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The ambitious man hunteth after honour, and will not leese an inch of his estimation. The covetous man seeks after profit, and counts (like Judas) all lost that comes not to his ¹bags. And the voluptuous man bestows his time in pleasure, and thinketh that his chief felicity. Thus every man makes his heaven of that wherein he most delighteth, and is content to take great pains to accomplish his fond desires. But here Zaccheus is as an other mind, for being a Public officer, he climbs into a tree, which stood not with his gravity: and being a rich man, he runs to see Christ, which was not for his worldly profit; yea he takes great pains to see Christ, not respecting his case or pleasure.

The ambitious man hunteth after honor, and wil not leese an inch of his estimation. The couetous man seeks after profite, and countes (like Iudas) all lost that comes not to his ¹bagges. And the voluptuous man bestowes his time in pleasure, and thinketh that his chiefe felicitie. Thus euery man makes his heauen of that wherein hee most delighteth, and is content to take great paines to accomplish his fonde desires. But here Zaccheus is as an other mind, for being a Publique officer, he climbes into a tree, which stood not with his grauity: and being a rich man, hee runs to see Christ, which was not for his worldlie profit; yea he takes great paynes to see Christ, not respecting his case or pleasure.

1. 1John 12. 6Iohn 12. 6

Thus must we be affected if we desire to come to Christ, that neither honours nor preferments, nor profit, nor pleasure, nor kindred, nor friends, be able to hold us back: We must be ready not only to run, but also to climb (if need require) as Zaccheus did: that is, to take some pain