ibus n[=o] requiram----ad
see) applies and appropriates this | Heliodor. Epitah. Nepot._]
praise to _Ipsa_, Her own Person, |
by vertue indeed of _the Feare of | [Note e: _Prou. 27. 14. Vox autem
the Lord_. For were it not for | grandis, laus excedens mensur[=a]
that, it were better Contemning | Meritorum his intelligetur--Paris.
Her, yea Contending[c] with Her, | de Moribus. fol. 123. lit. M._]
than Commending Her, because that |
is a constant marke of the Godly to | [Note f: _Es. 26. 12. 1 Cor. 15.
Contemne the vngodly, _Psal. 15. | 10. & 12. 6. Phil. 2. 13. Ier.
4._ This, of the wicked to Praise | 32. 40._]
the wicked, to Blesse the Couetous, |
whom _the Lord abhorreth_, _Psal. | [Note A: _Laudari in bonis operibus
10. 3._ It is not her Friendship, | debes; sed in eo quod operaris,
no nor _Carnis bona_ (as Saint | homin[=u] laudes expectare non
_Ierom_[d] calls them) _the Good | debes--Deus Laudetur in operibus
endowments of the flesh_, can | tuis. De statu Vidu. ad Gallam
priuiledge him from a _Curse_, if | epist. 2. Si qua sane in Sanctis
so be, he praise her without or | digna laude vel admiratione
aboue[e] her Deserts, _Prou. 27. | intueor, clara luce veritatis
14._ Onely _the feare of the Lord_, | discutiens, profecto reperio
with the excellent fruits thereof, | Laudabilem siue Mirabilem alium
is Gods Gift[f], for which (saith | apparere atque alium esse, & Laudo
_Fulgentius_[A]) she ought, and he | Deum in Sanctis eius. S. Bern.
may safely commend her, because | Ser. 13. in Cant._]
then, not shee; but _Gods Grace_ in |
her is _Praised_, _Ephes. 1. 6._ | [Note g: _1 Pet. 3. 4. Enimvero
Yea then, _not she_, but _God | quis non animae dabit summam omnem,
himselfe is Glorified_ in Her, | cuius nomine totius Hominis mentio
_Gal. 1. 24._ | titulata est. Tertul. de Anima.
| cap. 13._]
But what? is not _She Praised_, |
when Her Husband, Her Children, Her | [Note h: ... _Nihil in illa
Kindred, Her Friends, Her | laudabo, nisi quod propr[=u] est._
Attendants, Her Wit, Her Wealth, | _S. Ierom ad Princip._ And so of
Her Beautie, Her Nobilitie, or all | _Paula_ he saith. _Nihil laudabimus
these and the like of Hers are | nisi quod proprium est & de
commended? Yes, all these come very | purissimo sanc