490 TheSouks effr&ïmaiicallingto Chriff. Man ire honour vnder.t'cands nor; as ifhee had faid, honour and profperityblinde the undetfhanding, and bribe the minde of aman. They that are now andthenovertaken withdrink,may eafily be cheared,and it is no wonder though they be, for theiv are not themfelves: fo a man may be drunke with the world, and with honours, andifhee be now and then coufened, youcan Tooke for no other. This is the reafon ofall thofe faire kinde ofcolours whichmen put over their courfes;they confeU'e their judgements were fo indeedbefore- times, but now they havehad learnedcounfell, that is, from their parts, andeafe,. and honours, &c. And (hall I doefuch a thing? and fhall I walke inBach a way ? and they tell him there is great li- berty, and it is good law : thus aman is tranfpor- ted and taken afide moff fearfully nayhere pro- fperity puts a pretence ofa greatBeale of good that a man may doe in theChurch ; anda great deale ofhonour,he maybring toGod; and hence they fay, a man offuch parts, and filch judge- ment and holineffe, if heewere a manofplace, what aworld offervice might hedoe toGod,and to the Church, the worldcould not miffe him; nay it is ten thoufand pities that a man of filch partsand gifts fbouldnot bee in high piace ; the Church inifíéth muchgoodby the fhift, and God lofeth much honour. The meaning is, he lofeth much honour, this coufens a mans judgement, when that which is the argument within` a man isprofit, or eafe, or the like, whereas perfecution doth no fuch matter; for in the timeof perfecu- tiorP,
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