;94 The vncertalnty of obtainingworldy things. made IA. And our Sauiour Chrift threatneth, that whoTh- euer wellexalt bimfelfe,JTrallbebrought low, andwho/euerwill Matz;.rs:_ humblehimfelfe!hall be exalted. And the Apoftle telleth vs, t.Per.5.5 that God reifteth theproud, and giueth grace to thehum- ble.So the Virgin Mary (peaking out ofher owneexperi- ence, faith, that God bath put do:vne the mightie from their f ats,and bath exalted them aF low degree. Whereofwee haue manifold examples in thebooke ofGod, asof Corah and his companions; Athaliab,Haman, Herede, Nebuchadnezerand manyothers. So that greedie ambition and hungrie hunting after honour, is not the meanesofattaining to it, but rather the highway to digrace and fhame : for as the Wife man rm./ 9./3. faith, thepride ofaman /hall bring him la*,but the humble in f rrrt[hallenioyglory. §.SeU.7. Iftherefore wee would feeke true honour and beePure to The right waY find it let vs not (no lelfe foolifhly then ambitioufly) beg it iofeilteand olcheworld who bath it not to giue, but delire tohaue it of fird likeboner. the Lord, who alone hath it at his difpofing. Neither let vs feeke it ofour feines, and by our ovine ambitious courfes; Proa,5.27, for the Wifeman teacheth vs,thatto !earth our 'o!eneglory, is notglory :andeuen our Sauiour( who might challenge this priuiledgebetter then any man,)affirmed), that if loee,ho- !oh$54. ;toured himfelfe, hishonour wasnothing worth. Andthat it was his father that honoured him. But let vs feeke it ofGod to whom all. honour belongech,and from whom alto it procee- ztSaatsoE deth. For he it is, as Hannah fpeaketh, thatbringeth lowand exalteth; he ratfethvp the poore out oftheduff, andlifteth vp. the beggerfrom thedunghill, to get them amongprrnces,and to make theminherit thefeate ofglory,bid isgreatneffe andpoorer, glory,viflorie, andpratfe; ho' w the lingdome, and riches, and 2.Chron.19. honorcome fromhim,asDauidacknowledgeth, So elfewhere at.ta. hee affirmed), that to come to preferment, is neitherfrom the rtal.75.64. Eafl, norfrom the well, norfrom the South; but God is the lodge, who maketb 1óà+, and maketh high. Yea even Cyrus Yssra rs, though an heathen confeffeth, that the Lord God ofheauen badgiuen himall the &ingdomes ofthe earth. And contrari- wife Balakaflïrmeth, that hee was furely purpofed to haue promotedBalsamvnto honour, but that bee couldnot,be- caufe
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