710 Tha:Worldlj thixgreaafemany eaflr to orneighdoar . benummed withaduerfitie; but no foonerbath it had the feeling of the warmth ofprofperitie, but it beginneth to hifi'e in proud boaliing,and to (sing and cmpoifonwith ma- ny infolencies,thofe who were the firll meanes oftheir wet. fare and aduancement. And howfocuer in their low ellate they might tally haue been ruled and led, and like (hips without falles and tackle, were readie toyeeldthemfelues overtothe fireame and tideofother mensdefires,anti oucr- ruling perfwa(ions; yet now hauing attained vntoprofpe- ritie andworldly abundance,as it were,vnto their full fades; they are onely carried with the windoftheir ownepride, NU tam ja- going againli the tideofrealón, and craning the current of prrbum,iarra- all other mens delires; no man now being more infolent ,fbmell,quam churlifhandvntradlable, then thefe who latelywere fo plia- bomo quern fie- ble and curteous,after they, are once corrupted with worldly liciratisopiuio felicitie. An example whereofwe haue in Hagar, who ca- eerraperir. rigidher felfeas becamea feruant,whilefifhe was in this bale Pluearch.com condition;but bein made her mailers concubine and ha- reequirdodr.e uinnborne a child vntohim, Thee prefently begins to de- tour.;, fpiieher inifireffe,whowas theonely caufe ofher aduance- Genel.r6,4.' men t. Neither doe they now miflike this pride,anddefire to be freed from it, as being an infirmitie or blemilh, which Pblm.7 ;.6. ill befeemes them,buc as thePfalmifi fpeaketh,their pride is a chaine vnto them,and they voluntarilyput it on as a chiefe ornament. And as theft worldly things bring themto this height ofpride andinfolencywhen they aboundwith then; fowhen as theyhaue raifedthem to their heighefipitch,!if they then faile,andare taken away,they prefentlyfal down againe,likea ruinous houfe,when theprops that beare it vp are pulled from it, and become moreabiedllybafe,and fer-. uilely pleating then suer before, now fcraping vp theold fragments oftheir before skorned acquaintance, loathing and flattering chafe, euen in their contradiólorie fpeeches, oilerwhom not long lince they proudly infulted. So that thefeworldlyvanities are theborrowed feathers andwings *ride, wherebyxnenloare aloft in thehighpitch oftheir owns conceits;whichwhen theyare.pulled,or clipt by fome aduerfe
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