Mr. Downes.[31]
The love of the world is the divels eldest sonne.
Honour, riches, and pleasure are the worldly mans trynitie, wherewith he committs spirituall idolatry.
Thankefullnes is like the reflex of the sunne beame from a bright bodie.
After a full tyde of prosperitie cometh a lowe ebbe of adversitie. After a day of pleasure a night of sorrowe.
fo. 7b.
Honour is like a spiders webbe, long in doinge, but soone vndone, blowne downe with every blast. It is like a craggy steepe rocke, which a man is longe getting vpon, and being vp, yf his foote but slip, he breakes his necke. Soe the Jewes dealt with Christ; one day they would have him a king, an other day none; one day cryed Hosanna to him, an other nothing but crucifie him.
The world is like an host; when a man hath spent all, body, goodes, and soule with it, it will not vouchsafe to knowe him.
Laban chose rather to loose his daughters than his idols, and the riche man had rather forsake his soule then his riches.
If a citizen of Rome made him selfe a citizen of anie other place, he lost his priviledge at Rome; yf a man wilbe a citizen of this world, he cannot be a citizen of heaven.