y't 4 Ofthe miler*:whichaceomparsjtverldy thi>;gi, theyare tormentedif theirinferiours faile indutifull refpe&; and ifany out ¡hip themwho was behind in this glorious race,theylinke downe with forrow,andeat theirhearts with gricfc: they are tormented if they doe not ouer-top a11in height and greatnes; and though theybe toohigh alreadie, theyhaue little ioy in their aduancement, vnleffe they can rife to the full pitchoftheir proud hopes often theydelire todo euill, and yet arefearefulithatit lhouldbedifcoucred; and loving thole courtes of pride, infolence and tyrannie, which expofe them to the envie and Tuft hatredof alt, they .arc neuertheleffe fretted and vexed, when they are re- puted tobefuch as indeed they are, and when they find that they haue nomore loneand refpcélthen they haued.efertied: .4pprobatie wrl_ they would be lords otter all, raigning and ruling at their quanta cla- ownepleafure, and yet theirpride abafeth them to a feruile or rtemgrcempi P an+facn,tanto condition, lettingoucr them fo many mailers as they haue wainrióus curis.farriliars and acquaintance, whom they often, earn vnwil- fdl;e radine,arq, lingly.obferue and pleafe,becaufethey would nothaue them peracutis vrsar: diminifh theirfameandglorie,byde:rating their praife and net enim rrom commendations. In aword r innumerable be the riefes and rare, q do,¡. nalni poprtiter difcontents accompanyingthis eflate, manywhereof are in nit,aeetn reali, their ownenature grievous and veryburthenfome, and ma- gmajrmiterlia, in g reat in themfelues but light, madcheauieand intollerable, by re ore the f P tsan patience ceofrhoethatbearethem: Ch(ì. Matrh.ra.hom. whereby it appeareth thatthefe worldlyhonors,though they 41.tom.3.. 366. make outwardlyaglorious !hew, yet inwardly they are full ofmiferies ;-andtherefore when the world offereth, andbe- ftoweth them vponitfriendsand fauonrites, it dealeth with Mrtar.:748.19. them,asahc fouldierswith Chrill;for it giucth them glorious robes, but it is tomucke them; it putteth a fcepter into their hands,but it is ofreed,whichbreaketh in themanaging,and moll failcth when it is moll refted on ;it beftoweth non them crownes indeed, but theyrtre ofthornes, whichbeing often finitten to their headswith thecruel flrokesofaduerfe accidents, wound in ¡lead of comforting, and bring in the placeofcxpcéledioy, innumerable moleliations andbitter griefes : or though they be ofpuregold,yet their worth isfo much exceededby their waight,thatnone will caretowcare them,
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