c~l~;;a;J~0 ndtherefore::~c:~~::dt:t:~G~~::P:~~~; Prince of the V .~:1;, Pmcop;,,, \ Vpon ir,confidering 111 irrhcrei~ theconcurwho was brought folow,that he wa.sct:rorcrd renc< offo manycaul<sthat areca(Llali, and to rcquell his friend to fend h1m a loaf< of offo m.toy minds wnich arc mutable. S alo. brcad,afpongc, andaharpe:aloate, ro 11.Jkc m111 rhe oreat pQlltltian had expe~1ence h~re· his hunger:a fponge;CO dne vp his tcare5: a of 1 for0 hcrhought- that hy 10ynmg affinltic harpe,tofolacc him in his mlfene~ OfBtlb/.r· with his nc1ghbour Prmces round·, abour ri~,(for prowcs and honour, 'thcunely man him, and r.tkmg their daugluen to bee hi:l tbenhumg.) who.camc to that miferabJe ewiues, hoe fhouiJ dhbl!fh his own.,houfe, !late.tha< hauing his cies put our, he was led ilrengthen his kingd6'me, and draw!he hea_. Ill a flring to bcgge by the high way lide,cry· thcoi(h idolatours to cheworrlup oft:he true mg,Dttt~oholum B(/h[Ario,And~ofchevidoriGoJ. Bur all rhmg• fell our cotmarie tO.this ou;Emperour Hcnric the fourrh, who had his plot and proietl: for it wasfo fauefrom fought s>. pitched fields; and yet wasdriuen winning others eo imbrace true rcli-gton, as to that exigenr,a~·thar he became a futcrfor rhatir drew hun ro 1dolatrie:a(Ii·dfo far from a poorePrebenll in rhc·Church ofSpira, to fiabii0Jiog his houfc, or Urengthening his niaintainehimfeJfe"in his old age. And as for kmgdome,asrh•t it wa'srh• cau(e ofthe ren· B worldlyplcafures, Ieat! caufe'1srhere that a· , dingofrhe one, and the ruinarmg of rhe O· ny man lhould gloric in them,fcemg they are thcr. Conflantinerhe great, was perfwaded morevaniflung then the former: feeing they , rhat by bu'ilding rhe cirle Conllantincple in are common rovs with bmitcbcalls: leeing the confines of Europe and AGa, and there theyarc mingled with much griefe and vcxa· placinooneofhis fonncs, as hi.i Lieutenant tion;for in the midjl of!augbrer, rhehutrt i.s forto kcepe hucourr, be ntould forti he his Emrowful/, Prou. '4· I .l· Andlalily,{eeiog they 1 pire,as wi1h a wall o(bratfe:Buthe was decei· Jcaue a fiing behindc them, 'for rhc end of· ued,(onhebuildingof nc:wRome, was the pleafure is nothmg bur .Paine, as Su!oman 1 decay ofthe old,and thediuidingof the Em~ fairh;The endofrtio]cing r& mo:lrning. For fe·i~ ·Prou.r 4 ., 3 . pite,wasthc deUruClion thereof: Sothilt it is £ling and banqtie'r!ing arc often rurned inro' truly f•id, polic1e is often the aucrthrow of furfctting and vomitmg: dr1nkinginro pal· P'licie, lies: tUfls inrogourcs, &c. And 1f pleafurcsNow if wifcdome may not bee gloried in, were bur oncly pamcfull,rhe'matterwere the much leiTemay llrcngth,(ceingrhat wifedomc lelfe,burthey areal£0 linfuii,Hcb.r '·' 5. and Ubetur rhmfir~~gtll, Ecdef. 9. 16.fccing that therefore-in Rd wi(e !O be gl,eric'd in. .. rhegreatcfl flrengrh ofman,is notcdmpara- C By this wedec thar Paul'had iu(\ cau(e1n ble to that of8chem01h, lob 40. and at her tillS carnell rnall,fl<r,to fayjGodfo>6id I/hoP-Id bruirebeafis: fceing lt is but the (frengthot g!Drie/aHt in thedolfeof Chrift i confidcnng A.elh:feeingno power,hor might, can ddiUcr ch~t thisboaCHnginoutward ihmgs 1 ;s·nor from w<ath in theday of wrath. Of ail rhe oncly afaulrofvaniric,bur aHoOf1mpi<tie, as p01lfanr Princes,and plotting poliririaos, the may appeate by rhefe rea(ons. I. God harh [>falmifl faith.They are [o vaine, that ifthey expretfcly forbidden it. Ier.9. 2). G>l. s.z6. bee laid vpon the ballancc, euen vanitlcit II. He hath alway feuercly pum01cd ir, as111 fcifewtll w3igh cbem downe, Pfal.6z.9. Dttu;d, for nutnbrmg the people in a vaincAncl as forriches, belidesthatthey make glorious mindc, z. S'\111. >+ InE~cki..,.for vt neuer a whttce the better, (nayoftencimes !hewing his treafuresin a brauery to theEmmuclnvorfe) they arealfovnccrten. Salomon balfadours ofthe King ot'Babcl, Ifay 39· In (aith,ThrymA~ them(elueswings /if.!,n Eagle, Herod/orafcribing tohimfd(e theglory proandfiieaway.Prou.2J.s.They may norvnfir. per toGod a!one,ACl.I>.I I I.The Saincsof ly bee compared to Iona. his gourd, which D God haucalway abhorred ir, as Pa.ldoth in flourifhed in the morning,yeeldmghim conthia place,and z..Cor.11,3o.lj1m~~ftnadsulotent and dclight,hut n1orcJyafter( fO his gre•t rie,f wifff.(Dri~ in minemfinmtics,as tf he fho~Jd griefe,)irwas tlicken by a wormc, and wLrhe· fay.I will be farre from carnall boaOmg. IV. red away, The hke may be fa1d of honours, fhe hearhen by thel1ghrofnature hauc co 11 • a11d pleafllres. For what more vainethen to demnedit:theGrecian Orator cals it anodi. "''fl'lk~r'Ti, glorie in honour,which is not in a mans powouumd lmrdm(ome tbing. And the Ron:~anc ~et:tiill"t:t~f. er1(eeingas thePhilofophe~teacheth, Ho· Oratorprooues it to bee rnofl true b h. Dcmofl ~our Unot in h;m tho# is h~noured,/ntt mhim thotr G>wne pra8:ife, making his ~~rds which~o\:~ de Cor~n. honoureth: and therefore Courtiersarecomed from his mouthas (1\'eereas hony, ro railc pared to counters,which llandfomerimeFor ai bitter as wormcwood, by Interlacing his poundes,fometitne for pence,bceing now adowne pratfes. uanced,nmv dcba(ed, according ro the plea· • ObieEI. I. Paulgloried in fomerhiogbe. fureofrhe Prince. Raman to day highly ho. hdes thecrolfeofChrrfl,when hefaid,itwerc noured in thecourtar Sbufhan, the next day bettrrfor him to die, thm rhott an;foo 1 1/d ma'<! hangedvponatree.Toomittheexamplesof hi&gloryingvaine, 1.• Cor.9.1S. Anfw, P 1 mhn lob, andNebuchod,no(or, (in whomewe m>y glorying dorh di!lmgUIO> hi• calling from h 1 s ~e the murabiliricofworldly digmtie,) Con." per(on,O/(uch aone /willbeaft,ofmy(rife /lL't!/ ltderitinthegla!feofrhcfe examples. Firff norhoaP: and, itrJMnDthinginfniourtoFhe"Jer 1 Etlb 7. . chi!'f~ ..
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