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^tConsider therefore as well what you have bin, as what you are, or rather what you continue still; even mortal ^umen as well as others, and as much as ever; though you be now here termed Gods for a time, and carry your selves accordingly. ^*We bear this precious treasure [Greek or Hebrew] in earthen vessels, saith the Apostle. As the^x ministry of the Gospel is a most glorious Jewell: so is the Magistracy an exceeding rich gem. But it is no other than an earthen pot, though gilt and garnished, that both the one and the other is committed unto. Neither is it the gilt or the garnishing of it that maketh it the less brittle, or that hindereth but that soon it may, and once it must be broken as well as others. ^zSo esteem therefore of your selves in regard of others; so demean your selves towards others; as being of the same mould and making that all other men are.

^tConsider therefore as well what you haue bin, as what you are, or rather what you continue still; euen mortall ^umen as well as others, and as much as euer; though you be now here termed Gods for a time, and carry your selues accordingly. ^*We beare this precious treasure 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 in earthen vessels, saith the Apostle. As the^x ministerie of the Gospell is a most glorious Iewell: so is the Magistracie an exceeding rich gemme. But it is no other than an earthen pot, though gilt and garnisht, that both the one and the other is committed vnto. Neither is it the gilt or the garnishing of it that maketh it the lesse brittle, or that hindreth but that soone it may, and once it must be broken as well as others.