indignity can it bee to men to honour their Politicall Mother Hee that honours an absolute Potentate aright whether King or Queene honours the power and authority which is Diuine and not Humane and honours the person for the Power not the Power for the person Bee the person good or bad the Power is good it is of GOD And it may fall out that an euill man may bee a good Monarch But whatsoeuer the Monarch is the Monarchy the Monarches power is euer good and neuer bad For there is no power but of GOD and the powers that be are ordained of GOD Whosoeuer therefore resisteth the Power resisteth the ordinance of GOD. And they that resist shall receiue to themselues condemnation Let euery soule therefore bee subiect vnto the higher Powers and not because of wrath onely but euen for conscience sake Of Death DEATH is not euill but to an euill man for to the godly death is good to the wicked death is euill to him it is the dore of life to this it is the entrance into hell The sting of death is sinne pull out this sting repent of sinne and death can do hurt but good Flye from sinne and death cannot be fearefull The sooner the Saint dies the sooner hee comes to his Crowne The longer a man liues the more time he spends vpon the Seas the sooner a man dies that dies well the sooner he comes into the hauen Hee dies well that liues well a bad death cannot follow a good life He liues and dies well that liues and dies in the faith and feare of IESVS CHRIST who is Rest to him that trauels Health to him that is sicke Refreshment to him that is weary and Life to him that dyeth eitheir for Him or in Him Death is not euill but an euill death This euill death no man dyeth which dyeth either In or For the seruice of CHRIST IESVS Of the Immortality of the Soule THE soule saith Austen is a created Substance Inuisible incorporeall Immortall being like to GOD that made it It is possible that the sould should be destroyed as it was for the Sunne to stand still for the sea to stand diuided for the fire not to burne the three children but this is not by the nature thereof but in regard of the power of GOD who is able if Hee pleased to turne the whole world into nothing as Hee once made it of nothing But indeed the soule of a man shall neuer die shall neuer bee dissolued as is the body but continueth whole and firme for euer For the proofe hereof I suppose it the surest way for euery man to fortifie himselfe with the vndoubted testimonies of holy Writ The Spirit saith Ecclesiastes returnes to GOD that gaue it The soule of the poore beggar was in ioy but the soule of the rich Epicure was in torment after their bodily death CHRIST said to the Thiefe now a dying This day shalt thou bee with Mee in Paradise And to His FATHER Into Thine hands I commend my Spirit Steuen being now ready to depart prayed LORD IESVS receiue my spirit Saint Paul saith Wee loue rather to remoue out of the body and to dwell with the LORD And againe I desire to bee dissolued and to bee with CHRIST By which it is most certaine that the soule doth liue after the body is dead But what though the soule shall liue for euer if it liue in paine as the soules of the damned do Surely it were better not to be then to be tormented and out of ease Therefore let vs die before wee die and leaue our sinnes before wee leaue the world If our soules do die to sinne in this life they shall not die by sinne in the life to come If they liue to GOD by grace in this world they shall liue with GOD in glory in the world to come The world is mortall but the soule of man is immortall Why should that that is immortall bee pind on that that is mortall Why should the soule that cannot die be buried in the loue of those things that cannot but die and come to nothing The body is mortall the soule is immortall why should wee make more account of That then This Why should we desire a good body and care not though wee haue a naughty soule If we neglect our soule we shall not saue our body if we forget out soules we forget our selues The soule was not made for the body but the body for the soule The soule therefore shoule be preferred to the body but he which neglects the chiefest and sets most by the meanest corrupteth both and condemnes himselfe But he that looketh well to his soule though hee be more carelesse of the body yet he shall not proue vnlucky for in tendring the safety of his soule hee shall saue his body also Of the Resurrection of the Body THERE is a resurrection of the iust and iniust the iust shall rise to iudge the iniust to be iudged the iust shall be absolued the iniust shall be condemned Euen that body that fell the selfe-same shall rise againe by GODs Omnipotency For euen they that sleepe in the dust shall rise that must rise againe that fell this mortall must put on Immortality I shall see GOD in my flesh saith Iob mine eyes shall behold Him and none other for mee If there were no resurrection then is not CHRIST risen againe for in Him we all dyed in Him we are all raised vp from death and this we haue in Soe the day shall come when we shall haue it in Re. Neither is there any reason that another body and not the same which serued CHRIST and suffered iniuries for Him should be giuen vnto a man but it is host iust that the same body which was burnt or butchered for CHRIST should be glorified of CHRIST and that a man should receiue his reward and rest in that body in which he performed his seruice The body restored shall be a true body and not a Spirit For Gloria non tollit naturam sed extollit Glory doth not destroy but perfite Nature All defects deformities weakenesses and imperfections shall be remoued and all fulnesse feature fauour strength and perfections shall be giuen it And whereas many fall in their infancy children of a spanne long yet it is not to be imagined that they shall be raised vp of such a stature but in the stature of a man and yet the same body euen as the body of an old man for substance is the same it was in his youth or child-hood though enlarged and otherwise disposed And al-be-it it shall rise a spirituall body yet it followeth not that it shall be a Spirit no more then it was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a soule when it fell because it was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 an animall or soule-body naturall body but it is a naturall body now because it is nourished and preserued by naturall meanes as food rayment sleepe physicke recreation labour A
Hee is a Surgion If thou beest sicke Hee is a Physition If thou burne Hee is a Fountaine If thou beest cold Hee is a Fire If thou beest a sinner Hee is Sanctity If thou beest laden with iniquity Hee is Iustice If thou wantest helpe Hee is a Succour If thou beest weake Hee is Strength If thou beest weary Hee is a Shadow If thou fearest death Hee is Life If thou hatest darkenesse Hee is Light If thou wouldst see GOD Hee is thy Glasse If thou wouldst haue accesse to GOD Hee is the Way If thou wouldst enter into heauen Hee is the Dore the Key the Keeper O LORD how sweete is Thy Name How pleasing is Thy Seruice How easie is Thy Yoke In truth he is worthy death who refuseth to liue to Thee Hee is a foole that is not wise to Thee Hee is iust nothing that would bee something out of Thee It is meete that hee should wither that will not grow in Thee Hee deserues to perish wandring that will not walke in Thee Misery bee his end that seekes not Blisse in Thee Death bee his Destiny that seekes not life in Thee And Hell his heritage that seekes not Heauen in Thee Thou mad'st all things for thy Selfe Hee that will bee some-thing to himselfe nothing to Thee amongst all things hee beginnes to bee nothing and of things euill hee deserues the worst Keepe mee therefore in Thy loue that I may not leaue Thee Preserue mee in Thy Breast and doe not loose mee If I leaue Thee I loose Thee in loosing Thee I loose my soule my selfe and all things with mee Of the Holy Ghost THE third Person of the blessed Trinity is called the Holy SPIRIT because Hee hallowes vs and being Himselfe Spired doth also inspire good things into vs. The scholler learnes quickely when the Holy GHOST is his Teacher The eye sees distinctly when the Holy GHOST doth enlighten it A man iudgeth truely when Hee doth direct him and liueth holily when Hee doth dispose him The SPIRIT is but one In Person yet seuen yea seuenty times seuen in His gracious Operations Hee hath Wisedome for thee against thy folly Vnderstanding against thy dulnesse Counsell against thy giddinesse Courage against thy cowardice Cheerefulnes against thy sluggishnesse Tendernesse against thy hardnesse Comfort against thy feares Light against thy darkenesse Truth against thy lies Humility against thy pride Faith against thy dissidence Hope against thy desperation and Charity against thy cruelty Hee is giuen vnto men for saluation when their heart returnes vnto GOD for succour when in our agonies Hee relieues our infirmitie for solace when Hee whispers into our hearts that we are GODS Children and for heate when Hee kindles in our soules the zeale of GOD and Charity to our neighbour for CHRIST His sake Thinke wee well it is of Him Will wee well It is by Him Affect wee well It is His worke Or liue wee well It is by His direction Hee lightens our mind giudes our reason strengthens our memory moues our will and rules our affections But because a man sees Him not therefore shall hee deny his Essence or his Presence Thou seest not Aire the Wind thine Heart thy Braines thy Soule The operations of the Aire doth shew it the noise and whirling of the Wind doth proue it the panting of the heart doth expresse it the thoughts and imaginations of the Braines doth declare them and life sense and motion doth shew thy soule is in thee Euen so spirituall motions and an holy conuersation doth argue the presence and presidence of the SPIRIT in vs. The Holy GHOST appeared in a Doue and in fiery tongues Hee dwels in them that are innocent meek and constant and whom Hee fils Hee makes them seruent and likewise eloquent Hee inflames their hearts with the heauenly fire of an holy zeale and makes them speake the praises of GOD Hee therefore hath the Holy GHOST who with his mildenesse and simplicity quenches not his zeale nor with bitternesse of zeale looses not his mildensse but harboureth both together in a discreet pious and peaceable Spirit Of the Holy and Indiuiduall Trinity THREE are better then One but here Three are One and One is Three and hee that hath One hath All and hee that wants One wants All. What One is All are What One hath None lackes All Three are one GOD all Three haue one LORDSHIP Amongst Them there is distinction but not diuision a plurality of Persons but a singularity of Nature Consubstantiall Coëternall and Co-aequall To bee busy in inquisition about the TRINITY is wicked curiosity to bleeue It soberly is faithfull security but to see It as It is is perfect and full felicity Nature cannot match this Mystery therefore the similitudes vsed to expresse It must bee warily considered and not strained too farre As that of the Sunne and Fire which haue three things motion light and heate of the Iewish Ephah a measure of three bushels of the Soule which is furnished with Memory Vnderstanding and Will of Water in the Spring Riuer and Pond or of the Finger Hand and Arme. Then here there can bee no where more dangerous crring nor more painefull seeking not more profitable finding It shall not grieue mee if I doubt to aske It shall not shame mee if I faile to learne O Verity Charity Eternity O Blessed and Blessing TRINITY Holy Holy Holy LORD GOD of Hosts Heauen and Earth are full the Maiesty of Thy Glory Whiles I thinke of Three I shut vp my thoughts in One and whilst I muse on One mine eies are dazeled with the sight of Three It is my misery that I am a stranger from Thee I shall bee happy when I shall bee with Thee see Thee and enioy Thee Of Christ OVr blessed LORD and Sauiour is called IESVS CHRIST The former Name is Hebrew the latter Greeke the one signifying a SAVIOVR the other ANNOINTED for Hee is both to Iew and Gentle an Annointed Sauiour Annointed with the oile of gladnesse aboue his fellowes to be a King Priest and Prophet vnto his Body His Person is but one but his Natures are two One Diuine and Vncreated the other Humane and Created Hee must bee man that Hee might bee able to die Hee must bee GOD that his death might bee Meritorious Hee must bee Man for man had finned and Man must therefore suffer Hee must bee GOD that in suffering Hee might ouercome and that dying Hee might raise Himselfe to life Man indeed could suffer but GOD alone could vanquish and ouercome O inestimable fauour GOD would become Man that wee men might bee reconciled vnto GOD. The Sonne of GOD was made the sonne of Man that the sonnes of men might bee made the sonnes of GOD. Hee became a Seruant to make vs free Hee would bee inglorious that wee might bee glorious and being LORD of Life Hee would suffer death that wee which had deserued death might haue by Him eternall Life LORD IESVS whom haue I to intercede for mee with
LORD Thy loue vnto vs redeemeth vs from our bondage saueth vs from hell treadeth downe our enemies protects and directs vs in the world and safely brings vs into the Land of Promise the Land of the Liuing where wee shall see Thy Face and enioy the ioyes of blisse for euermore O LORD Thy loue is life Thy fauour is felicity LORD let the light of Thy countenance shine vpon mee and grant mee Thy loue which Thou bearest vnto those whom Thou louest euer and leauest neuer Of Mans loue to God LOVE of GOD doth knit fast the heart vnto Him makes it delight in Him and to bee contented with Him What cause hath man to loue Him it is not hard to conceiue seeing Hee is altogether good in Himselfe and the cause of all good in and to him Are wee liue wee vnderstand wee Wee must ascribe it vnto GOD. Are wee men or are wee good men Haue wee Grace or expect we Glory The praise belongs to Him The measure of our loue should bee vnmeasureable and the end endlesse The heart wherewith wee loue Him should not bee halfe nor hollow but such as Hee made in vs whole and vndiuided simple and not double How equall is it that man should loue His GOD seeing it is the substance of His Law and seeing he is so much obliged to Him for the tokens of His loue to Him How needfull is it seeing otherwise hee cannot loue his neighbour in Him no nor performe any Act or Office of Religion pleasingly in His sight And how comfortable seeing it is the worke of GODS SPIRIT in him and an vndoubted effect and token of GODS loue to Him and of his faith in GOD And yet it is a wonder to see how rare this duety is amongst vs. How sildome doe wee thinke of GOD or of His seruice What capitall and foule enormities are euery where heaped vp against Him How vsuall is it with men to turne His Grace into wantonnesse How doe the pleasures and cares of the world depriue Him of our hearts How common is the contempt of His holy Ordinances How great is the profanation of His holy Day How customably is His fearefull and glorious Name vainely vsed And how wantonly doe men deale with His sacred Word What little zeale and courage is there in vs for His Glory Alas wee talke of loue but demonstrate little The heart of the louer is rather where it loues then where it liues a man cannot but obey his Lord whom hee deerely loueth and will make much of any thing that belongs to that hee loues But our hearts are buried in the earth wee are euer rooting in the ground wee haue cast off the yoke of GODS Commandements wee are frozen in our dregges and make account of any thing rather then that which concernes His Honour which doth discouer our hypocrisie and witnesseth against vs that wee are louers of pleasures profite preferments of any thing rather then of Him Yet is there nothing able to doe vs so much good as Hee Nothing so worthy of our loue as Hee Nothing to which wee are so much indebted as to Him Nothing wherein wee can finde so much comfort in the loue thereof as in the loue of Him Nothing so well able to rauish our hearts with the delight thereof as Hee is And no man so regardfull of our loue as Hee is and yet standeth not in neede of vs at all nor of our loue Wee desire His loue to vs why then should we not remonstrate ours to Him Wee would haue our children and seruants loue vs it is reason therefore that wee should bestow our loue on Him being our Louing LORD and gracious FATHER in IESVS CHRIST Of the Loue of Christ CHRIST is our LORD and SAVIOVR therefore wee ought to loue Him as men in loue redeemed by Him and receiued into His seruice Hee loues Him as his LORD that willingly submits his soule vnto His Scepter and offers himselfe to bee ruled by His Lawes Hee loues Him as his SAVIOVR that relies vpon His Merites seekes to Him for His Grace and resteth in those meanes of life and godlinesse which Hee hath ordained in His Church CHRIST is the Husband of His people and therefore to bee beloued of them as of His Wife And those loue Him as their Husband that wed not their hearts to any other that keepe their soules chaste for Him that delight to bee vnder His shadow and which in their hearts say with the Spouse in the Canticles Stay mee with flagons and comfort mee with apples set mee as a Seale on Thine heart and as a Signet vpon Thine Arme Thy Loue is better then wine If euer our loue was deserued of any then of CHRIST IESVS Who became man to bring vs into grace with GOD Who was poore to make vs rich Who humbled Himselfe to exalt vs Who came downe from heauen to fetch vs from hell to heauen Who both liued and dyed for vs that wee might escape eternall death and might obtaine Eternall Life And finally because perfection procureth fauour and beauty is the Load-stone vnto loue Wee must needs bestow our loue on Him in whom is nothing but perfection nothing but beauty In Him are all the Treasures of Wisedome and Knowledge hidden In Him is the fulnesse of the God-head Bodily Hee is Fairer then the sonnes of men Grace is diffused in His Lips GOD hath annointed Him with the Oile of Gladnesse aboue His Fellowes Hee is White and Ruddy the chiefest of ten thousand wholly delectable LORD IESVS tie mine heart fast to Thee by loue seuer it from all earthly things euen from it selfe that it may be wedded wholly and solely vnto Thee vnto Thee and vnto none but Thee and that for euer Of Selfe-loue CHRITY beginnes at home It is naturall for a man to loue himselfe Hee that loues not himselfe is vnfit to loue another Or how can hee take care of another that is carelesse of himselfe True selfe-loue is a furtherer of all vertues specially of temperance and such other as concerne our selues For hee that loues himselfe truely wils well and does well vnto himselfe and embraces those vertues gladly by which hee may be mended There is a blind and foolish selfe-loue too too common in the world You shall haue some rauished with the admiration of themselues they are the Mountaines all others are but Mole-hils all their Geese are Swans all their vertues are ten-foote long and all their actions are good because they are theirs all is spoken in Print that is spoke by them they see not their wants but imagine they haue that they haue not So they swimme they care not though all doe sinke so they may haue they care not though all besides doe want they will forgiue and flatter themselues in most grieuous vices excusing themselues extenuating their faults and contemning all the admonitions of others And finally their praises of others is very sparing almost nothing but they can speake bigly of
of the Land saith Hoseah because there is no truth nor mercy nor knowledge of GOD in the Land My people are destroyed for lacke of knowledge This ignorance is the mother of superstition and prophanesse and the reason why men feare not GOD but are disobedient and vnawfull Therefore they in Iob that had said in their hearts Wee desire not the knowledge of Thy Waies say also Who is the Almighty that wee should serue Him And what profite should wee haue if wee should pray vnto Him If a man bee disposed to deuotion yet being ignorant of GODS Will hee will deuise some Wil-worship and foolish ad-inuentions which are as pleasing vnto GOD as Luke-warme water to the stomacke as apish complements to a graue man or as painting and pranking is to a staied and holy Matrone Besides the ignorance of GOD makes men do that against the truth and the professours of it which otherwise it is very likely they would not do Ignorance of CHRIST made the Iewes to crucifie Him and Paul to persecute Him in His Members They shall excommunicate you saith our LORD yea the time shall come that whosoeuer kils you shall thinke hee doth GOD good seruice and these things will they doe vnto you because they haue not knowne the FATHER nor MEE And for the life to come it shall bee no helpe to say wee would haue serued Thee had we knowne Thee But why did you not know Mee For mine Eternall Power and God-head are seene by the creation of the world The heauens declare the glory of GOD and the firmament sheweth the workes of His Hands But besides the booke of Nature you had the Scriptures Moses the Prophets and Apostles besides the world you had the Church I sent you my Messengers in whom I spake continually to you and entreated you to learne and serue Mee It is euident therefore that ignorance will not serue the turne For the LORD IESVS will render vengeance vnto them that know not GOD and obey not His Gospell which shall be punished with euerlasting perdition from the presence of the LORD and from the glory of His power And finally whereas all the vanities pompe and glory of the world which wee do so much admire shall perish with the world this our knowledge of GOD begunne in this world shall be perfited in the world to come Now I know in part but then shall I know euen as I am knowne Then a man shall haue Light without darkenesse Knowledge without ignorance Wisedome without folly Vnderstanding without dulnesse Iudgement without errour Reason without perturbation Then shall all the Saints see GOD and serue GOD alwaies and for euer Of Seruing God IT was well said of a father to his sonne Know thou the GOD of thy father and serue Him How shall a man serue Him that doth not know Him And what will it profite to know Him if hee doe not serue Him But if men doe serue Him they shall end their daies in prosperity and their yeares in pleasures Or if Hee try them with the Crosse Hee will afterwards honour them with a Crowne Their griefes shall end in Glory their mourning in Mirth their tentations in Tryumphes their vinegar shall bee changed into Wine and though they haue sowne in teares yet they shall reap in Ioy. What desirest thou in a Maister Wisedome His Wisedome is infinite Greatnesse His Greatnesse is incomprehensible Strength Hee can do all things nothing is impossible with Him Valour Hee is not afraid of death nothing can dismay Him Magnificence Hee is the LORD of Hoasts cloathed with Glory and Honour Hee couereth Himselfe with light as with a garment and spreadeth the heauens like a curtaine Hee maketh the clouds His Chariot and walketh vpon the wings of the Winde Hee sitteth vpon the circle of the earth and the inhabitants thereof are as Grashoppers Hee bringeth the Princes to nothing and maketh the Iudges of the earth as vanity His garment is white as snow the haire of His Head like pure wooll His Throne like the fiery flame and His Wheeles as burning fire Thousand thousands Minister vnto Him and ten thousand thousands stand before Him Wouldst thou haue a Maister rich The earth is the LORDS and all that is therein the round world and all that dwell within it One that can aduance thee Promotion comes neither from East nor West nor South nor North but from GOD Who throweth the proud from his Pinacles raiseth the needy out of the dust and lifteth vp the poore out of the dung that Hee may set Him with Princes euen with the Princes of His people Or One that is kind and louing patient and compassionate The LORD is gracious and mercifull slow to anger and of great mercy Hee will fulfill the desire of them that feare Him Hee will heare their cry and saue them Men will serue men specially such as may doe them good or defend them from harme Why then should wee not much more willingly serue GOD who is able to saue a man though all would destroy him and to destroy him when nothing can saue him If Hee blesse who can curse If Hee curse who can blesse Sometimes a seruant serues a Maister who growes weary of him because hee thinkes hee may proue costly to him Many Maisters hauing serued their turnes shake off their seruants as a dogge doth water or as a man would do burres and a good seruant may sometimes waite long and get little But GOD neuer forsakes or turnes out His seruants Hee lets them not serue Him vnregarded but as they honour Him Hee honours them And the more they serue Him the freer they are in this world and the greater rewards they shall receiue of Him in the world to come And it is to bee obserued that yong folkes vsually do giue themselues to bee seruants of men Why then should they not giue themselues to the seruice of GOD whom to serue is indeed to reigne and in whose seruice that may bee gotten which cannot bee found in the seruice of any mortall man O that wee would remember our Creatour in the daies of our youth and inure our neckes to His yoake whiles wee are fresh and tender But what must be the Rule of our seruice Surely not our wils who are but seruants but His Will who is our Maister which hee hath reuealed to vs in His Word to which wee ought to conforme and apply our selues infeare and humblenesse indeuouring to obey Him in all His commands sincerely cheerefully and to our end so shall we bee sure to dye in His grace and to bee raysed vp from the graue of death to possesse the glory of Eternall Life Of the Sower and his Seed THE Sower went out to sow Euery true and faithfull Minister of CHRIST IESVS is a Sower GODs Word is his Seed Mans heart is the ground that should receiue it The Word is a very rare and admirable Seed altogether matchlesse For by it men are made Christians sinners are
change our selues which GOD forbid wee shall still embrace and follow it but if wee receiue it for the fauour of men for honours riches credite or because wee would not bee out of the fashion then when these things shall bee separated from the faith and when the confessours of it shall bee dishonoured impouerished disgraced imprisoned Martyred then then wee shall renounce it and giue it our vnfriendly fare-well For our heart will cleaue to the things it takes delight in and will follow no thing longer then those things do follow for which it followed it I doubt not but that some which knew our Religion to bee the truth would haue openly acknowledged it and not haue renounced it in those Marian daies but that they receiued and profest it before not because it was true and holy but because preferment ease and liberty went with it and the sword was for it and when they saw the sword turned against it and fire threatned they turned likewise and set fire on their faith A belly-god will alwaies forsake GOD for his belly The shewes of Hypocrites trencher-friends are but as the light of Meteors the guilt of pot-sheards the paint of harlots and themselues as vapours summer-birds or houses of reed which will endure neither wind nor fire or much like whoores which will shew loue whiles a man hath mony meanes to content their humours but these things and their loue must die together Of Humility and Pride VVEE need not define humility but rather shew it It is an excellent vertue and very comely for vs that are wormes ashes shadowes Mee thinkes the pollutions of our birth the miseries of our life and the putrefaction of vs ensuing death being well considered should make vs truely humble But besides hee whom GOD will honour must bee humble For GOD resisteth the proud but giueth grace to the humble A Bucket is not filled except it bee let downe low in to the Well An house is not strongly mounted vnlesse the foundation bee laid low A Tree sends downe his rootes low that hee may shoot vp his branches high Mountaines are dry and barren when the Vallyes are well watered and very fertile Trees stoope most that are most fruitfull The dore of Life is straite and low a man must stoop and not swell with pride or else he cannot enter This pride is a miserable vice loathed of all men except the proud yea neither can one proud man endure another There was neuer any pride safe though neuer so strongly garded For deuouring all things to vphold her selfe she depriues her selfe of loue and is bereaued of all meanes which may defend it Pride will haue a fall Pride was bread in heauen but shee was throwne out quickely and was neuer so happy as to bee receiued in againe Other vices striue onely to be but pride would corrupt vertues and good workes that they might not bee If a man do good deeds and be proud of them he hath lost his praise If he haue Nobility beauty strength riches credite learning wit valour grauity humanity virginity and be proud thereof hee hath lost the grace of all these things and his reward with GOD. Euagrius being asked what was a proud heart answered it was vertues fanne a cisterne without water and an Inne of Theeues There are some so ambitious of promotion that they cannot tarry oportunity but will forcibly clime vp though sometimes it be to their greater fall Some when they are got vp themselues pull vp the ladder after them that no man shall come vp after except they list Some so they be vppermost themselues are well content with any but loue not any should be aboue them Some perceiuing a man to haue some singular parts in him farre beyond their owne will to their vtmost keepe him vnder fearing least his light should put out theirs or that if hee were any body they should be as no body It is not vnvsuall with sundry sorts of men by their dyet and rich apparell and faire appearances to â—â—guile the world One to be counted a better man then he is will ruffle it out in brauery Another will be a Subsidie-man to shift a while with his Creditors or to be reputed some body being no body Another to draw eyes vnto him will turne Pea-cocke and in colours put downe the Rainebow Pambo spying a certaine woman flaunting it in very sumptuous apparell fell a weeping and being asked why he wept so much answered for two causes one the destruction of this woman an other because I quoth he which professe my selfe a Christian do not so much study to please GOD by innocency of life as this woman desires to please men with her vanity Another will vent his pride in ragges hunting after the praise of men being great or rich but sicke of vaine glory thirsting to be reputed humble and contemning the world because he keeps not state as men commonly will Antisthenes may glory more in his worme coate then a modest man will in costly garments For pride lies in the heart and can shew it selfe as well in ragges as in roabes Diogenes seeing certaine yong men of Rhodes very richly clad with laughter said this is nothing but pride Afterwards seeing the Lacedemonians in ill apparell This is quoth hee another kind of pride The man saw that pride did not alwaies shew it selfe in brauery and garish appaparel but sometimes also in very beggery and base aray whiles a rich man being vaine-glorious will affect to go in course or base apparell thereby hawking after the praise of men Others because they would appeare more louely then they are are wont to paint their faces being either ashamed or weary of the faces that GOD and Nature lent them It is true nature may be corrected but that nature must be plaistered that I finde not The sinnefull soule may be amended and refined but that a new face should be giuen it when the old manners and dispositions are retained and that a man would make a glorious profession where he shakes not off his inward rebellions this is nothing but hypocrisie and vaine glory So a man hauing a bad complexion of body or colour of face may lawfully by Art or Industry alter it if he can and make it better but to lay a plaister on his face to lit and paint his skin or haire that he may seeme better coloured then he is indeed his complexion being nothing bettered but rather waxing worser this is very vanity nothing but pride and cousenage Phillip King of Macedony had made one of Antipaters friends a Iudge but vnderstanding he did vse to die his head and beard hee displaced him againe saying there was no reason why he should be trusted in an Office seeing he was not trusty in his haire It being likely that he that would vse deceite in colouring his haire where there was no great gaine to be gotten would much more vse deciept in his Office where deceipt sometimes