Thatall Worldly things are mutableandvnconflant. 631 Exalt her,andfheefhallexalt thee,/heefhallbrine theeto honour, f thou imbraceher,fhefhallgiueacomely ornament to thyhead, Pro.4.8.9 yea /beej1,allgiue thee is crownofglory. And this honour (hall bemofl conflantandpermanent, laflingas long as life, yea after death, for the memorial! of the tuft(hall be bleffed.; bitt Pro.In.7. thenameofthe wickedfhallrot. Ileathis honour ofgrace fhall be buta flcp toaduance vs to the honour of heauenly glory, r.Per. the which (hall continuenot for a few yeeres oncly, but for S .r°. vierand euer, as being eternal' and euerlafting ; for fo the Apoftletdlleth vs, that theqodofgrace bathcalledvsto hie... ternllglory, by!el .c Chrifl. The like rnutabdity and vnconflancie is in riches. For 4.Se11.5. though our riches corrupt nor, nor wee die, yet there is no olthemutabi- certainty in their poffeflion, they ire fo flitting and mutable. lilyand vatox- For who Dethnot that theydoe often change their maflers; frocal hewhoere while wantcd,abounding,and he who not long'id'tt' finceabounded, being now brought to want and penurie? Cooke but to houles, lands, and coine, and confider how oftentheyhaue new owners, this daybeing in the poffeflìon ofone, and to morrowofanother,and not many moneths after, both being Dripped of them,they are deuolued vnto a third In which refpe&Zopharconipareth riches to the wa- ters ofriuers,whichmake no long flay in any place,and paffe from land ro land, and field toficld, tillat !aft theyare fv al- lowedvpofthefea .lherncrea/e(faithhe)of his haxle11,4lll1.bao.r.8. goe away, and sr [hallow array in she dar ofgodslbratb. For fo riches runne from one to another, till in the end they lofe -their name, being cortupted, and (as it were) fwallowedin the gift ofdellru&ion. In thefame regard oneof theanti- Origen. in tins likeneththem to alluring harlots,which make loue to Mar.s.te.Ho- tnany, but keepe faith with none. And to the famepurpofe mi1.4 anotherfaith;that there is nothing moretalle and trecherous thenriches; and that likea fugitiue and vngratefull feruant, they hauenohonefly orfidelitie; for though thoubind them with innumerablebonds,theywill goe away,and drawtheir chaîne after them. And forthis caufc oftentimes, theyarc ChryAnc o h. kept and fafl lockedvp vnder the cutlodie of prong bolts, Homiielioc n.4 and faitbarred doores,hauingbefides many !imams as Iai- Sf4 lors
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