3 38 0fthevanitíeoftvorldynobilitie. neere vnto him in faith, as they were inblood : for when it was toldhim that hismother and brethren didwaitto (peak with him lightly accounting ofearthly kinred, he far pre_ Matt x.49.5 0. ferreth beforeit that kinred which was fpirituall, affirming a(aUa praroga that his difciples, who heard and obeyed his Fathers will, neei were his brethren, fillers andmother. And how little he ne eñnilfedei adíipuletur bye- effeemed ofchofe who were hisbrethrenin the flefh,anddid reditas. Ain- notadhere vntohimby a livelyfaith, it mayplainly appeare broLinLuc. in the feuenth.of lohn, by that difagreeing dialogue that `ap'3' was betweene them. So when a woman admiring his do. Ioh.y.3.5.7. &tine cried out, that thewombewas bleffed thatbare him, and the paps that gauc him fucke, he corre6leth her fpeech, Luke 11.27. laying, yea rather bleffedare they that heere the wordofGad andkeepe it. And therefore ifthis confanguinitie with Chrifi Iefus himfelfc be vnprofitable,vnlelfe throughfaith we beof fpirituall kinred with him, how little will it auaile vs to chime the moll noble on earth for our anceffors and pro- genitors,ifwe'be degenerate from them invertue,grace and goodneffe? 4.Yei7. ¡2. And thushaueI (hewed thatthis worldly nobilityhath in That worldly it neither worth nor profit.But we arefurther toknow,that nobility maketb moll commonly it is accompaniedwithmuchhurt; for flea men proudand itpttffeth men vpwith a proud conceit oftheir owne great- neglige»tin 16c nes, and rnaketh them tocontcmne all others, whom they dutieso/resi- excell in nobleancellors titles armesandfilchlikehonors Lion.. in regard whereof nobility is called the fueil ofpride : the Nabclitas car- which (as one faith) Chriflian nobles fhould be far from,be- nalitell fsmes cauferogether with the poore and ignoble they call God fupérbi e. Fui- their Father,whichtheycannottruly and religioutly fay,vn- 4amvi .leflethe alfoacknowledge yeait dualsEpaz.. }' Y Augu[t.de Ser. cauf th them not only to carry and tkmeane themfelues Dom%in mon. proudly towards men, but alto towards God himfelfe, by tae.11b.z.tom.4. whom they were advanced to their greatnes, and-maketh 'them quitetoforget chat they wereeuer thusbeholdingvn- to hits, to call his commandementsbehind theirbackes,and either vtrerly to negle&the duties ofhis worlhip andTer- uice,or at leaf+ the publikemeanes therof, contenting them- ' felues with the it privatc andhome-devotions.For thinking it
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