764Oftbeprima euil:trhicb accompany worldly things. many whilefi they haue !lore ofwater,but areneglcaed ut- terly when they arebecome drie:and theholy man lob like- nethfalle friends to little brookeswhich haue abundance of water, fo as theyouerflow in timeofwinter, when there is Iob 6.11.t6. no needofthem ; but are drie in the drought offiimmer, de- 17, ceiuing thofe who refort vnto them to quenchtheir thtrfi. Foras euery one will be allied vnto him who may helpeto Menander in aduance hisworldlycilate; fo it is hard for thepoore to find Adelphisapud akinfman (and much more a faithful! fiend) becaufe no Stobæum. man is willing to acknowledge himwho fiandeth in need, fearing lefi taking acquaintancehe fhould crane his helpe. 4'04proffreritas When thereforeaman lining in worldly profperitieis belo- am eum mdi- ued ofmany, he is very vncertaine whether they louehim- cac; nimicucrfelle or his rof erousefiate and it only the bile ofthis as irìmicam P P y cetot.Gregor. earthly happinei e,which candetermine this doubr,as being Moral ib.. the only touch-fione ofvnfaired loue ; for atprosferitydorh Eecleuatlicus not fhetbafriend, fo neither dorh adnerfìtie concealean enemie. aa'8. For how many haue weknowne vpon whom almofieuery one hath fawned whileli the world finiled on them; who when it bathafterwards frowned, haue turned their fauours into fcornes, and their frienillhip into emnitie? and being truelouers oftheir proper obit&vpon which they haue fet theirhearts, namely the profperitie of theworld, they leaue theperfons,whom it forfaketh, and make choice ofothers whom it accompanieth, howfóeuer vnworthie they haue thought them in times pall, of the leali fparkc of loue or thewoffriend thip. Of this holy lob iufily complaincth: My neighbourshartforfakenme, andmy familsar.r haueforgotten iobr r4. me: andDauidalfoinmany places; I ambecome afiran er Pial. 9.T votemy brethren, andan alien:tomy mother: fannes: and a. and69.$. and gaine, M,familiar friendwhom I truiled,whichdideureofmy 41.9. bread,hath liftedvp the heelagain(' me. Sothe Church in time Lamenc.ns. ofaffliólionmaketh this lamentation, that among all her lo- 4.Seîi. 7. uers/be bathnone to comforther, and that all herfriends dealt Thathonors, ri vnfatthftllywith her, andbecame herenemies. gibes andplea- foramake men And thus it is impoffible for thofe whoareaduancedvnto vnobte todi- honors,todifcerne true fricnds,from falle flatterers; becaufe fcernefriendr ifmany loue their perforas, there arc many more that loue fromflauteert. ßeú
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