-----------------·-·-~~--------~·~- ; ~~TO THE RIGHT HO :J\(OVR,_41?LB Trl LL!AM LOR.TJ Rus sE L, Baron ofThornehaugh: Grace and all ·· ·.. goodb!':fil'?j,sfom God otJr F4ther, ar~do11r Lord • • IESUS CHRI ST• . . i .:..c' >~rered: •.Jfimthathonoflr.tthmf, I WJ/Ihom11r; no more can it be but ;•.•.s,m.r. fi~re paimetl_twhich fuch a crcditot bath vndcnaken, and nor by any finet-ie; bur by hunfelfe ro bee per formed. Boorcldly had the • Iglu Honaurable, a< ir cannot be bur rrue, which Truth i.t lelfphath world beene betrufied with flrch acharge 1 which by firfferingfome to walketbotough diChonour, ana by powring out contempt ''pon others, vnwiningly firit~th the condition of the feruanrs ro the cafe •. • ,oftbe Sonrle, who faid J b l ho11a11Y' th~ Father, but y-e difhonour me. b Ioh.s.,, Wellrl)en is i.t.with vs, 1hatheewhofe bare word is ahcmeall bonds, bath faid, I will honour: not thofe who by treading downe his honour ,-honour themfelucs; neither whomemenlwnllt!r,norWho.lwnourmen;but thofe who honour him•: by' lollinghim , M.J., 4. as aFather, andfearinghima~ .aZor~. Nor ,hat any man can enlargerHis honour: the . d infiniteperfe?{ior~_whcreofis in!t fell~ vncapablc,of any;cccffion: nonhar any can of, d rob... 1 • hitn!e}feexprcl.fe·tfiJs ho.?our<:_fe;tog·hun(clfc ' worl•erh ·bothfuch wr/ksand dudes alfo, .·fl, Phi!.,,,,, hi,sop:>/1!g9odpkaf'lf)e: qeahe~ t!J~pfany conlcJ, he~ m1ghe mem the rerurne ofhonom: foqd! ,tbat r rpcr~b.ut b!s du;jn,r.~Jor Jbar iCa(ly. could and would, bee Chould 1har.eSy f M .•; .•o. 1 pr"!i~:G~4·, tq ,whome ; mafil goodoejfe it11pt extendtd•: nor lafrly, if any could and I g Pf•"•·•· ,W.O\tJd.oo.t 1 God:fi)ould rherb,y pe d1fproficed :·for h ifon~bcwrcked, hee.humth nothim.: h Jo~ is·•-7 b~ttibe,c~\,lfe~l]c;,Ji.,o{d!5 :who deJighrerh tob'e rhe portion of l¥oh, iS' plcafed ro. ·accept rh~qfgkcnand·hOGJoly fer~ic-e.ofhischildren, as ari high 1lonour dc>ne.vnro himfelfe'f ~.~.!l,rh~mfclues as h):lno.urcrs,qf him, an.dfirch as hee ( by'crowning his-awne workc in them./ ~annor b11t ho'lou~.. · .\ · · i T:tl<r6:6l'o( k l>lll.J 7· l Efiert;.S, od /Jflkw.hat fha/1be{dpnc to the '!1.4?! Jl!homtthis.l(ing willhono11r? AnC.. if k Beltazer Kin~ of1~a)>_~:l were to·ptpplife his l~ighc(l honour~·; if 1 Hama11 were ro aduife <Uhafbuerofh l);iQg,of 27! Prouinces, in rhs:. qe(towing of what honoms himfdfc could wi{h or hope, if ']',!'hara,h Chou)~. cal1 again!= bis Noblcs eo confi1ltation, how to enla:rge lofcphs ad• m 0 , •.,,. uaQ§emem~: no more could bee either p.romifed expected or performed, rben th:1c "' fuchan OiJe lhould !;learrayed .wirh royall attire, asdoarh of purple, and fine linncn; >Yit~agolden chaineabourhis necke, rheKingsRiog on ·his hand, his princely Dlapc!1'{ct vpon his head, aJld W)liJ~ll by pr~l;uvation publi!hed the rhicd man or Viceroy jn.thc kingdo_ll1C· ·"Vhich indeede were ling1ilar aduancemems : bur yenhe highef\ of,,thefe farre mf~nourto'the lea(hnd'i.owefi honour, which this King of Kings vo_ijcbfafcrlvo bet)owe. For_e!!en thofe kings whildl rhey enriched and inucfied oI th.erwith li•,ch,rqyaltics as belonged to akinde of external! happinclfc, themfelnes Y(ctc cxceed•~£:P-ooreanddefimnc of the rl)mgs truely good ; rhe which ( beeing of . an_h,ghcr_firalne, and of nature mternall and ercrnall) are incomparably and onely l rl~~: bell bleffings, . In a word rhen, thJU pJa!IJt b" done, yea" th's honourh.1uca// his , , rr.,,,.,. sa:n!s: ,rlmbeeingborncof God, thcirdefcent is from the Kingof glorie,:lll ofthem J ! Kingsfonne~,all brothers ro Chrifi, thefirfi borne among many brethren: all youn- i ~ ~erbroth~rsmdcede, bur (wh1ch IS admuable)all 0 Pnncesapparant 1 and tot he fame \ o nou. 1:, . ; I Incorruptible crowne of glone. Tell me now: was it nor almoll the highclt (hire of I I . \:.. -~_.:._ea_r_th_l_y_I_'o_n_o_u_r_r_o_\'_'h_i_ch_u_ofi_"_'"'_"'_'_n_o_u_n_te_d_,_v._'_h_cn .':fr~=r~'~-d~hc ~~~~?~,~~~; i~-- . __j
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