42 OfiheRicbmin,andLazarus: God , whowill therefore bring feuen plagues mew/. feuen times greater vpon them,till they beeitherhumbled, or de(Iroyed, Lenit. 26. z j, 24, If their pouerty cannot humble them, nor their rnifery make them (loupe.; (where yet Pharao,andHawnan,and Benhadad in their afflic`lionsbe. came humble and (louped vnto thofe who they knew, couldhelpe them) ; the Lord bath other meanes tomake them perceiue whohe is, either by plagueson earth,or by that plagueofplagues,their iu(l damnation in help. Lazarais heredefircth but to be fed with crummes, yet it dothnot appeare by the text that any man gaue them to him ; rather it is euiden t by that which followeth , that no man did.And fo the mailler of the¡houfe,beingcruell to the poore ; the feruants (forlikeMailer, like feruan ts) would Doar. z. giuehim Which teacheh , thatas the Maifler is,fbch (commonly) are the feruants. Ifthe rulerhearken to lyes, that is, admit themintohis caresand receiue them into his heart, all his Jertaolnts willbe wicked : Promo, 9. z z : That is,as ready to tell them, as they tohearethem. And whither fhould filthy channels runne, but into Gnkesfit for them ? When Caia- phas was again(I Chrill, his whole houfhold, men 'and maides, were again fl him, Math. 26.69.71.72. Ahab, awicked King. had as wicked Courtiers, who did fo gene- rallyhumour him in the hatred of Gods Prophets , that Eliiahthought there was neuer a true wor(hipper left in lfr rael, z .King. t 9.10. IfHerodbemooed , all lerufalam is moo tied withh:m,Math.2.3.And leroboam,an idolator,made all Jfrael idolatert,2.King.3.3. So Qlleene Marie a Papi(l, made the land Papids. 7hereaJon.r. They that ferue , are led much by thofe whom theyferue ; andmanyfeekethefacesf the railer, 1'rou 29 2 6. That is, as men aremen, and compaffed with flefh, they defire,and fludy, incorruption, togratifie thofe iner taitl that for euill can reward then. Secondly, !inferiors are euill by nature ;and beingfo by example too;how can they begood Thirdly?
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