Are we ambitious of a Crown? and that such a Crown, as is not aenvironed with pricking Cares, as if it were ba Crown of thorns or thistles, but such a one as may c•re and rid our heads of all carking care? as hereafter we shall see. Learn we here the way to it. The Way to this Crown, to this Kingdom, is by Righteousness. Seek ye, saith our Saviour, the Righteousness of God; and that will bring you to the Kingdom of God. For, cThe Kingdom of God is Righteousness. This Kingdom of God is not like the Kingdoms of this World: that are dgotten oft by wicked courses, and kept by the like: wherein emen rise by unrighteousness, and wherein not fRighteousness, but gunrighteousness ⟨p. 31⟩oft reigneth. There is no way to rise in this Kingdom, there is no way to attain to this Kingdom, but by Righteousness. hHe that followeth Righteousness and mercy, shall find Righteousness, and Life, and Glory; saith Sal•mon. For it is the •ust, saith the Psalmist, that iGod loveth and regardeth, that khe guardeth & protecteth, that lshall behold his face, that shall mdwell ever in his house; and that nshall shine as the Sun, saith ou• Saviour, in the Kingdom of God their Father ofor ever and ever.
Are wee ambitious of a Crowne? and that such a Crowne, as is not aenvironed with pricking Cares, as if it were ba Crowne of thornes or thistles, but such a one as may c•re and rid our heads of all carking care? as hereafter we shall see. Learne we here the way to it. The Way to this Crowne, to this Kingdome, is by Righteousnesse. Seeke yee, saith our Saviour, the Righteousnesse of God; and that will bring you to the Kingdome of God. For, cThe Kingdome of God is Righteousnesse. This Kingdome of God is not like the Kingdomes of this World: that are dgotten oft by wicked courses, and kept by the like: wherein emen rise by unrighteousnesse, and wherein not fRighteousnesse, but gunrighteousnesse ⟨p. 31⟩oft reigneth. There is no way to rise in this Kingdome, there is no way to attaine to this Kingdome, but by Righteousnesse. hHe that followeth Righteousnesse and mercie, shall finde Righteousnesse, and Life, and Glory; saith Sal•mon. For it is the •ust, saith the Psalmist, that iGod loveth and regardeth, that khe gardeth & protecteth, that lshall behold his face, that shall mdwell ever in his house; and that n
- aInest imperio cura maxima maximo, Salust. ad Caes. Seleucus Rex dicere solebat, si multi scirent, quantum •it negotij tantū modo to• epistolas scrib•re ac legere, nec humi projectum diod•m• tollerent. Alphonsus Arag. Rex, As•norū cond•tionem esse pot•rē quam regum: siquidem illis dumb pascuntur dominos parcere, regibus neminem. Rex alius accepto in manus diademate, O Pann••, inquit, nobi•ē magis quam foelicē! quem siquis penitus cognoscat, quā multis periculis, sollicitudi••bus ac miserijs fit re•ertus, ne humi quidem jacentem tollere dignetur, Erasm. in Apopht•. l. 6. & 8. Lega•tur Dio Chrysost. de Rege Persarum, Orat. 4. Sen▪ Thy•st. 3.1, 3. & Oedip•d. 1.1. & Aga•••. l. 2. Et Petra•ch. Dialog. 79. & 96. Site itaque Jocasta in Theb. 4. Ne metue; poenas & quidem solvet graves: Regnabit; haec est poena.—Inest imperio cura maxima maximo, Salust. ad Caes. Seleucus Rex dicere solebat, si multi scirent, quātum •it negotij tantū modo to• epistolas scrib•re ac legere, nec humi projectum diod•m• tollerent. Alphōsus Arag. Rex, As•norū cond•tionem esse pot•rē quam regum: siquidem illis dum pascuntur dominos parcere, regibus neminem. Rex alius accepto in manus diademate, O Pann••, inquit, nobi•ē magis quam foelicē! quem siquis penitus cognoscat, quā multis periculis, sollicitudibus ac miserijs fit reertus, ne humi quidem jacentem tollere dignetur, Erasm. in Apopht. l. 6. & 8. Legatur Dio Chrysost. de Rege Persarum, Orat. 4. Sen Thyst. 3.1, 3. & Oedipd. 1.1. & Aga. l. 2. Et Petrach. Dialog. 79. & 96. Scit itaque Iocasta in Theb. 4. Ne metue; poenas & quidem solvet graves: Regnabit; haec est poena.—
