294 Ofthe v:mitieof worldlyglorie. degrce,would not bié impaired, but multipliedand increa. fedby.communitie,euen as the ioyes ofheauen are infinite. ly rcdoubled,in regard that therebeing innumerable Saints and Angels,which mutually communicatein one anothers ioyes, according to their number their ioyesalto are redou- bled andmultiplied. And therefore let vs efleeme and let our hearts and affeelions vpon this heauenly happineffe, which the more common it is, the better it is, according to the nature oftrue goodnefíe;.and notvpon thereearthly va- nities, which becaafe they doe not fatisfie chafe that haue them,therefore they feekecontentment bymultiplying and ingroffing them, thinking to finde thatin all, which they cannot finde in any part, and affeet proprietie in them,be- caufe they feeme vnto themfelues towant,.that which they feeothers enioy,and tobe robbedofthat, which their gree- die eyebeholdeth in anothersporfellion. CHAP. X. O f the vanitieof tborldlyglorie, popularitie,prioritie, and thefattourofPrinces. Nd thus haue I (hewed thevanitieofal there worldly things, both by tetlimonies, and manifeflreafons. Let vs now more particu- larly examine the vanitie ofhonours,riches, and pleafures: wherewee fhall plainly fee, thatas there is generally no worth or excellencie in there worldly things;fo neither in anyofthefe fpeciall parts and branches. And firfl for worldly honour, howbate andcon- temptible it is, in companion either ofthat true honour of a Chriflian, before defcribed,or the eternal! glorie ofCods l ingdome,it will more eafily appeare,if wee confider it in thechiefe parts thereof; and take a ferions view of thole things which in the world are accounted honourable. For this worldly honour confi leth in fameand vaine glorie, or popularitie and fauour of the common people; or prioririe ofplace andprecedence,or the fauourofPrinces, and great perfonages; iSeä.I. That vainglorie isnot traeha- nour,butfalle and counter- feit.
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