Ofthe vanitieofwarldlypower andauthoritie. 3 t 3 haue receiued from him, to his difhonour,and the hurt of their brethren, whereas they might bya goodvfe thereof haue gained vnto him muchglorie,and benefited thofe who were vnder their gouernment. For theLcrdwhenhee coin.. meth invifitation, will not refpea the mightie more then theweake andimpotent; yea rathertaking delight to over- mafler and confound their proud greatneffe, wherewith they haue oppofed againfl him, hee draweth them Ctrl} to punifhment, and maketh their condemnation more beanie and intollerable,for the mightie fbnll be mOttly tormented. r.sam.z.ç. Neither is it a matterofmore diß'icultie votohim, to tread Wifd.6.7.8. vnderfoote thefe ouertopping Cedars,and flróng ekes ofEfa.z.i3. Balhan, then the weakell bramble, or Climb. Foras Zach.r r.z. theApófllafaith, theweagnesofGoditflronger thenmen and r,Cor.r,zf,z7 bee is able by the weake things ofthe world to confound the mightie. He leadetharray Princes aa pray, andouerthroweth the mightie ; hepawrsth contempt uponPrinces,andmaketh the firength of the mightie weak e, , as lob fpeaketh, In regard lob /2x9.21. whereof, there is no powerofman ofanycontinuance, but that which being guided with wifedome, andgrounded on vertue,is fiipported and vpheld by his omnipotent might: yea contrariwife as a building whichwants agood founda- tion, the greaterand higher it is, the more neere it is to a dangerousdownfa ll,feeingitgreatnesand height cloth but help forwardand hallen it owne ruine : fo thefe high Babels ofpower, and greatneffe,which haue not vertue for their groundand foundation, but are onely vnderpropped with theweake flaiesof violence and tyrannie, are neere vnto eonfufion, when thelcafl breathofGodswrath Bothblow vpon them. Seeing therefore this worldlie power and authoritie is Se8f.Io. throughour corruption fo fubieél to abufe, and beingabu- riotfßiriteall fed is the cbufeof fo manifold euils, let vs learnenot to e- power is web lleeme itouermuch, or to fet our hearts vpon it ; but rather to bepreferred let vs labour afterfpirituall power and might, and as the A- betere that poflle eahortethvs, let vsbeflrongin the Lordandin thepo-- irchts world - Yperofbsemight, and put on thewholearmour ofGod, that wee Eph.6.to,tt., mayheable softundagainfithe ditsell, andmayobtaine a glo- Y z rious
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