3 3% Ofthevanitieofivorldly nobilitie. regardeth them not, nor any whit flandeth vpon thefe worldlypriuiledges,but vfually called himfelfe the bonne of man. And howfoeuer being bothGod and man, hecmight haue chofen for his nextparent, fbme great Princes, euall or fuperiour in dignicìe toany ofhisanceflors,yet he is con- tent ro beeborneofa simple virgin, the ebpoufed wife of a poore carpenter. Neither did hee regard this nobilitic any more inothers,for being to chufe Apoflles and Difciples to attendhis perfou,and to bc(as it were)the chief courriers of this heauenlyKing, bee paffcth by the noblesofthe world, and makethchoiceofTillie fi her men, and poore artificers. Finally, as the Lord himfelfe thus meanely accounteth of worldly nobilitie,fo allohathhee taught vs to value and e- fleeme it: for howfouler he would hauevs in our outward cariage,to oblerue ciuill order,yethe inaketh it a note ofan Ptal.tç.4, heaueniyinhabitanr,tocontemne a wicked man, how glo- rious foeuer hee be in the world, and to honour thole that feare the Lord. Where by the anti thefisandoppofition bee plainly fheweth,tháthe whofeareth not God,ìstobe eflee- med avile perfon,thoughhe haue neuer fomanyhonorable tides; as the holie Ghoa alfò flileth Antiochus Epiphanes, Dan.tr.zt. howfoeuer the honour ofa worldlyMonarchie was con- ferred on him. Whereas contrariwife he honoreth the faints Pfal.r6. ;, whichare vpon the earth, with the title ofexcellencie,cal- r.Pet.a.9. ling themallo achofen generation, and royallPrieflhood, Reuel.r.G. yeaKings,whichraigne together with God, and his bonne and s.to. IefusChrifl. 4.Sea.$. Butas there isnoexceilenciein this worldlynobilitie;fo That worl tly though therewere, yet it deferueth no great efleeme,in re- nobilitic it me- gard that it is fo momentanie, and alto mutable : for fay it mentanieand fhould continue with them as longas they line, yet what mutable. were this tobeefteemed,fceing life itfelfe beingbutabub- ble or vapour,is ready euery day te vanifh away?yea though their name fhould outline them, and their glorious fame; fhould continue after them, euen to theend of the world, yet what isthis in comparifonofeternitie ?. But alas it isnot fo ; forthe iufl judgement ofGodbeatingdown their pride, Pron./ 0.7. doth caufe the nameofwicked nobilitic to rot foot= then their
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