Ofthevanitie o fworldy?Aberandatetharitie, 3 r r times with the hazard oftheir goods andgood name, yea (which is wort}ofall) of their foules, bybeing their inllru- ments in effeccling and bringing to paffe things valawfull and wicked. In which refpeéì: it is ahard thing to be eflee- medof&neat potentates, and not to be vile and bate toa mans fee. Laflly, by fetting our hearts vpon the fauour of Princes, we expofcour (clues to that fearefull curie, denoun- Iercm.r7.5. ced againfi all thofe who trufling in man, and makingflerh theirarme, doe withdraw their hearts from the Lord. And therefore feeing fo littlegood, and fogreat euill commeth ofthefauour ofgreatporentares,whenwe let our hearts too touchvpon it : let vs learne to weane our affe&lionsfrom this worldlydotage, and contemning the fauour ofthe greatefi Monarch, when it commeth incomparifon with the loue of God; let vsfirfl and chiefelylabourto beaffnred ofthe fa- vour ofourheauenlyKing, asbeingmoll profitableand im- mutable, bringingwith it no hurt, yea turning all our euill Rom.8.i8, into good, and inriching vswith earthlypeace and fecuritie in this life, and with eternallglorie andhappincffe in the life tocome. CHAP. XI. Oftbe vanitieofworldly powerandauthoritie. Ndfomuchconcerning the fauourofPrinces 4.Seí`f.i. and great perfonages. The other branch offswhat reßptít worldlypreferment, is aduancementtohigh worldly aalho. places and dignities: as placesofMagifira- itie is ed,a d t 's cie, Nobili tie, Empire and Soueraignetie. wndlan e. The excellencie ofMagiflracie chiefely confilleth in their greatpower andauthoritie, which they haue andexercife in ruling andgouerning others, whoare inferiour and fubieé vntothem, the which isin itownenaturegood: foras lob Iobiz.r3.16 faith, God is the fountaineof all power andwifdome : and theApofile telleth vs, that there is nopowerbut ofGod,andthe swam 3.54. powersthat beare-ordainedofGod, and that Magifirates who exercife this power are the MiniftersofGod, toreward the X4 good
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