Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

196 What isrequiredv, nto honours thatthey may begood, &e; uants, and therefore thole that take it vpon them, being de_ llitute of thefe, are but vfurpers who intrude vpon other mens right. As for example, thole who delire to be honored for their finnes and vices, for b v inganddrinking,forrio- ting and waflefull fpending,for quarrelling,fghting,reuen- ging wrongs and Bach like : which howloeuer they may make men efleemed and well fpoken ofamong wicked men, Lulc.t 6.t 5. like vnto themfelues, yet nothing maketh them more bale and contemptible in the fight ofGod, and of all that are good and vertuous. Secondly,men vniuillyarrogat this ho- nor veto themfelues for vanities and things ofno worth,nei- ther doth fo rich a reward as true honor belong vnto men for euery fritiolous trifle : and thus did they who built the tower Gen.tr. of Babel to get them a name. And eAófolonhauingnover_ cues to-eternize his memorie, ereóled a pillar and calledit af- ter his owne name, that hereby his fame might continue to polleritie: and fo the Pfalmill obferueth, that the wicked imagining that their bottles and habitations lhall continue a.Sam.18.18. for ever, call their lands by their owne names, that fo when theirliues end their fame may continue. And thus many a- mong our (elves ere& goodly houles which they neuer in- Pf11.49.u. habit, and (lately tombes to lay in their rotten bodies, that by thefe meanes their honor may be preferued, and their fame remaine in after ages. Lallly,they vniufily challenge honors who being dellitute ofall true good, do pur on a vi- zard ofvertue,and make Phew of that goodneffe which They ocher fo much as loved ordefired, not caring at all to be ver- tuous and religious, but only counterfeit them hypocritical- ly, that by kerning that they are not, they may obtaine that honor and praife which they haue no hope of hauing,ifrhey appeared in their owne like'neffe : wherein whatdo they el le but play the impollers and deceiuers, challenging the pre- cious and true coine ofhonor and glorie, for their falfe and counterfeit wares, worthie in this refpecc} rather to iland vp- on the pillery,that al men may take notice of their cofenage, and learnt by their example to fcorne their bale (hilts, then to be advanced into the feate ofhonor.Iftherfore we would haue true honor, let vs labour to be that wee feeme, and in- dcauour