zoo what isregairredvitto honotsrrthat they may begood, &e, muff bez.rd that wewillvfc onlygood'meanes for the obtaining alit: f for even common realon will teach vs not co hazard things qs yghoneur. which weefleeme offitch infinite value,for the obtaining of" thofe which in comparifon wee doe but meanely refpeel. Whereascon trariwife when as wee ouerprife honoursand preferments,and toomuch fet our hearts vpon them iris a flrangtentation to mouevs, to the vfe of wicked and vn- lawful! meanest for the compaflingofthem, when as thole which are lawful! faile; aswee may ice in the exampleof Caine, Abrmelech, tAb/alon, Haman andmany others. And thusordinarily menoffend whoaffect their owneprailes by others difpraifes, and grace themfelues by the difgrace of their neighbours,treading vpon the necks ofthofe,whoare better then themfelues,that theymay ferneas fleps whereby they mayrife into the featsofhonour. And fo likewife they who labour to aduance themfelues by Machiauellianpoli- ties,treacherie,falfehood,hypocrifie and deceit;. not caring how difhonefl the means be,nor howfoule the way,fo they may at their iourneys end come to thepalace ofhonour,and attaine unto the glorie ofthe world. But among many o- ther, I cannot omit that vfual! courfeof bribing, fomuch praólifed in thefe dales; whereby men blufh not,toafpire vntoall preferments,although it were foodiouseuen to the -veryHeathens,who had nothing but the light ofnature to guide them, that they made laves again[t this ambition, condemning himwho afpiredby gifts to honours and pre- ferments,in an hundredpeeces ofgold,andwithperpetual! leaJulia. infamie and difgrace. And yetamongvs who profeffe.Chti- flianitie,noway fo commonly leadeth to the palaceof ho. Hour as this filucr fireete. But ifwewouldhaueour honours lawfull,fo as wee may haue true comfort in enioyingthem, wernuflauoidall thelewicked comics, andvfeanelythofe aneanes which are lawful! and honefi for theprocuring of 4 e. y z them. Sa Furthermore; if weewould haue our honours good and n ip oe mad lawful! unto vs, wemuff not inourcourfes andac`lions pro- pound them as ourmaine and principali ends, but alwaies ascurchicle make them infetiour and fubordinate to the glorie ofGod, andmilitated. letting 'V1
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