on the C_o R ('} N AT I O'N,day. Three points there are in it Tuware ad _ocululi~apparent; the t1 7 ird ThtDivifion; by necelfary inference. 1: The 'll>an~ ofal(mg7 ~· For'll>ant ofaF(ing; what mifc/Jiefe ~nfued; E'very m~:~n d1d 11lhat hee tl1ought good : this in ge.:.- nera!l. 3· Arid diirdly,Et>ei'yman, but namelyMical;; he went up witli Idols. For, .Mica1Js fact it was, begat this Verfe, and fo of necefsity fal· leth into it, l'hofe two both general! and particular diforder, are !in~ ked to i:he firA:, as to the efficient caufo, or tather deficient. For; evlll it is, & milium non habet efficicntem,fed deficientem cau(am; E11ill bath adeficient, but no efficient caufe. For the want offoine notable good (as here, a King) is the c;aufe oftome notoriouservill; as greater evil! cannot poC.. fibly come _to a people, thari to be in this cafe? el!ery one to doe 11/hat bee, lifts. · Forthe handling ofthefe, though i~ nature the cailfe be fidl (andfci fiandeth it eve!') to us; the effect firA: offereth it felfe; and through it (a:s through the veile) we enter into thecau(e; and fo, erunt no11ijSimi primi; the laA: lhall be firft J, FirA: then; of Fecit quifque. :t. And then, of Non erat (]{ex. · · . In the former ofthefe we have two parts: 1 TheEye;reBum in oculil; ~~ :•TheHand, FeCit quifque : ~ And then together, that what feemed to the .e}e, thehanddid·, and that was mifchiefe enough. .. ' Ill. Inthe latter likewife three. 1 Tbere 11/M no F(ing<(in oppofition to o: - thcr eA:ates; they had Judges and •PrieftSJ, but there was no f\ing.) •No l(ing in Ifrael, with reference to other Nations. Not in Canaan, nor in Edom; but not in lfrael: Even i:here; it is a 11Jant, to want a !(it'!,~ 3 And then out of thefe, ~id faciat nobu CJ\ex, what aKing bath to per. forme. To rcpreffe all infolencies, not onely in general! l bnt particular. ly this of ]tficah. Where will fall in, that .the good or evill rA:ate 6£ f/{!l!gion doth muchdepend; on the 1Ja1Jing, or Not l>a1Jing aI(ing. For it is as if he lhould fay; Had there beene aI(ing, this ofMicab had never beene cndure!i. Now becaufethere~asnqt; rJ\!ligiiln firfi1 and after it; :i.ll went to wrack. _ And lafl, we flta11 fee; how farre all this doth touch us, inmatter o£ it!! O!!! ~~!:!~~~~ ~~ty ~f!~~~~e~ ~~ § ~D, f~~ ~h.i~ ~ay\ - - -----· - • rJ L1111~
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