330 Ofthe vanitieofworldly nobilitie. therefore thole Nobles who are deflitute of there vertues and good parts,anddefiled and imbaced with all manner of fnne and vice, haue in them no fparke oftrue nobilitie,be. ing deprived and deaitute of this formall difference; nor yet any right offüperiorityover their brethren fromnature, butonly banean hereditarie Ihadow thereof; and that only byvertue of tyrannical! cuflome, or atleali ciuill andpoli- tike order. §.Se8.5. Let noman therefore boati himfelfeofhisfarre fetchtpe- That there is no de ree,vnlelfe he can roue allo a fucceffion ofvertues and oile wh any good parts.For the further hederiueth it,theneererhe co- worldly nobili- meth to Adam, in whom there is not fomuch calkofglo- tie. tying for his aduancement,as offhaming for his finne and downfall. And ifhee that afcendeth thus farre,would rife one degree higher,heeIhould finde his next anceflor to be the dull andclay,in which there wouldbee more reafon of humiliation,then ofpride in the next defcent,feeing he may Iob 57.54. iuflly fay with lob tocerruptton,thouart myfather,and to the lborme, thou art my mother, and myfiller. Let him not bee proudof his large reuenewes left vnto him by his anceflors, ifhe bedifnherited ofthe riches oftheir heroical! graces; noryet vaunt himfelfe of their greatnes,being quitedefli- tute oftheir goodneffe; let himnotglorie inthe fhadowof honourable titles,being abandoned ofthefdbllanceoftheir inward vertues,and their outward well deferuing; let not theirvarietie ofarmes,and rich coates puffe them vp, feeing there were gottenby others,and fbouldif they had their de- fens beloftbyl em,it being amatterofgreatequity,y vice Rz4igenusie. Ihouldlofe,that whichvenue hathwonne .Finally,letthem etatrum alie- know that boafling themfelues in their emptie and worth- nalaudat.Se leflenobilitie, they doe herein commend others, and not farenn Here. themfelues; and like beggerly make-Ihifts, become proud ofborrowed appareil; fhewing plainly that there is nothing worthpraife in themfelues, feeing they chiefly Rand vpon borrowed titles, and vaunt of the vertues and well defer- uingsofother men. §.8e11.6. Againe,the worthlefnes ofthis worldly nobilitie hereby That Godre- appeareth, in that God infinite in all wifedome, and true iudgement,
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