Ofthe vänitie ofworld!yglarie. 299 wing their approbationand applaufe, to become proud and s:c eï wage,s: conceited ofit.The which folly ofvaine-glorious men is fo ex veritatepau. much the greater in that as theyare blind,and therforc their ca.exopinione iudgemenc of no value, foalto though it were ofany worth, C l`p yyet it were fcarceworth thehauing, in regardoftheir muta- Corn. bilitic and inconllancie, being like weather-cocks readie to turnewitheue:y wind, and to alter their opinionwitheucry flying rumour,this day praiing,and to marrowdifpraiuing, now extolling chofe, whom they admire, vp to the skie, and foone after exclaimingagaini+ themwithopen mouth, and calling them downe againe with their obloquies and difgraces to the lowefl part ofhell. Although therefore we bedelighted with thefe bright and radiant beatnes offame andglory; yet let vsnot delire like theMoone to Thinewith this borrowed light; for then our gloriewill be moll incon_ Plant; fometimes in the full, and fometimes in the waine ; nowobfcure and darkc, a littlewhile aftergrowing and in- creafing,and when it iscome to the full,prelentlyagaine de. creating till it come to fuch obfcurity that it cannot be dif- cerned : hereinaltolike theMoone,in that the nearer we ap- proachvnto thefefromwhom weborrow our light by fami- liarity andconuerfation with them, themore thebrightnes ofour fame is obfcured, they beingapt to praife thofe moll, withwhom they are leaf+acquainted; and contrariwife the more remoteand oppofire weare vnto them, the more fully and freely do they impart votovs their praifcsand commen- dations: only herein they differ and arc vnlike, in that the Moone hauing loft her borrowed light, doth recouer it a- gaine within as few daies, and with as great facility as it was deprinedofit whereas thofewhohaueoncelof+their light ofglorieand reputation, which they had from the vncon- flant multitude, are feldome againc reflored'vntoit, or at 'cal after a long time, and with great difficulty: their dif- gracesherein refmblingwounds,which are Toone infli&ed, but long in curing; whichalto bring healed, a !car and ble- mifh flillremainerh. Let vs therefore like the Sunne:defireto haue our light in §sett. g. . ourfelues; our owne confciencesapprouing, iuflifying,and I hat trueglerie COMMen_ conJtleth satin
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