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Consider yet further; your example is much, many eyes are upon you, every one is ready to follow your way. Augustine in his confession saith that the devil drew men on cunningly to wickedness,¹ by those poetical fictions, attributing filthy lusts and wicked uncleannesses to their supposed feigned gods, that those which did such things might bless themselves in this, they did not imitate base men, but the Celestial gods: thus the devil gets sin countenanced in the world, by the examples of the great ones, and think themselves safe if they have you for their pattern: God hath set you as stars in the firmament of honour, upon your influences depend the ⟨p. 86⟩whole course of the inferior world: the people are as the sea, and you as the wind to raise or depress them, according to your motion. As in evil your examples do much hurt, so in good they would do much good: how might godliness be honoured if men saw you to prize it, so as to set it above all your honours? many are offended at the poverty and meanness of those that profess religion: you may in great part take away this offence.

Consider yet further; your example is much, many eyes are upon you, every one is ready to follow your way. Augustine in his confession saith that the devill drew men on cunningly to wickednesse,¹ by those poeticall fictions, attributing filthy lusts and wicked uncleannesses to their supposed feigned gods, that those which did such things might blesse themselves in this, they did not imitate base men, but the Celestiall gods: thus the devill gets sinne countenanced in the world, by the examples of the great ones, and thinke themselves safe if they have you for their patterne: God hath set you as starres in the firmament of honour, upon your influences depend the ⟨p. 86⟩whole course of the inferiour world: the people are as the sea, and you as the winde to raise or depresse them, according to your motion. As in evill your examples doe much hurt, so in good they would do much good: how might godlinesse bee honoured if men saw you to prize it, so as to set it above all your honours? many are offended at the poverty and meanenesse of those that professe religion: you may in great part take away this offence.