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294 Of the v:mitie of worldly glorie. degrce,would not bié impaired, but multiplied and increa. fed by.communitie,euen as the ioyes of heauen are infinite. ly rcdoubled,in regard that there being innumerable Saints and Angels,which mutually communicate in one anothers ioyes, according to their number their ioyes alto are redou- bled andmultiplied. And therefore let vs efleeme and let our hearts and affeelions vpon this heauenly happineffe, which the more common it is, the better it is, according to the nature of true goodnefíe;.and not vpon thereearthly va- nities, which becaafe they doe not fatisfie chafe that haue them,therefore they feeke contentment bymultiplying and ingroffing them, thinking to finde that in all, which they cannot finde in any part, and affeet proprietie in them,be- caufe they feeme vnto themfelues to want,.that which they fee others enioy,and to be robbed ofthat, which their gree- die eye beholdeth in anothers porfellion. CHAP. X. O f the vanitie of tborldlyglorie, popularitie,prioritie, and the fattour of Princes. Nd thus haue I (hewed the vanitie ofal there worldly things, both by tetlimonies, and manifeflreafons. Let vs now more particu- larly examine the vanitie ofhonours,riches, and pleafures: where wee fhall plainly fee, that as there is generally no worth or excellencie in there worldly things; fo neither in any ofthefe fpeciall parts and branches. And firfl for worldly honour, how bate and con - temptible it is, in companion either of that true honour of a Chriflian, before defcribed,or the eternal! glorie of Cods l ingdome,it will more eafily appeare,if wee confider it in the chiefe parts thereof; and take a ferions view of thole things which in the world are accounted honourable. For this worldly honour confi leth in fame and vaine glorie, or popularitie and fauour of the common people; or prioririe of place andprecedence,or the fauour of Princes, and great perfonages; iSeä.I. That vainglorie is not trae ha- nour,butfalle and counter- feit.