e That lcsrldly things are rrtomentany andcorruptible. 613 aslow as'hell it felfe,andmade themfelues equallto thedam- ned fpirits, had not God in mercie raifed them vp. Looke vpon the example ofHamán, who in the middefl ofall his glorie was vtterly difgraced, and adiudged to die a fhame- full death. So Nebachednezer whilrfl he would be more then a man, and worfhipped as a god, was fuddenly de- pofed from his regal( throne, and became equall with the brutifhcreatures.In refpe&ofwhichmomencany vncertain- tie ofworldlyhonor; it hath (aspne obferuech) it name ofGloria Lana di vaine glorie giuen vuto it,and is called vaine, becaufe it va- citurquia esa nifheth, andhathnothingfirmeandflableinit, but isonly a aida ee&bur deéeptionofthefight,flying awaybefore it fullyappeareth. I :lha r.m,scc, Inwhich regard it may be cópared vntoa flafh oflightning, Cbryfofrat. in which for the inflant fillech the whole aire with glorious Gcn.r.hom.zz brightnes, butprefently is turned intogroffe andmore then vfualldarknes,;ortoabubble, which commonly isnofoo.. nermade thenbroken; becaufe it is fuddenlyblowne vp (as it were) with thebreathofthe vulgar people, and with the fame. asfuddenly broken. Others compare it to theduff or chaffe carried aloft by the violence ofthe wind, whichof it Augufl.Tom. (elfefalleth downe to the ground, when it accidental( helpe ro. Serm.to9. ceafech; to the fmoake,which the higher it isaduanced the more eafilyit is difperfed,& the limnervanifheth;to acloud, Gregor.Moral, whichby the fame Sunne, and in the fameday, is drawnevp, lib.r6.cap. s. and diflolued or confumed; to the dew,which falleth ouer- night,and the next morning vanifheth; and to a bladder, which the more it isblowne, the moreit fwelleth, and the neerer it is to burfling.Sut molt fitly is the momencanycon- tinuanceoíanhonorable coñdition,by the Prophet E/a), ex- preffed, when hecompareth the glorie ofman to the flower 'ofthefield, which one day flourifheth more glorioufly then Salomon in all his royaltie,and the nextwithereth and fadeth away : one day,it is worne in the bofomeofPrinces; and the day following careleffelynegle&ed,, and call vpon a dung_ Heno,munda_ hill. Neither doth this worldlyhonor take as great leafitre iñ nus pede departing,asit dothinapprochin butasone faith) itcoin- redit; fed ( crdit; j ocw meth haltinglyand flowly,as itwere on lamelegs; butall at fimulgiasolar. once it-flieth away, and pofleth from vs (as it were) with Ambro1. in Ptalm.48. R r 3 winged
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