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298 Of the vemitie o f rorldly glorie. Iohn 5.;4, Chrifi enaketh it a í;gnc oían infidel!, when they aftc&} there vainc praifes, one from another, and feeke not the honor which commcth of God alone, And as this contempt of vaine glorie is in the Scriptures enioyned; fo our Sauiour Chrifl and his holy Apofile do profeffe the praélife thereof, Iohn8,go, for foChriflfaith,thathe fought not hie osvneprar(e: yea fo far was our Sauiour from ambitious affecting and Peeking this vaine glorie of the world, that hee would not accept our Iohn Ç.4r when it was offered :1 receiue not (faith he) the praifeofrnen, And this alfo the Apoflle Paul profell'eth, that he fought for r.The13 x,6, no praife neither from the Theffalonians, nor from any o- ther,and that hepaffed very little to be iudged of the Corin- r,Cor,4.7, thians, oro fmansiudgement:wholeexamplewe alfo are to imitate, if we would be accounted the true difciples ofIe- fus Chrifl. 4.Srl.q. Secondly, let vs coníidcr,that as this vainc glory and vul-. ibatitifvcdt gar praife is in it felfe vainc,fo is it great vanitie and folly for ilyroafiti any todeliireirfor what is this glorie ,but,asIfaid,afmoake, va,neatorie. a fhadow,and a brittle bubble,which is both blowed vp,and broken with the breath ofthe ill - agreeing and vncontiant' multitude? And what can be more vaine and void ofexcel- lencie, then that which hath it fubfrflence and being info vnflable a ground, as the vainebreath and mutable opinion ofthe common people ?Who as they will extoll a man for a final! caufe, and not feidome for counterfeit fhewes and ap- Nißnoualaut paranccs only ; fo oftentimes they will reuerle theiriudge- oritur, tram ment, and condemne for no caufe, their affeélionsfoone ty. vetw amirtitur, ring thetnfelues, if they be not continually nourifhcd with new matter ofprai£e:an d who would value that at any worth which flandeth or falleth at euery ones deuotion? And as their praires arc vaine and ofno worth, fo all:, are they vaine and void of c; ifdome who do much afh'ee them s,for as their folly were ridiculous, who would haue blind men lodge of colours, and account that moll excellent which in their doome and opinion is preferred ; fo is it no lefle abfurde to make the vulgar people of the world iudges olvertue and goodparts, who being blind and ignorant,iudge not accor- ding to truth, but according to their fond opinion; and ha- uing