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That *oddly things are momentary and corruptible. 6t 5 lifteth them vp highef,to whom it meaneth to giue the troll dangerous ouerthrow; but rather let vs efleeme and feeke Gloria fetaá the true honour ofvertue and godlineffe for(as one faith)ibe stia&fie »dit e glory of the world doth not defeendwith the facer; hut the glory fecum d g!p°riac eccator vir- ; offoodnef,le will afcendwith the vertuous. And if wee will bee tatisnfcendrt wifely anibitious, letvsdefpifethefeearthlyhonours ,andal. cum innoccntr,. pire to that excellent dignitic and aduancement, of being &c. AmbroLin the fonnes of the glorious king of heauen and earth, bre- P1a148. thren to the fon ofGod, and heires apparant to the crown of glory; which honour all (hall certainely obtaine, which doe loue and feeke it, and being obtained, {hail eternally en- ioy it. But as earthly honours are momentanie and tranfitorie,fo 4.Sea`1.7. there is no moreconfancie or perpetuitie in worldly riches; That worldly for when with great labour they are obtained, there is no to uso. certaintyin theirpoffeflion,feeingwithin a frort time they trattttartend (hall be taken away frotn vs, or wee from them, either they (tall haue their end, or we our end, they (tall leaue vs,or we them. And in the meanewhile they are (ubieöl to innume- rable cafualties ; for the moth may Bate them, the ruf may Dluitis hahent confume them,theeues may fleale them,firc may burne them; fnem faum,aat yeaoftentimes of themfelues they melt away like butter in fincmtuam. the funne; or are taken awayby outward force and violence: for the world vfeth men like f unges; fometihne it filleth them full, and Toone after fqueefeth all out again : one day it makech them to furfet of fatiety, and within a few daies af- ter pineth them with want. In regard of which vnconílan- fancie and corruptibility ofriches, they are called by the A- po{ll'e vncertaine riches, in whichwe may repofe no truft and r.Tim.6.t7. confidence.And by the Wife man, the riches ofvanity,becaufe Pro.13.1t, they are continually ready to vancfi, & to come to nothing. Neither are they in truth fubfance,as they are called, or true and fub(lantial riches;but rather fiadowes,& dreams,which feeme fotnething while( we fleepein finne, but vanifh away as things ofno worth, when we are awakened byGods fpi- rit.To which purpofe one faith : Call not theft riches which are not fo in truth, Peeing they arefull of pouerty, and obnoxious to innumerable cafualties, For what kited of riches are thefe, for R r 4. tvhofe