19, excellencie, and the rid,,( not flowing with earthlie pc(feflions, d, tO.74, but goredwith heauenlicgraces,) isfet in the 1oweplace. I have feeneJeruants on horfes , and Princes milking a feruants en the ground. of ®nr. Fir(', the vngodlichaue (inne to theirmailer, as our Saui. ourte(iifieth,Baying,Whofoeuercommitter/J./it/he , that is, liueth irnpenitentlie in theprac4ife thereof, is theferuant ofPanne. And c 2J9. Saint Peter aflignetha caufe ofthis.feruitude , in that they arc oucrcome of' corruption and of whom,foe:1er i man is oucr- come, cum vnro thefame is he in bondaze. Now Sathan alto exer- cileth dominionwhereGeneraigneth : for oneofthem is fub. ordinate to the other, and hell and damnation challenge a right in the (lanes cf (lane, and Sathan, toowne them prefent- lie , and to feize upon them in time to come, by thehand of' death , and to hold them inthralled from thenceforth for cuer. 2. Secondlie, the godlieare Princes bybirth, bothby their fa- thers fide , for theyare begottenof God , who is thegreate(t King; and by their mothers fide : for they arc borne of the Church,who is thenoblefl Ctieene, and to whom is a promife 41.16. made for the glorious eflareofher i true. In_IIcede ofthyfathers ( faith the Lord toher) (hall thy children bec : thou Jhalt make ihemPrinces throughalt the earth. And as their parentage is ho- norable,fo is their patrimonyand po!reffionsamplc,and large, theybeingheires with God , andheires annexed with (brill , the Lord, and hcireof all creatures. Wee needs not to difcourfc oftheir princclie valute in es- ploits,and viéorics,in conque(ls,and tryurnphs. They fubdue o. i6.; . the corruptions of their owne hearts,thcy rule theirowne minder, which is a greater matterthen the winning ofaCitie. They o- usrcome theworld byFaith, as S. Iohndcclareth : the diuell is o i .g5' ucrthrowne andvanquifhed by them,fo puitíantand valorous are theyby his power,that workethall,inall thingsforthem. fóe Intirution, that weepreferrenot theworfl ,with contempt of thebelt, in regardofoutward prerógatiues. As it is not meant that bad fuperiours should be abridged of their prece- dencic,&otherdull prehcminences,becaufc theyare notgod- lic; fo it isnot mectcthat good inferiours thould be defrauded of
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