774 Of tileé f irituoll emitt which accompany worldlything!. .Quo major qui vnto finne,andas furtherance s in their wickedcourfes, this peccaralrque Both much aggrauate their fault, andprouokes the Lord to Minor wuja more heauie dií leafurc. Befides, the more highly they are peceandi,eo ma- p tut peccatum. aduanced in the feate ofprofperitie,themore their wholeca- riageand behaui our obferued,the more alto imitated and followed by thofewho behold and looke vpon it. Whereby theGranes ofgreat men are doubled and redoubled, becaufe they are exetnplarie and fcandalous, drawing others,as euill prefidents,to the committingof the likewickedneffe. In re- gard whereof it is truly Paid, that in thegreateff profperitie INmaximafor- there is leaf} libertie ; becaufe in greatperfonages, apparan- tunaminima eft cesofcuill are faults,andfaults crimes; feeing theyvngrate- ra .in con- fullyneglect the Lord, vino whom they arebound in fo ma- and extraordinarie bonds ofloue; and alfogoenotthe iur.Ctil. Y wayof defiru6tion alone, butdraw on, and intice manyo- thersby their euill example tobeare them company. So like- wife this great and profperous cftate in the world,dothmake menmore prone tooffend inthe light ofmen, as it maketh them more proud,infolent,and apt tooffer wrongs andiniu- ries,when hauing the law in their owne hands,theymaydoe what theywill without relifl:ance; and hauing thus offended it:doth both thewand aggrauate their faults for as the rifts and leakes in a veffel arenot eafilydifcerned whileff it remai- neth emptie, but plainely appeare when it is filledwith wa- ter; fo whileffa man isdeflitute ofworldlyriches andpre - ferments,his infirmities are notmuch obferucd ;burno foo- net ishe aduanced,and(as it were)filledwith thefelarge gifts ofworldlyprofpertty,buthis corruptionsand fpiritualleakes are confpicuous inthe fight ofall men. So that if there bee not in great perfonsagreat and extraordinarie reformation, they.doe in sliming vp to thefehighplaces, andcontinuing Bill in theirvices and times, but (like Apeson the tops of houfes)draw menthe more readily to looke vponthem, and looking to behold their nakednes and filthineffe. And as thegreatn¡fí'e ofthe bafe Both make the imagevpon it to feeme fo much the leffe; fo the greatneffe of mens places lothbut themore extenuate their worth,and íhewthe great difproportion,betweenetheir aduancement and defert.Nei- cher, princ.requir. doEtr.
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