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s0 596 Tbevneertafnty of oótainingworlutlytlsirtgf. the approbation of God, and teflimonie oftheir ovine cos - fciences,and do not aanbicioully affeaglorie and commen- dations. As for example, it is not ambitiousCafar,.proud. Pompey, nor; Alexander, greater in his ovine conceit, then in his conquefls, that the world now magnifieth,.becaufe it plainly perceiueth that they aimed at this marke in all their aelions, and made glorie the maine end of all their enterpri- - fes; but it is the contemned Prophets, poore fifhermen, and defpifed carpenters Son(as they dildainfullytermed the moil glorious and -eternal'SonneotGod) whom it now praifeth and admirreth;asplainly'difcerning that in all their good and vertuous aElions, they fought not theirowneglorie, but the glory ofGod,and the eternal good ofmankind.Byall which it appcareth that the way of attaining ttuc honor, is not greedily to delire it,but worthily to deferue it,neitherdoth it alwaies happen voto them who mofidefiring it, do alfo befit deferue it.; but rather veto them whobell deferuing it, do moil auoid it.In which refpeti honor may fitly be compared to the meteor which is called ignùfattsas, or the going-fire, which flieth the follower,and followeththe flier; or veto a mans fhadow,whichcan no otherwife be catchedthenby falling downe vpon it. g,Se¿Z,g , Andthus haue I (hewed the greatvncertainty ofobtaining Thegreat va- worldly honors,although they be fought with all carneflnes. eertaintie ofob- The like alto may be Paid of riches ; for howfoeuer many ràening trortdlr worldlymen do wholly fct their hearts vpon them, and pur- ricber, fue them with all their defiresand.endeauours, riling earely, and going late to bed,toiling and moiling, dcceiuing & cir- cumuenting, wronging and oppreflingoneanother,yea de- frauding andpinching their backs and bellies,that theytnay compaflé great ellates,and gather riches in abundance; yet how few ofthefc many doattaine unto them? yea how many are there who making. this 1$ammon of iniquity the idoli wherein they chiefly trufl,do make veto it many a weary pil- grimage,vndertaking Painful' iorneyes,fitflaining much pe- nury and mifery, and hazarding themfelucs to innumerable dangers both by fea andland,and al to hauetheir idol fauou- ruble and propitious; and yet arc turned away witha frow- adng