[252] Prou. 31. 21.
[253] Prou. 31. 27.
[254] Eccleſ. 26. 16.
[255] Reuel. 12. 1.
But when ſhall ſhee haue all this Praiſe and of whom? Not by and by, nor of Euery one[261], for Praiſe is not comely in the mouth of euery one, of euery ſcoffing Iſhmael.
II.
When ſhe ſhall be Praiſed.
But firſt of the Time.
Many when they heare a Promiſe (and a Promiſe I told you at firſt, this is) thinke to haue it by and by; but they marke not, that a Promiſe and the Fruition of it is not all at once. It muſt be waited for[262], eſpecially this Promiſe of Praiſe: Vntill the Lord come (as the Apoſtles limit the Time) and then, at his Appearing, ſhe ſhall haue praiſe of God[263]. Then at his Appearing[264], Her Faith ſhall be found vnto Praiſe and Honour, and Glory. Therefore in the mean while, beſt for her to Feare the Lord, and ſo be praiſe-worthy, than to be praiſed for the preſent.
1. Not only becauſe it is ſafeſt praiſing Her as a Maſter of a ſhip is (ſaith S. Ambroſe[265]) when ſhe is ſafely arriued in the Hauen, paſt all danger of ſhipwracke: or growing more proud by her praiſe (which many Liuing doe) as Herod for one[266], and that Philoſopher for another, whoſe ſoule being before no bigger than a mans finger, became ſo puft vp and ſwolne with others commending him, that (as Arrianus reports) it grew greater than two Cubits[267].
