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e That lcsrldly things are rrtomentany and corruptible. 613 aslow as'hell it felfe,andmade themfelues equall to thedam- ned fpirits, had not God in mercie raifed them vp. Looke vpon the example of Hamán, who in the middefl ofall his glorie was vtterly difgraced, and adiudged to die a fhame- full death. So Nebachednezer whilrfl he would be more then a man, and worfhipped as a god, was fuddenly de- pofed from his regal( throne, and became equall with the brutifh creatures.In refpe& ofwhich momencany vncertain- tie ofworldlyhonor; it ha th (as pne obferuech) it name of Gloria Lana di vaine glorie giuen vuto it, and is called vaine, becaufe it va- citur quia esa nifheth, andhathnothingfirmeandflableinit, but is only a aida ee&bur deéeption ofthefight, flying away before it fully appeareth. I :lha r.m,scc, In which regard it may be cópared vnto a flafh oflightning, Cbryfofrat. in which for the inflant fillech the whole aire with glorious Gcn.r.hom.zz brightnes, butprefently is turned into groffe and more then vfualldarknes,;ortoabubble, which commonly is nofoo.. ner made then broken; becaufe it is fuddenly blowne vp (as it were) with thebreath of the vulgar people, and with the fame. as fuddenly broken. Others compare it to the duff or chaffe carried aloft by the violence of the wind, which of it Augufl.Tom. (elfe falleth downe to the ground, when it accidental( helpe ro. Serm.to9. ceafech; to the fmoake,which the higher it is aduanced the more eafily it is difperfed,& the limner vanifheth;to a cloud, Gregor.Moral, which by the fame Sunne, and in the fame day, is drawne vp, lib.r6.cap. s. and diflolued or confumed; to the dew,which falleth ouer- night,and the next morning vanifheth; and to a bladder, which the more it is blowne, the more it fwelleth, and the neerer it is to burfling.Sut molt fitly is the momencany con- tinuance oían honorable coñdition,by the Prophet E/a), ex- preffed, when he compareth the glorie ofman to the flower 'ofthe field, which one day flourifheth more glorioufly then Salomon in all his royaltie,and the next withereth and fadeth away : one day,it is worne in the bofome of Princes; and the day following careleffelynegle &ed,, and call vpon a dung_ Heno,munda_ hill. Neither doth this worldly honor take as great leafitre iñ nus pede departing,asit doth inapprochin butas one faith) itcoin- redit; fed ( crdit; j ocw meth haltingly and flowly,as it were on lame legs; but all at fimulgiasolar. once it -flieth away, and pofleth from vs (as it were) with Ambro1. in Ptalm.48. R r 3 winged