e 592 Thevncermintie ofobtainingoorldly tbingt. prefently theyare againe obfcured; like vnto falling flarres; which in the fame infant appeare and vanifh.And that either becaufe they ambitiouflyha llen, and vnfeafonablie afpireto thefe honorsbefore their time,deuring to reape the fruit of glory&preferment,before they haue fownc the feeds ofver tue& truedefert;wherby they expofethemfeluesto the dan- ger ofmany oppofitions, euery one being ready to hatetheir prideand coenuie theirpreferment, and tovie all meanes to flop theircourfein this ouer great haft :iqohich they fitly refemblehallie fruits,whichblooming bcffssrethe ordinarie time, doe feldome come to maturitic and ripeneffe,becaufe either they are nipped with the frofs,or blowne off with the tempefs.Or elfe becaufe they aspire togreater preferments then is befitting their gifts, whereby they fuddenly buril, becaufe they fancii thcmfclues bigger then their skins will hold ; and wanting true worth and good parts to fupport theirgreatneffe, they fuddenly fall and come to ruine:like vnto thofewho willclimbe higher then the bowel will hold them ;orvnto fuchas beingweake and feeble,doe take vp- on them heauie burthens. Others delire honour and glory inthe world, butyet neuer attain vnto it sshilef they line, becaufe prefence is an enemie tofame; and therefore many rrafentia ini whom the world fcarcc tookenoticeofwhilell: it had them, micafame. are magnified and extolled when it bath lof them. Inwhich refpe& honour is fitly called the fhadow ofvernie; for as the Ihadow fometime goethbefore aman, fometime fide by fide, fometime followeth after him, and fometime doth not appeare at all, as when the funne is fet, orobfcuredwith the -clouds : fofometime aman is honourable and not vertuous, his gloryand famerunning before true defert; fometime it accompaniethvertue, andeuenwhileflaman liueth he bath deferued praife; fometime bee neuer heareth in the whole courfeof hislife,that hebath doneany thing worchie fame, andyetafter his death hehath the praife ofall; and fome- time thebelldeferts doneuer in this world come tolight,but eitherbeing donc in obfcurity, or obfcured through others enuie, or the meanneffe of the agent; they for euerliehid, tillat thedayof judgement the God oflight dothopen and difcouer
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