628 That all'rorldlythingsaremutable andvnconffant. lifting them vp, whom he meaneth toouerthrow with the greatefi downefall:wherin the world and the Prince thereof, vfe ambitious men as thecrow the fhel-fifh, carying them a- loft vuto the highefl places, that from thence calling them downe,theymaybruife thermwiththefall,andfo more eafily prey vpon the. But as they deale thuswith their own friends,, fometime becaufe they_will not, and fometime becaufethey cannot prefer them; fo much more falfly and vnconllantly with thofe who neglet and contenine their deceitfullho- nors, being readie to magnifie and difgrace them with the famebreath, when astheycannotallure them to bite attheir bewitchingbaits.An examplewhereofwehauein Pauland jut tq.t 1.14. Barnabas, whom the, vulgar people (admiring their miracle) 19. would needs deific; whichhonor whë they had refufed,and perfwaded them to returne all the glorie vnto God,rhey pre- fendy vpon a groundleffe information laidviolent hands vpon them and lloned them, now thinking that they defer- ucd capitall punifhments, whom ere -while they elleemed worthiediuine honor. Thus others fhewed the like vucon- A&.t8.4.. flancie,whileaone while they condemned. P4u1, as amale- fa6lor, and prefencly after werereadie to adorehimas their idoll. But moll notablie loth the mutabilitie, and fickle vn- conffancieoftbe variableinultitudeappeare in their cariage Matth.tt.s.9. towards our Sauiour.Chrill;whomone day they foughtafter with cap.t7.za, tomakehim aKing; and fooneafterreie&ing him,preferred beforehimanHeathen,yeaahated Monarch:one while they flocked about him,to giue himall louing and refpeóìitie en- tertainment, firawing greene boughes inhisway, and (be.. caufe they thought them not good enough) fpreading alfo their garments, evenvnderhis Affes feet;and another while mockingand reviling him,buffetcing andfpittingvpon him, whippingand crucifying him, & in Bead ofbellowing their garments upon him, they take from him his ovine :this day they meet him wich:ioy, and falucehitn,laying, Hofannathe Sonne ofDauid, bidedbe he thatcommeth in thename ofthe Lord, Hofannain thehigher/ ;but within a few daies after they crie out with an vniuerfall confent, Away with him,awaywith him; crucifiebim,crucifiehim. Which as itnotablie fheweth the.
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