A preparative to marriage The sum whereof was spoken at a contract, and enlarged…A preparatiue to mariage The summe whereof was spoken at a contract, and inlarged…

They are distinguished in Hope, for because the wicked hope not ¹for any mends of God, therefore they never defer their reward, but if they do any good, they are trumpets of it themselves, for fear ²it should not be blazed enough, and therefore Christ said, that the Pharisees had their reward already because they were boasters of their works; and if they do no good but evil, yet they would be ³magnified as much for evil, as other are for good. But the faithful are likened to handmaids, ⁴which wait their reward, their left hand seeth not when their right hand doth well, and they are ⁵afraid to take honour of men, for losing their honour with God, like John baptist, which made his ⟨image 122⟩⁶virtues meaner then they were, and debased himself, when he might have got a name above his Lord.

They are distinguished in Hope, for because the wicked hope not ¹for any mends of God, therefore they neuer defer their reward, but if they doe any good, they are trumpets of it themselus, for feare ²it should not be blased inough, and therefore Christ sayde, that the Pharises had their reward already because they were boasters of their works; and if they doe no good but euill, yet they would be ³magnified as much for euill, as other are for good. But the faithfull are likened to handmaides, ⁴which waite their reward, their left hand seeth not when their right hand doth well, and they are