Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

Of the vänitie of world!yglarie. 299 wing their approbation and applaufe, to become proud and s:c eï wage,s: conceited ofit.The which folly ofvaine- glorious men is fo ex veritatepau. much the greater in that as they are blind,and therforc their ca.exopinione iudgemenc of no value, fo alto though it were ofany worth, C l`p yyet it were fcarce worth the hauing, in regard of their muta- Corn. bilitic and inconllancie, being like weather-cocks readie to turne with eue:y wind, and to alter their opinion with eucry flying rumour,this day praiing,and to marrow difpraiuing, now extolling chofe, whom they admire, vp to the skie, and foone after exclaiming againi+ them with open mouth, and calling them downe againe with their obloquies and difgraces to the lowefl part of hell. Although therefore we be delighted with thefe bright and radiant beatnes of fame and glory; yet let vs not delire like the Moone to Thine with this borrowed light; for then our glorie will be moll incon_ Plant; fometimes in the full, and fometimes in the waine ; now obfcure and darkc, a little while after growing and in- creafing,and when it is come to the full,prelently againe de. creating till it come to fuch obfcurity that it cannot be dif- cerned : herein alto like the Moone,in that the nearer we ap- proach vnto thefefromwhom we borrow our light by fami- liarity and conuerfation with them, the more the brightnes of our fame is obfcured, they being apt to praife thofe moll, with whom they are leaf+ acquainted; and contrariwife the more remote and oppofire we are vnto them, the more fully and freely do they impart voto vs their praifcs and commen- dations: only herein they differ and arc vnlike, in that the Moone hauing loft her borrowed light, doth recouer it a- gaine within as few daies, and with as great facility as it was deprinedofit whereas thofe who haue oncelof +their light ofglorie and reputation, which they had from the vncon- flant multitude, are feldome againc reflored'vntoit, or at 'cal after a long time, and with great difficulty: their dif- graces herein ref mbling wounds,which are Toone infli&ed, but long in curing; which alto bring healed, a !car and ble- mifh flillremainerh. Let vs therefore like the Sunne:defire to haue our light in §sett. g. . ourfelues; our owne confciences approuing, iuflifying,and I hat true glerie COMM en_ conJtleth satin