattering ticks,fo they who give them are in danger to be taken away byGod. Thirdly, Be not Envious at others ; what ifanother have a litte more glory, riches, beauty, frength, power,then thou halt, what though he have a littlemore knowledg,and be a little high- er in gifts then others, yet he is but a worm hill; what's man but a woeme, and what's the fon ofman, (the heft of men) but a worr;aei? why fhould a worm Envy a worme,what though forte men are flkewornies,a little bs.tter furnifhed and richer then o- then, inmind and body, yet they are but worms in finks, and ma. ny who appeare fo, are but GIons wormes,whìch flame a little but have no confiftence. Fourthly, Let the Ions ofmen take heed of vexing one ano. ther; why ihouid wormes rileup °gaind wornaes, why should woe; nes- deftroy wormes cruelly, bloodily ? We are all weak as wormes, let us thereforeengage char little ftrcngth we have, for the fupporring, nor for the ruiningofone another. We ufually hare fo much tenderneffe towards worms in kinde, that when we fea them crawling upb the ground,we avoid treading upon them; yet bow do men l,urpofely tread upon wormes in likenes.Ali open ate wormes in likenefs, we fhould not willingly tread upon or -hurt any man.But poor men, and menof low degree, are rime wormes then rich men, and men in high places are,therefore take heed ofoppreffing the poore, for that is indeed, a treading upon ,vorrues. And though while you tread upon worms the weak and needy, they cannot (as Chrift fpeakes of fwine, Marh.7.6 ) aim again/ aad rentyeas, yet if you doe fo, God, the ftrong Godwill turne upon you and teareyou while there is none todeliver. Laftly, Take this inference from it. ',skyfi» is much degraded andfallen 6elew kirr/elfe, Mau by fin is become inferiour to the meaneft creatures, who was once above all vifibto creatures: man in thedate of Creation was the chiefpiece of the vifibíe world, he was next to the An- gels, who are ofthe Invifible world, but now roan it fallen very low, he is levell'd with the loweft ofthe Creatures, a worm; not only doe the heavenly bodyes exceed him in beauty,but even the earthly bodyes,the btafts of the field and the warm that crawles upon
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