QftbevanitieofvorldIgtorie. 295 pérfonages j or finally in high aduanccmentand preferment, toplaces and offices ofgreateff dignitie and royaltie; or in the concurrence ofall, or fome ofthere together : all which arevaine, andofnoworth, or true excellencie, as we (hall plainly perceiue, ifwedo take but a flight viewofthem fe- uerally.And firliforfame and vaine- glory,which isnothing elfe but theapplaule ochemultitude, whereby they magni fie andextoll a manoutoftheir opinionofhis worth and ex- cellencie, if we examine it, we fhall findboth that it is fall and counterfeit, andan that it isvaine and vnprofitable:for it is not that truehonor before defcribed, confifling in good name and ellimation ofthe godly and vertuous, for true worthanddefert; but the clamour of the common peo- ple,extolling thofe, whom in a fudden opinion they thinke worthie : which isnot like that, referred to Gods gloryand the fpirituall good of the partie; but being arrogated to themfeluesas their own due,itwholly tendeth to puffe them vpwith pride, and a fond opinion offelfc excellencic. And thereforePeeing it isfalfeand counterfeit, how glorious foe- uer it appeares, it is not tobe valued,buttobe contemned as bale and forged. For as when we feeperlonson the .flage in Chryfo7l.-Ho= gloriousand royall apparell,and muchmore richlyadorned, mil.ad pop.q;. then fuch as are great Princes andpotentates in truth,yetwe tom+ do not reuerence or much refpe& them, becaufe we know that theyarebut perfonated,andonlygreatby apifh imitati- on : fohow goodly a thew foeuer this vaine glorie maketh, yet feeing it is not the true glorieofa Chri(lian, but a falfe i and counterfeit fhadow thereof, its to be negle6led:and contemned. But as this fame and glorie of the world is fall, foallo vaine and vnprofitable ; as it may appeare at the firfl fight, if Thatworldly ifwe do but confiderofthe name, which by common trad- glorie ie vaine Lion is givenvnto it : for although all worldly things arefull bled vnprofi:a- efvanitie, yet this glorie peculiarly bath this title ofvaine prefixed vnto it, as challenging it veto it felfe byacertaine kind ofproprietie,or fingular eminencie,as though howfoe- Fa venter uer all things are yet nothing in comparifon of this tF! g vaine, g p vmbraeft,pibg vaine gloric.For what in truth is this falle fame andglorie ofeft. V4 the
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