That *oddly things aremomentary andcorruptible. 6t 5 lifteth themvphighef,towhom it meaneth to giue the troll dangerous ouerthrow; but rather let vs efleeme and feeke Gloriafetaá the true honour ofvertue and godlineffe for(as one faith)ibe stia&fie »dit e gloryoftheworld doth not defeendwith thefacer; hut theglory fecum dg!p°riac eccator vir- ; offoodnef,le will afcendwith thevertuous. And ifwee will bee tatisnfcendrt wifelyanibitious, letvsdefpifethefeearthlyhonours,andal. cum innoccntr,. pire to that excellent dignitic and aduancement, ofbeing &c. AmbroLin the fonnes ofthe glorious king ofheauen and earth, bre- P1a148. thren to the fonofGod, andheires apparant to the crownof glory; which honourall (hall certainelyobtaine, which doe loueand feeke it, and being obtained, {hail eternally en- ioy it. But as earthlyhonoursare momentanieand tranfitorie,fo 4.Sea`1.7. there is no moreconfancie orperpetuitie in worldly riches; That worldly for when with great labour they are obtained, there is no to uso. certaintyin theirpoffeflion,feeingwithin a frort time they trattttartend (hall be taken away frotn vs, or wee from them, either they (tall haue their end, or we our end, they (tall leaue vs,or we them. And in the meanewhile they are (ubieöl to innume- rablecafualties ; for the moth mayBate them, therufmay Dluitis hahent confume them,theeues may fleale them,firc mayburne them; fnem faum,aat yeaoftentimes of themfelues they melt away like butterin fincmtuam. the funne; or are taken awaybyoutwardforce and violence: for the world vfeth men like f unges; fometihne it filleth them full, andTooneafter fqueefeth all out again : one day it makech them to furfetoffatiety, andwithin afew daies af- ter pineth themwith want. In regardofwhich vnconílan- fancieandcorruptibility ofriches, they are called by theA- po{ll'e vncertaine riches, inwhichwe may repofe no truft and r.Tim.6.t7. confidence.And by the Wife man,theriches ofvanity,becaufe Pro.13.1t, they arecontinually ready to vancfi,& to come tonothing. Neither are they in truth fubfance,as theyare called, or true and fub(lantial riches;butrather fiadowes,& dreams,which feeme fotnething while( we fleepein finne, but vanifh away as things ofno worth,when weare awakened byGods fpi- rit.To whichpurpofe one faith : Call not theft riches which are notfo in truth,Peeing they arefull ofpouerty, and obnoxious to innumerable cafualties, Forwhat kitedof richesare thefe, for R r 4. tvhofe
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