The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A…

But we see this is such a thing as many do it for their credit, and think to get credit by this looking on high. Those among us that be men of no worth, that have no good quality or property nothing commendable or worth esteem inward or outward, no grace to praise them, no wealth to set them out, no parentage to make them had in account, swaggerers, ruffians, profane beasts, & filthy drunken swine, that make their belly their God. These abject base persons, the scum and froth of the whole earth, rude in behaviour, wicked in heart, and careless in life, think if they can look big, and carry a proud and disdainful face, and overcrow every man, and care for no man, scorn their betters, and prefer themselves before all; then forsooth, they be men of some name, they shall be accounted of, & they be worthy to be looked after, that think to get credit by contemning every body, and to be had in account by making no account of any one; this is these courage, this is their valour, and they have nothing to grace themselves, but this kind of rudeness. But in truth this disgraceth, this discrediteth, this proclaims their shame, and shows that they be light, & empty of all goodness, and if they had many other good parts, yet this would hurry all, and make them contemned in every mans heart and eye, to be so scornful & contemptuous to every one. This was Ishmaels kind of life, his hand was against every man he regarded none, nor cared for none, but set them all at defiance, and at naught, therefore every mans hand was against him, they made as light of him, and these also have a just Ishmaels reward, every one is their foe, every man speaks of their shame, and what have they gotten now? For they that will be honoured must honour, & he that will be kindly dealt withal, must deal kindly with others, and he that looks for an amiable behaviour from others, must show an amiable behaviour to others.

But we see this is such a thing as many doe it for their credit, and thinke to get credit by this looking on high. Those among vs that be men of no worth, that haue no good qualitie or propertie nothing commendable or worth esteeme inward or outward, no grace to praise them, no wealth to set them out, no parentage to make them had in account, swaggerers, ruffins, prophane beasts, & filthie drunken swine, that make their belly their God. These abiect base persons, the scumme and froth of the whole earth, rude in behauiour, wicked in heart, and carelesse in life, thinke if they can looke big, and carrie a proud and disdainfull face, and ouercrow euery man, and care for no man, scorne their betters, and prefer themselues before all; then forsooth, they be men of some name, they shal be accounted of, & they be worthy to be looked after, that thinke to get credit by contemning euery bodie, and to be had in account by making no account of any one; this is theis courage, this is their valure, and they haue nothing to grace themselues, but this kinde of rudenesse. But in truth this disgraceth, this discrediteth, this proclaimes their shame, and shewes that they be light, & empty of all goodnes, and if they had many other good parts, yet this would hurie all, and make them contemned in euerie mans heart and eye, to be so scorneful & contemptuous to euery one. This was Ismaels kinde of life, his hand was against euerie man he regarded none, nor cared for none, but set them all at defiance, and at naught, therefore euerie mans hand was against him, they made as light of him, and these also haue a iust Ismaels reward, euerie one is their foe, euerie man speakes of their shame, and what haue they gotten now? For they that will be honoured must honour, & he that will be kindly dealt withall, must deale kindly with others, and he that lookes for an amiable behauiour from others, must shew an amiable behauiour to others.