614 That worldly thing:aremomentanyandcorruptible. winged hafle : nor doth greatnesofaduancement in thiscafe glue any priuiledge, or yceld any fupport, yea rather the higher men areextolled and lifted vp, thegreater and more vnrecouerableis their downefall; euen as hewho fallethofa low floole,rcceiueth nogreat hurt, and eafily rifethagaine, and recouereth himfelfe, whereas he who falleth from an high flceple, or the topofaloftie tree, ismortally bruifed, if not difrembredand ¡battered inpieces. And thus (as one GrauiroAdam obferueth) Adamhad the more gricuous downefall,becaufe in Paraehfe ce- he fell in Paradife,froma melt high and glorious condition: eidir,gaamfi for to be ouerthrowne from an high place is an head-long cecidrffet in ter- downefail, whereas it is but a flip or Toile to fall on plaine fa. Deak /J;,ris ground. The reafonhereof is, becaufethe more highly men taderepractpi- firm eft, in pia- areaduancçd,thegteatercommonlyis their pride; and the ni, lapfus dici- more full theyareofthe wind ofvaine-alory,the neererthey far. AmbrcLin are to burfting;becaufe the Lord oppofmg againfl the proud Ptalm. ;s. man aboueall other (inners, by reafon ofall others he molt Tom.4, oppofeth againfl him doth call him fuddenly downe, and bringeth himtonought, when he is moll fecure, and flan. deth tlrongefl, and out ofdanger offalling in his owne con- ceit. So Zophar (peaking of the wicked man, faith, that 1620.6.7 ,g. thoughbis excellencielhould mount vp to the heauen, and his head reachvnto the clouds; yet (Ball he perifb for euer likehis dung; and they whichhauefeenehimfhallfay,where is hee ? bee fhalllie away as a dreame, andthey fcallnce findhim, and (hall Prou.ró,ga8. paffearmyasavifionofthe night.And the Wife manaflrmeth, that all which are proud in heart are anabomination vote the Lord, and though they ioyne hand_in hand, yet they fhall not be vnpunifhed :and confequently,that pridegoerhbefore deí ru- llion, and anhigh mind before the fall. Yea fo doth the Lord abhorre the proud, that he contenteth not himfelfc tohaue brought them to ruine, but fitbuerteth and defroyeth his houle and fatnilie, as elfew herehe fpcaketh. And therefore PromS.Z4. fecingworldly honorsare tnomentanicand vncertaine, be. getting in vspride, and pride deflruélion, let vs not foolilh- ly affe6t, and fetour hearts vpon them, Peeing men are but thusaduâced that theymaycatch themore grieuousdowne- fal,theworldvfing them herein likeacunning wraliler,who liftcth
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