784 O f the f irituall toil: whichaccompanie worldly thingi. flrt+.thefe worldlyhonors when they arc exceffuely loued and ouer-greedily defired, do by our wicked getting, and proud keeping them, expofe vs to Gods wrath and venge- ance,in the day ofhis vilitation : for hard and almoll impof- fible it is, to the corrupt nature ofman to be aduanced to highplaces andgreat dignities, and not tobe proud ofhis preferment; hard it is tobe magnifiedamong thepeopie,and not alto too much tomagnifieamans owneworth,and too- uerwecne his gifts and good parts : hard it is for a man ro be great and glorious vponearth, and tokeepe a due remem- brance ofhim fromwhom he hath receiued his glorie and grcames. Andcontrariwife,through thefame corruption of our nature, thofc whoare aduanced to honorableplaces are apt to be puffed vein pride, to forget the Lord who hath preferredthem,to robhimofhis glorie, and to arrogate the praifeoftheir preferments to themfelues, their owne poli- cies,andgood parts which is due andpeculiar toGodalone, byreafon ofwhich abufe they commonly make God their encmie, and inflame his wrath againf1 them,for theirfacrile- gious impietie ; and the more glorioufly they Thine before men, the more their honor is obfcured in the fight ofGod; themore theymagnifieand extoilthemfelues,the more doth ' he- vilifie andcontemne them; yea hedoth not only defpife them in their greateflpride as abie&s, but oppofeth againfi .them as enemies, and as his corrivals in that which is molt deare vnto him, his honorand glory ; as though he fhould fay;To me belongeth this combate againfl the proud, with aniueowne hand mull mine owne title be tried, and glory defended; thismanencroching vpon my right,challengeth 'me to the fight, as my fpeciall aduerfarie and enemie, and therefore I wil take mine owne caufe into mine owne hand, '.andauengemeofmy foes whorife vpand rebell againft me. Nowwhat canbefall thembut confufion,fhame and defiru- 1ion,againf+ whomGod purpofelyoppofethas a (harp and feuereenemie,feeingheisfopowerful) that none can {land .before him in his anger, nor deliver himfelfe or any other out ofhis hand; but firong and weake, King and people, arc allalike liableto hisplagues, whenhegocthhis circuittef
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