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276 That afworldytldngs are het emeerevanities, the godly and faithfull. Thus Efate flouri(heth in pompe 2nd worldlyglory, going attended in great flate,with goo. men waiting at his heeles;and laco6 creepeth and croucheth veto bim,meanely accompanied with a few poore feruants, that tended his fheepe and cattell. Thus Pharaoh fitteth in the regal' throne, raigning and ruling at his pleafure, and making his corrupt and vniufl will to (land for law; where.. as..cí32ofesand eAarme, the beloued of the Lord, are humble fuiters vnto him for the peoples libertie, and at his becke to go and come as he appointed. Thus the high Priefls,Scribes and Pharifies, fit in c (afar chaire, and are efleemed the great RabbinsandDoëlors ofthe world ;-whilefi the deare Difciples of lefusChrifi, are barely.efleemed asGalileans andpoore ffhermen,conuented before the iudgement feats, checked, taunted, fcorned and mifufed,as though they had bin the very offskourings ofthe world.Yea thus doe wicked Nerod,Pilate,e/frrmae and Casphas raigne as Kings,and fit oh the iudgement feate, abfoluing and condemning vvhoin they will: and contrariwife,our SauiourChrifi, the onelie begotten and dearely beloued Son of God, is haled before them,aecufeçl and reproched, fcorned and derided,buffeted, fpit vpön,whipped and ncifufed. t.Se17.8. The like alto may bee laid of riches, with which wicked 7Zeprobatesa. men commonly mofiexceed; whereasGods (infants often- bound with ri. times are fcanted of neceflàries: So Na6al aboundeth in ches as mach as all fu erfluitie,and Deuidisan humble fuiter vnto him for Godsferwaats, reliefe;_the falfe Prophets are, nourifbed at Iefa6elstable, and poore 674u is in commons with the Rauens; thePhari- fies and Scribes care the fat of the land, and abound in wealth, and the Difciples are forbidden to pofl'ef a gold or Mat. to- 9.r °'filuer,yea,to cattleafcrip, wherein to put their needments, or to be owners oftwo coats at once; vino/Ida/ is the bag ARs 3.6. committed,whereas Peter hach neither filuer nor gold,as he profeffeth. The idolatrous Kings and heathen potentates haue the world at will, firouting themfelues in their fiatelie palaces, and wallowing in their wealth; butlefus Chrifi,the Lord ofheauenand earth, and heire apparant ofGods glo- Luke 2,7, : riousKingdome, when he is borne, hath a manger for his bed,