Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

--y...-- That rnorldly thingscannot fatisfie orbring contentment. 42; coolc his tongue, when as a whole ricer would not haue quenched his tormenting beate : fo at firl} they defire but fmall preferment, and as it were to let vp but one foot vpon this ladder, but finding herein little cafe, they afpire higher and higher; rll at Ial1 they haue alcended fo high, that they hold it vnfafe to turne themfelues, or fund llill upon this tottering ladder, and thinke there is no fecuritie till they be come to the top, and haue feared themfelues in the royall throne. Manifold exampleshereofwe haue in the booke of God, and in the hificries ofall ages. It was not lüfficient for Corah and his companions, to haue chicle places in the con - gregation, fo long as t)l1of s and Aaronwere aboue them. flbirnelech could not indure to gouerne with his brethren, but he mull be foie Monarch, though to accomp':ifh his de- fire,he mull commit them all to the flaughter.It was nothing to e.Ab1slon to be the Kings fonne, in poflibilitie after his fa- thers deceafe to weld the Scepter, vnleffe prefently he may clime vp into the throne, though he could no otherwife 'afcend,vnleffc he would make his deare fathers dead bodie his fini flip. Among thel-leathens it isfaidofCefar, that he could indure no luperiour, and ofPospey, that he could not abide an equal]; and ofgreat Alexander it is recorded, that the world could not fatisfie his ambition, and therefore his great Soueraignty and Monarchy could not bring vnto him fo much ioy and contentment, as to refirainc teares, becaufe there were no moreworlds to conquer, or as force haue it, becaufe hearing there were many, he had not yet conquered one. And of the moll ofthe great Emperours we fee it mani- fell, that earthly glorie could not fatisfie them, vnleffe they allo attained vnto diuine honors, and were reputed among the gods.Neither isit any maruell ifthefe men could not get out of this intricate and endleffe laberynth of pride, hauing no better guide then blind nature to leade them; feeing the Apofles, who had heard fo many holy and powerfullfer- ruons ofhumilitie,preached by our Sauiour Chrifl,and con- firmed vnto them by his gratious example, were yet not- withdanding lo ambitioufly affected, that they thought it not preferment enough to haue chicle places in his glorious E c 4 kingdome,