Honour, your only North. Paf ionSunday. Ser.34 !lanebywhich all men (kyle. 555 tafte ofthehòny, vnleffehe didfirft trie the gall. The Romans hadtwo Templés adioyningeach toother ; one ofHonour, the 'other ofVertue : but therewas no cominingto that OfHonour, but by that ofVertue. c"Pty time is notyet come,batyoursit alwayes ready. I expect eternalland perdu- rableglory, but yee fhonandmomentary in regardof mine. Chrifl mattfafer, andfo enterinto glory . Butthis time is not yetcome for you, Tourtime is alwayes ready. That feafon futes beftwith you that is feafonedwith honours andplea- lures : This is theNorth-farce of theworld, All fayle by it. S. AugnJline in his bookesdeChat..Dei, proouethwithgreat elegancie, Thatthe Romans had not any God which they fo muchadored;asthar of Honour : and for theAuthor of thistruth,he alledgethSalufl,tfla ergo laudis auiditaa,&cupidoglorie,omnia illa mi- randafeeit1audebit:afilicet :aguegloriofa, ecundumexsflrmatianon hominum. This greedines ofhumaneglory,triumphed ouer all the tell of the thingsinRome; andnot onely inRome, but in Greece. And in molt ofyour otherNatìons,there was nota Captaine orPhilofopher whichdid not eclipfe all the other venues that he inioyed,with the fhadowofthis defire ofHonour. This did Seneca, Pla- torch, dri flotle,and Platopretend. AndSerrateshimfelfe,who didfo muchblazon his pouerrie, and feem'd to takeapridein ir,tanse tobean Idolater ofHonor and Fante. This pill they fwallowed downe, andconcéiuinga kindof immortality tobe lapt therein,cratn'dtheir conceits therewith ;makingthe difcommodityof life, dangers,fveats,troubles,&tc. feemefàuoury vnrò them r Which is a kindof birdlimewhich clingethfoclofe toour hearrs,that Gods gteateftSaints do corn- plainand bewaile thegreat difficulty in being loafed and freed therefro. Saint vlugufl. didintreat of God withteares and fighes,that he would free himfrom this plague,Dominefinefecationerentamur,tunofiidehácreadleseminal: cordis mei, drflurainaoculorummeoruns.And ifaSaint fo humblyminded,as none more,doth thus weepe, ugh andgroane, what (hallbecome ofhim that is as arrogant ashee is ignorant And inanother place, this Sacred Doétor faith, Thepurer thouart from this vncleannc /,the liker(halt thou be vetoGod. AndinanEpiftle ofhis, hee faith,That by howmuch theMoone is more fill and faire inour eyes,itpartici- pateth fomuch the leffe ofthe fame; which isall one with 'that ofEccleftafl.The light :bereofdiminiJhetb'tinto the end, andgrowe:b wondroaJly inher changing. Thefe wordsfeeme to carryacontrarietie,but it isnot fo: for the Moonedoth decreafe toour Teeming towards theendofit's waning ; and yet euen at that verytime it increafethwonderfully, receiuing from the Sunby the contrary part a far grea- ter light. It teemed then ro thefekins folkeoflefus Chrift our Redeemer, That theFeaft of lerufalem was a fit time forto gaine muchhonour, and therefore faidvnto him,Departhence,andmanifef thyfelfetothe world. Whereunto hee an- fwered, yedefire tofee meingreat honour and eftimation with the world, ex- pec`tingoutofmy reputation and credit,to reapevnto your felues a temporali re- ward ; bur I doe rather defireto feemy felfe dif-efteemed oftheworld, becaufe there upondependethyour fpirituall promotion. Saint Bernarddifcourfinghow the bleffedVirginMary, and thegloriousSaint Tefiph went to feeke Tefus when he wasloft (when he was rzyeare old) amengfl hia kindredandacquaintance ; faith, That manymifcarryby theirkinsfolks means. And Imy felfe haue known manyPrelats ofvery goodparts,and extraordinarie gifts, ofwhom Ihaue beeneafraid, thattheir kinsfolke haue beene thecaufe of theircondemnation,and calling downe into hell. For it is awofull cafe,That for too Ducats penfion, which aPrelatbeftowes on a Student, hee fhouldoblige him to runouerallthe DiuineSeruice, andnottoleaueout fo much asany one Aaa z , prayer, Honour a bait which all men bite at. actt.¢;. Kindred the overthrow or many'Prelats
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