276 That afworldytldngs arehet emeerevanities, the godly and faithfull. Thus Efate flouri(heth in pompe 2nd worldlyglory, going attended in great flate,with goo. men waiting athis heeles;and laco6 creepeth and croucheth vetobim,meanely accompanied with a fewpoore feruants, that tendedhis fheepe and cattell. Thus Pharaoh fitteth in the regal' throne, raigning and ruling at his pleafure, and makinghis corrupt and vniufl will to (landfor law; where.. as..cí32ofesand eAarme, the belouedofthe Lord, are humble fuiters vnto him for the peopleslibertie, and at hisbecke to goand come as heappointed. Thus the high Priefls,Scribes and Pharifies, fit in c (afar chaire, and are efleemed the great RabbinsandDoëlors ofthe world ;-whilefi thedeare Difciples of lefusChrifi, are barely.efleemed asGalileans andpoore ffhermen,conuented before the iudgement feats, checked, taunted, fcorned and mifufed,as though they had bin the very offskourings oftheworld.Yea thus doe wicked Nerod,Pilate,e/frrmae andCasphas raigneasKings,andfitoh the iudgement feate, abfoluing and condemningvvhoin theywill: and contrariwife,our SauiourChrifi, theonelie begotten and dearely beloued SonofGod, is haled before them,aecufeçl and reproched, fcorned and derided,buffeted, fpit vpön,whippedandncifufed. t.Se17.8. The likealto may bee laid ofriches, withwhich wicked 7Zeprobatesa. mencommonlymofiexceed; whereasGods (infants often- bound with ri. times are fcanted of neceflàries: So Na6al aboundeth in ches as mach as all fu erfluitie,and Deuidisan humble fuiter vntohim for Godsferwaats, reliefe;_the falfe Prophets are, nourifbed at Iefa6elstable, and poore 674u is in commonswith theRauens; thePhari- fies and Scribes care the fat ofthe land, and abound in wealth, and the Difciples are forbidden topofl'ef agold or Mat. to- 9.r °'filuer,yea,to cattleafcrip, wherein to put their needments, or tobe owners oftwocoats at once; vino/Ida/ is thebag ARs 3.6. committed,whereas Peter hachneitherfiluer nor gold,as he profeffeth. The idolatrous Kings and heathen potentates haue the world at will, firouting themfelues in their fiatelie palaces, and wallowing in their wealth; butlefus Chrifi,the Lord ofheauenand earth, and heire apparantofGods glo- Luke 2,7, : riousKingdome, when he is borne, hath a manger for his bed,
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