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3 38 0fthevanitíe oftvorld y nobilitie. neere vnto him in faith, as they were in blood : for when it was told him that hismother and brethren did waitto (peak with him lightly accounting ofearthly kinred, he far pre_ Matt x.49.5 0. ferreth beforeit that kinred which was fpirituall, affirming a(aUa praroga that his difciples, who heard and obeyed his Fathers will, neei were his brethren, fillers and mother. And how little he ne eñ nil fedei adíipuletur bye- effeemed ofchofe who were his brethren in the flefh,and did reditas. Ain- not adhere vnto himby a lively faith, it mayplainly appeare broLinLuc. in the feuenth.of lohn, by that difagreeing dialogue that `ap'3' was betweene them. So when a woman admiring his do. Ioh.y.3.5.7. &tine cried out, that the wombe was bleffed that bare him, and the paps that gauc him fucke, he corre6leth her fpeech, Luke 11.27. laying, yea rather bleffed are they that heere the word of Gad andkeepe it. And therefore if this confanguinitie with Chrifi Iefus himfelfc be vnprofitable,vnlelfe through faith we be of fpirituall kinred with him, how little will it auaile vs to chime the moll noble on earth for our anceffors and pro - genitors,ifwe'be degenerate from them in vertue,grace and goodneffe? 4.Yei7. ¡2. And thus haue I (hewed that this worldly nobility hath in That worldly it neither worth nor profit. But we are further toknow,that nobility maketb moll commonly it is accompanied with much hurt; for flea men proud and it pttffeth men vp with a proud conceit of their owne great- neglige» tin 16c nes, and rnaketh them to contcmne all others, whom they dutieso /resi- excell in noble ancellors titles armesandfilchlikehonors Lion.. in regard whereof nobility is called the fueil of pride : the Nabclitas car- which (as one faith) Chriflian nobles fhould be far from,be- nalitell fsmes cauferogether with the poore and ignoble they call God fupérbi e. Fui- their Father,which they cannot truly and religioutly fay,vn- 4amvi .leflethe alfoacknowledge yea it dualsEpaz.. }' Y Augu[t.de Ser. cauf th them not only to carry and tkmeane themfelues Dom% in mon. proudly towards men, but alto towards God himfelfe, by tae.11b.z.tom.4. whom they were advanced to their greatnes, and-maketh 'them quiteto forget chat they wereeuer thus beholding vn- to hits, to call his commandements behind their backes,and either vtrerly to negle &the duties of his worlhip and Ter- uice,or at leaf+ the publikemeanes therof, contenting them - ' felues with the it privatc and home - devotions.For thinking it