And so as you honour God, with God shall you be honoured. But seek it as eagerly as you will without him it will fly from you. Through flattery you may obtain which will corrupt your judgment and let in upon you everlasting dishonour. Wherefore turn to the Lord with your whole hearts and seek his glory alone. (C. J., I., p. 134.) Flattery. Take heed of being corrupted by flatteries. They that know their God shall be strong. (_Works_, VII., p. 18.) Be not carried away by good words and fair speeches, nor the affectionate part which is taken with them; but everyone have hold of the truth in yourselves. (_Works_, VII., p. 155.) Time-Serving. That selfish man-pleasing and daubing spirit must be put down with the spirit and condemned with the light, else ye will presently be ridiculous to the world and to all men and they will say ye are not as ye were in the beginning. (_Works_, VII., p. 182.) Honour. So you that are in place to rule and seek for honour, seek first that which is honourable and none can hold you from honour. And know it is the gift of God only to such as honour him and not themselves. Seek that glory and honour that hath immortality and eternal life, which is obtained of God by continuance in well-doing. Seek humility that goes before honour, exalt justice, set up righteousness and truth in judgment. Hold forth God's sword to all people under you and not your own wills.... Seek first the Kingdom of God that he may rule in your own hearts over your pride, over your passion, over lust, over covetousness, over respect of persons and over all unrighteousness. So shall you set up the higher power in you for every soul to be subject to, which that of God in every conscience shall answer to. (C. J., I., pp. 132-133.) Boast not yourselves, none of you, but be watchful and meek and learn the true humility which goes before the honour. For it is an honour for a King to find out a matter and search it out. And let there not be an eye in none of you nor an ear amongst none of you that will respect persons or have persons respected. For in such cases there will be a will that is brittle, earthly, changeable, wanting the patience to judge rightly, selfish; and stubbornness and prejudice and siding to parties more than to truth. And right judgment is blinded in these and the true measure is wanting and the true weight to weigh withal. (C. J., I., p. 80.) Hat Honour.