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What is required veto honours that they may bcgood, &c. 197 deuour more to approue our heartsvnto God, then our out. ward a&ions vntomen : otherwife our honor being buta fhadowofafhradow, vaine in it felfe, and grounded vpona vaine and falfc caule, is like but to haue a Ihort raigne; for God abhorring hypocrifie,will in the end pull offthe hypo- crites vizard,andfhewing him in his owne naturali defor- nritie,w ill expofe him to the fcorne and contempt ofall men. And following the Apofiles example, let vs delre to haue praife attend vpon venue andgoodnefl'e, and not go before lc, and build it not on the fandie foundation offalfe fhewes and deceitfull colours, if we meaneto have it of any conti- nuance, but on truth, honeflie, iufiice,puritieand the works ofloue: whatfoeuer things (faith bee) are true, wharf ruer things are hone., whatfeetser things are iull, whatf ewer things are pure, whatfoeuer things pertain to lone, whatfoeuer things are ofgoodreport ; iftherebe any vertue ,oriftberebe any Friuli, Phil.4.E. thinhe on thefe things. Fivally,as we are to delire honor and pralle for that which 4,See/.9. is honest and praife- worthie,fo in refpe6t ofthe meafure they That wrought fhouldbe moderate, and in fome proportion fitted to our tooffntfish verrues and good parts; for as it is impious to delre praife, as for that which is euill; to isirvnequall and vniufl, to affeó Proportionable great honors for fmall deferts, and proud ambition, to delire to our defeat. to be preferred before thofe who farre exceed vs in verrue and goodnes. Inwhich refpell we are carefully to takeheed offelfe -loue, which makes vs to amplifie our owne good parts, and in comparifon ofthem to extenuate other and caufeth vs to looke (as it were)thorow a truncke of a far vnequallbore, turning the .finall end to our neighbours ver- tues,which fcanteth them to our fight,and maketh them ap- peare leffe and fewer then they are; and the great end to our owne, whereby our fight is fo inlarged that wee fee all and more too. But abeam all things let vs take heed, though we beneuerfoexcellent, -that weücfferand admit chore prides only which belong vnto men, not daring or prefucningto encroach vpon Gods titles and royalties. In which refpee Herod offended,when he aflumed unto him the praife dueto his Creator; and the Heathen Emperours,whofe pridemade [email protected]. o 3 their