That allworldly thingsare mutableandvnconfant. 6a he mutabilitie ofhonor s, and the vnconftancieofthecom- mon people,fo alto the maliceofSatan, who would (as one faith) hauehis procefliongo immediatly before his paillon, Bernard.in Re- thefe honors,before thole difgraces,and this high exaltation m;, Palmarum before his loweft downefall,thatby this fudden alteration he 'erm,z. might be the leffeprouided, & his paillon made more bitter and intollerable : although the Lord who difpofedofall had Mauh.zt:q. another end, namely, that the Scriptures might be fulfilled xott¿ann whichteftified ofhis Son, to the furtherconuincingof the ra rag,euixf Imes, and the Tuft condemnation ofall, who wouldnot be corrruar tZ t leeue: and therefore ifour Saviour Chrift whoWasworth ie yr:n slfi;per- ofall honor, found this fudden and vndcferued alteration, bræ,roraoto. what conflancie can they hope for,who come infinitdegrees PuProftcr- ñortofhis excellencies? nere,as' elf ora But in truth howfoeuer this vnconftancieofhonors may cresiße.Am. be attributed to the mutabilitie and treacherie ofthe world, brot.;nPlal.gó. and thePrince thereof,in regard that theypromife it to their 4.Seeé1.4. followers,and falle in performance; &as they are made ÿ in- Thom re o hr flruments ofGod,both in the conferringand taking awayof boners to d honors; wherein they takeoccafion to thew their fawning vnco,,Faat. in the one,and their malice in the other; yet the fupreame and chiefe caufe ofthefe alterations in honors andprefer- ments, is thewifeprouidence ofalmightie God,whowould haue thefe worldly honorsvariable and vnconlant, chiefely forhis ownechildrensfake, both for their triall and chaflife- ment, and becaufehe wouldnot haue them to let their harts toomuch vpon them,and fonegle6l thateternal glory ofhis heauenlykingdome;andfecondarily for theTuft punifhment ofthewicked, fromwhom he taketh away thefe honors af- ter he bath aduanced them,becaufe theyabufe themto pride --'"1.74 and tyrannie. And thus Adonihezek ofagreat conquerorof Kings, became worfe then aflaue, andequal' toadog,eating theoffalsvnder the table; wherein the Lord meafured iuftly vnto him, according to thatmeafure bywhich he had meted vetoothers. Thus Hamanwas one day the chiefe fauourite Hefter t.r. in court, and thenext dayhanged onhis own;gallowes;be- withchap.?. caufe bee had abufed his greatneffe to the ruine ofGods 8."4 Churcht and thus Gods owne Church andpeople after they S f 3 had
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