30a Ofthe v.tnirie ofpepa1.tritie. poorc pilgrimesin the place of our exile and banifhment, painfully trauelling towards our heauenly countrie,and dare we dreameofglorie, crownes, and (welling titles ? yea ra. thee let vs lint feeler the litbf}ante, and then at our leifure lookeafter ceremonies ; let vs firfi rake care for the bodie of venue, andthen the fhadow of honor will follow ofit owne Luke s.t accord ; let vs heere according to theAngels Fong afcribe all glorie veto God in the high heauens, and reff contented, whileft we continue on earth, withpeace andgood will ; ex. peelingour crowne whenwe haue finifh d our courte, and waiting for fulneffe ofhonorand perfe& glorie, whenasbe- ing freed from all corruption, we shall be perfe&ed all) in all grace and goodnes. i.SeU.7. And thus much concerning vainc glory and worldly fame. rbaritisercar Thenext branch ofhonor is populariry,conlifiing in the im- tltoafft moderatedeuiring, and ambitious reeking ofthe loue and poput'itie.and fauour of the common people, the which is as vaine and tm Pie arciucte worthleffeastheother: and therefore their folly is noleffe hears the?ttut- e tttude. who too much affe&it,and dote vponit.Wc may indeed, ac- Rom.ts. .cording to the ApoftlescounCaile, labour to ham: peace mil'', a/[men, yeawe may moderately delire to pleafe all, fo that Godbe not difpleafed, and to haue their loue and fauour, fo we vfe lawfull meanes only, and do not foeagerly huntafter the fauourofinen, as that we are readie topurchafe it by ma- king Pale of the loue of God :but this is that popularitie which is to be condetnned,when as we otter-value their loue aboutit worth,when we toomuchdotevpon it,feating it in our heartsaboue the loue ofGod ; orfinally, when we feeke it firftand principally,not caring what hypocritical fhewes, and falfe temblances,what fubtilepolicies and wicked cour fes we vfe for the compaflingofour vainedelires.In ai which refpeé}s this foolifhpopularitie is to be contemnedand re- itn quicquara ieeled. Towhich end !et vs confider : firft,that it is a foolilh -(141"'", agutori thing to number favours andnot weigh them; and to fludie eonremnaa,mr ratherto pleafemany, then topleafe thofe which are good. aliquidputare 'For, as one faith, what can bee more abfürd then to make offi oniuerfr?.highaccount oftheirCalms ioyned all together,andtocon- themall when they arc Tingledand feuered? But how much
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