posowmair O f thevanitie ofmorldynobilitie. 331 iudgement, efieemeth and refpe6ieth it not : for as a gift offpelietbnot fmall value hee imparteth it aswell to his enemies as to his worldly friends; and aduanceth to thisvaine nobilitie,the idolatrous Brie. Pagan,prophane Chriflian,and wicked worldling,as well, yea more commonly, then hisownechildren and feruants. So when himfelfe was to make choice of men whom hee would aduanceto fit won the royal! throne, and to rule his peopleIfrael,he negleð the great noblesoftheland, and chufethSail, who was feeking his affes ; and he afterwards being reprobated,for his wickedneffe, for the nextfuccef fon,he taketh Daiidfrom following ofhis fheepe.And this tenour healíoobferueth in chufing fuchas he purpofeth to aduance to bee lirft true members ofthe kingdome ofgrace, and afterwards to raigne with him in his kingdomeofglo_ rie :for as the Apoflle witnefl'eth, nor many mightie, not many nobleare called,6it he chufeth the lbeake things ofthe'oorld to r.Cor.t confoundthemightie things, and vile thingsofthe world, and thingsthat are defflifed path God chop's, and things that are not,robring tonought things that are. Which fentence much more terrible then the thunder,fhould(hake theféhigh Ce- dars,andpearcingthe harts oftheproudefi nobilitie,fhould make them quake and tremble, for feare lefk themfelues ihouldbein the greater number whomGodhath pairedby; andneuer tobee at refs, till they hauegathered vnto them- feluesbytheirfruites .offan&ification, certaine and particu- larafiurance, that they are in the (Mall number ofthete not manywhomGod hath called. For what will it auaile them tohaue ruffled it out inworldly pompe for a (hart and mo- mentanie life, and to bee eternally reprobatedofGod, and excluded from the vnfpeakable ioyes.of his kingdome; yea alto rofuffer for euer with the prince ofdarknefle, the intol- lerable tormentsofhell fire? Thus alto our Saulottr Chxifl ehe.onel donne .of our fú- reante Soueraigrre,andheireapparane tothekkingdomeof 4hao Ch ßneg. - heauen, nogle&ed and,contemned this worldlie.nobilitie, Idledworldly both inhimfIfeand others. For howfoeuerhe was defcen- xobiliriè. ded;ofmoll anciánta ndroyal progenitours,and mi ghtbane affunneti:agforious rifle, and moft honourable titles;yet he regarde:h
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