Cu tcr.+., Ep ;jllçta the Theffaío,ei4rtk.VaR. t t grows hmnourable by vertuous pratfice: Ste 2 Cer.g'g. The delire of honour and of a name amongft men, is na- tural! ; and not (imply to bee condemned : the ersour is chiefly about the meane.Let vs make vs u a name fay they, A the buib ing of Babel ; thetz yrciü.d acternpr, if it had no otheriLTrte, thould whine thern fame .amongtf men. How much more precious is the name of the righteousamóglt all poeriy ? When the name of the wicked rorteth, and their me noriall perilherh with them. The ambition of, worldlings noted by DAVID, is, to call their hsufes of her their x names ; tó erefì monuments of cof}lieft fabriquc, to;perpetuare their remembrance, How much better had it beene for naapy of them,if their memory had beene bu -. riedwith them ? So loathfòme, are they become among(} omen, by, their abominable hues; that they Scarce euer come into mention of Gods people, but, with a ffyle like ,that of Ieroboams, the fanne of NEB A r, Y that made Ifrael to flint. Thus thinke we, the lead degree of Grace is more glorious then all the glorious aduancements that the world eau aff.)rd vs. To be quiet. The quiet commended to our ambitious Peeking after, c©nceiue to import, not onely peaceable- mile, and thunning contentions and vaine ianglings : but a contented calme conuerfarion, oppof to to tumultuous turbulency, and refildTe intermedling with things that concerne vs nor. , A duty much ro be indeuoured ; in no . age, or Church mote necexTary to bee vrged then our owne.; abounding with fo many bufie ípirits, and rcfflelle Malecontents.. Athens it felfe nothing fo mad upon %No. uelties,.ás our EnglifhNation. I haue wondred often to fee ourguifes or appardl, fo many times difguifed ; our people fo Cameleonlike transfafhioned into the Italian, Spanifh, French, any forraine forme they haue but feene in Nations where they haue traffiqued; and haue there - out concluded, leuìtyto be, after afort, our Natienàll jnné. It much ffrengthned trice in the opinion, to confider; in X matters ußex.tt.4. K; x Pfal.49,tr. y L Rias :I 0.29. ,Att.ry.at. o 114.444.14.
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