298 Ofthevemitie o f rorldlyglorie. Iohn 5.;4, Chrifi enaketh it a í;gncoían infidel!, when they aftc&} there vainc praifes, one from another, and feeke not the honor which commcth ofGod alone, And as this contempt of vaine glorie is in the Scriptures enioyned; fo our Sauiour Chrifl and his holyApofile do profeffe thepraélife thereof, Iohn8,go, for foChriflfaith,thathefought nothie osvneprar(e: yea fo far was our Sauiour from ambitious affecting and Peeking this vaine glorie ofthe world, that hee would not accept our IohnÇ.4r when it was offered :1receiue not (faith he) thepraifeofrnen, And this alfo the ApofllePaulprofell'eth, thathe fought for r.The13 x,6, nopraife neither from the Theffalonians, nor from anyo- ther,and that hepaffedvery little to be iudgedof theCorin- r,Cor,4.7, thians,orofmansiudgement:wholeexamplewe alfo are to imitate, if we would be accounted the true difciples ofIe- fus Chrifl. 4.Srl.q. Secondly, let vsconíidcr,that as this vainc glory andvul-. ibatitifvcdt garpraife is in it felfe vainc,fo is it great vanitieand folly for ilyroafiti any todeliireirforwhat is this glorie,but,asIfaid,afmoake, va,neatorie. a fhadow,and abrittle bubble,which is both blowedvp,and broken with the breathofthe ill-agreeing and vncontiant' multitude? Andwhat canbe more vaine and void ofexcel- lencie, then that which hath it fubfrflence and being info vnflable a ground, as the vainebreath and mutable opinion ofthe common people ?Who as theywill extoll a man for a final! caufe, andnot feidome for counterfeit fhewes and ap- Nißnoualaut paranccs only ; fo oftentimes they will reuerle theiriudge- oritur, tram ment, and condemne for nocaufe, their affeélionsfoone ty. vetw amirtitur, ring thetnfelues, ifthey be not continually nourifhcd with new matterofprai£e:an dwho would value thatat anyworth which flandeth or falleth at euery ones deuotion? And as their praires arc vaine andofno worth, fo all:, are they vaine and void ofc; ifdome who do much afh'ee them s,for as their folly were ridiculous, who would haueblind men lodge of colours, and account that moll excellent which in their doome and opinion is preferred ; fo is it no lefle abfurde to make the vulgar people ofthe world iudges olvertue and goodparts, who being blind and ignorant,iudge notaccor- ding to truth, but according to their fond opinion; and ha- uing
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