530 A Commentaryupon theGo el Chap . Z 3 ,1c `puells it ) he meant thèmeditation and pracaic e ofhis law: They (faith auditopatril p'j a learned Author) like unto the foolifh patient, which when the vefligrr inf_ Phyfitian bids him take the prefcript, eats up the paper, if they f erdum, Parris couldbut get a li.l: of parchment upon their left arme next their de heart, and another fcroll to rye upon their forehead, and four f'g ft corners of fringe, or (if thefe be denied a red threed in their ablervan', er hand, thought the might fa Biel-Fed be thouof the Lord, I have í,a pfdoa pedes g y y, Ass power. done the commandment of the Lord. What was this but as Mr a Sam,c6,i3, Tindall laid in another cafe, to think to quench their thirflby fucking the Ale- powl. Vale 6. e fnd love the uppermnfi rooms] Which is a fingu_ lar vanity, andyet hath bred greatefr conteftation in the Church . as between the Bifhopsof Rome and Conf anrinople, the Arch. bifhops of Canterbury and York juflling in Parliament forpre. cedency, even unto blows and bloodated : what doleful! efforts Billowed upon the contention between the Lord Protectour and his brother in K. Edward the fixths daies, railed by their ambi. tious wives, who could not agree about place ? -The Apoftles rule is, in honour topreferre one another, Rota. r 2.10. And true humility is like true balm, that frill in water finks to thebottome : like the violet, the fweetefr but lowefrof flowers, which hangs the head downwards, and hides it felfwith its own leaves. Verte 7. And to be called of men Rabbi] They were tickled with high titles, and thought it á1?6odly thing tobe held and oi- led 4!ngnifico's, to be flie-blown with flatteries. There is not a oi'¡i'I chrosol. more vaineloriouspeople under heaven then the J.ews.' Hence that Pag' 432. rabble of titles amongil theta in this order (orought in á little before the nativity of our Saviour) Rabbi Rabban, Rab, Rabbi Se^de his sure: Gaon, Moreb, Morenu and Morels tf delz. So the `Priers pro- ceed in their vain-glorious titles from Padre benedic`fo toPadre Angelo, then Archangelo , Cherubino, and laffly Cerephino, which is the top of perfeeiion. Are not thefe thofe t` ,o.yen Z Pct Z. 8, !,!arezz:7477.5 the Apoflle inveighs againff, thofe great fwe/ling titles `u` `6' of vanity Verle 8. Be not ye called Rabbi] Do not ambitioufly affec-} fuch a rifle, as if you were the only ones, and others not worthy to be named in the fame daywith you. Swelling in the body is an ill fÿ'tnptom, but worfe in the foul, ax9 ynTrt f Forone is your mailer] Your guide to godlineffe, and happi. mile, your Dos tour and dic`tatour, your Oracle, your ¡pp dixit, whale
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