er Faith shall | Eccles. 11. 27.28._]
be found vnto Praise and Honour, |
and Glory_. Therefore in the mean | [Note p: _Nam si laudari ante
while, best for her to _Feare the | Gubernator non potest quam in
Lord_, and so be praise-worthy, | portum nauem deduxerit: quomodo
than to be praised for the present. | laudabis Homin[=e] prius quam in
| stationem mortis successerit? S.
1. Not only because it is safest | Ambr. de Bono Mort. c. 8. tom. 4.
praising Her as a Master of a ship | Merito ergo differtur, vt sequatur
is (saith S. _Ambrose_[p]) when she | foenerata eius Laudatio, cuius
is safely arriued in the Hauen, | dilatio non dispendium; sed
past all danger of shipwracke: or | incrementum est ... Et ideo
growing more proud by her praise | laudatio eius non in exordio; sed
(which many Liuing doe) as _Herod_ | in fine est. Nemo enim nisi
for one[q], and that Philosopher | legitime certauerit, coronabitur.
for another, whose soule being | Ideoq, sapiens tibi dicit: Ante
before no bigger than a mans | mortem non laudes hominem quemquam.
finger, became so puft vp and | Ratio. Quia in fine hominis
swolne with others commending him, | nudantur opera eius. Id. Instit.
that (as _Arrianus_ reports) it | Virg. c. 3. tom. 1._]
grew greater than two Cubits[r]. |
| [Note q: _Act. 12. 21._]
2. Nor only because actuall praise |
is in the lips of the praiser, and | [Note r: _Arrian. Epict. l. 3. c.
so a wicked woman may be praised, | 2._]
and yet not be worthy of it, and a |
godly woman may be praise-worthy, |
and yet not haue it, whereas |
praise-worthinesse is euer in the |
partie to be praised, and fewest |
(you know) haue this worth; but |
many haue praise without it, |
therefore praise-worthinesse is the |
Nobler Grace of the two, and |
consequently best for a Woman to be |
worthy of praise, though she be not |
praised for the present. |
|
3. But one of the chiefest Reasons |
is this; because indeed all our |
earthly praise is _Laudatur_, that |
is, for the present; but continueth |
not. Is, but shall not be. |
Sometimes a godly woman is |
commended, and sometimes she is |
not. As S. _Paul_ praised the