s0 596 Tbevneertafntyofoótainingworlutlytlsirtgf. theapprobation ofGod, and teflimonie oftheirovine cos- fciences,and do not aanbicioully affeaglorieand commen- dations. As for example, it is not ambitiousCafar,.proud. Pompey, nor; Alexander, greater in his ovine conceit, then in his conquefls, that the world now magnifieth,.becaufe it plainly perceiueth that they aimed at this marke in all their aelions, and made glorie the maine end ofall their enterpri- - fes; but it is the contemnedProphets, poore fifhermen, and defpifed carpenters Son(as they dildainfullytermed the moil gloriousand-eternal'SonneotGod) whom it now praifeth and admirreth;asplainly'difcerning that in all their good and vertuous aElions, they fought not theirowneglorie, but the glory ofGod,and the eternal good ofmankind.Byall which it appcareth that the way ofattaining ttuc honor, is not greedily todelire it,butworthily todeferueit,neitherdoth it alwaies happen voto themwhomofidefiring it, do alfobefit deferue it.; but rather veto them whobell deferuing it, do moil auoid it.Inwhich refpeti honor may fitly be compared to the meteor which is called ignùfattsas, or the going-fire, which flieth thefollower,and followeththe flier; orveto a mans fhadow,whichcan no otherwife be catchedthenby falling downe vpon it. g,Se¿Z,g , Andthushaue I(hewed the greatvncertainty ofobtaining Thegreat va- worldly honors,although they be fought with all carneflnes. eertaintie ofob- The like alto may be Paid of riches ; for howfoeuer many ràening trortdlr worldlymen dowholly fct their heartsvpon them, and pur- ricber, fue them with all their defiresand.endeauours, riling earely, and going late to bed,toilingand moiling, dcceiuing&cir- cumuenting, wronging andoppreflingoneanother,yea de- frauding andpinching their backs andbellies,that theytnay compaflégreat ellates,and gather riches in abundance; yet how fewofthefcmanydoattaineunto them?yeahowmany are therewho making. this 1$ammon of iniquity the idoli wherein theychieflytrufl,domake veto it manyaweary pil- grimage,vndertakingPainful' iorneyes,fitflainingmuch pe- nury andmifery, and hazarding themfelucs to innumerable dangers bothbyfea andland,andal to hauetheir idol fauou- ruble and propitious; and yet arc turnedawaywitha frow- adng
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