Ofthevanitieofworldly nobilitie. ;3) it unfit for their nobilityand greatnes,toadioyne themfelues with the vulgar people, and that they fhould itnbafe their honor too muchby comming into the publike congregati- on, theycontent themfelues with their Chaplaine, as t j.. elmwith his Leuite, andnot induring the publikcMiniarie, where finne is reproued without refpeó ofperfons, and the confciencefearched to thebottome;they commit themfelues ouer tinhis cure, whohavinghis prefent meanes and future hopes whollydepending vpon their, dare not fayany thing that may incurretheir difpleafure;nor yet apply any falues to their feared fores,whichmight cure the to thebottone, be- caufe they would coo much vex and trouble their delicate and wanton patients; but only fuch healing falues as draw ouer the fore afaire skinne ofcarnali fecurity, but leave the core behind, &neuer free them from the inward putrefaEli- on. And this (I doubt not to fay) is one chicle and fpeciall caufeof the irreligion and prophanenes ofthenobility of thefe times, becaufc they negle& the ordinance ofGod in the publike Miniaery ofthe Word, which is the ordinary meanes ofconuetfion and faluation, andeither donot at all performe this outward feruice unto God, or elfeafter their owne fafhion, without power orprofit, makinghimlelfe of their charge, veto whole charge they commit themfelues; their remain, before they make him their fhepheard, and to depend vpon them for his bodily nourifhment and meanes oflife, before they will depend vpon him for their fpirituail nourifhment & thefood oftheir foules,which they wil haue cookedafter their owne fafhion, and fitted to their dainty pallet with their owne pleating fauce,or elfehe is lure to lofe their fauour,and with it the fruit ofall his labours,and all the hopesofhis tedious feruice, and bafe dependancie. Secondly, this worldly nobility which is feuered from 4.Sec1.13. vertue, doth but di fgrace thofe that haue it, and when they That nobilitie by their worth are notan honor vnto it, itbecommeth a dif- feucoedfrara honor vnto them ; for it is vnto themas a light whichnot vutre,di1 ra- onl draweth mens c es to lookevpon them, but allo doth tetb th)e that Y Y P hauit. confequently difcouer their vices and deformities, and let them out tothe publike view:eueryonebeing apt to obferue Z the
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