'TheEpfileDedicatory. flighnefs (hall be , that your own foul being firft fub.- jefted anddevoted whollyunto God, you may Ruleus as one that is Ruledby him, and never know any Inte- reft but his, and that which is fubfervient to him , and nay efcape that {tumbling- flone, on which the Princes of the earth do commonly dafli themfelves in pieces , even by efpouíing an Intereft contrary to Chrifts, and fo growing jealous of his holy waies, and falling out with them : and that Godwould endue your Highnefs with that heavenly Wifdotn, that is firft Pure, and then Peaceabte, Jam. 3. 17. and you may efcape the flatter* ing fuggeftions of the Wifdom of the flefh , and ferious Pietymay be the firft part of your Policy, that fo the Eternall God maybe engaged in the ProteEtionofyour Dominions and You : That you may alwaies remem- ber, that you are Chrifts and your Peoples , and not your Own and that the diligent promotingof G OD- LY N ES S. and CONCORD may be the ftu- dy and refolved workof your Life. This is the way , and only this, ( let flefh and blood fay what it will) to make you truly Great and Happy. God is the Center and Common Intereft of all his fervants. Keep dole tohim,and they will all keep dole toyou There is no other Common Interefl, nor any thing that the Godly do fo highly value. If they fee that it is indeed for God, theycan bear any thing, or do any thing ; for they are wholly devoted to him alone. The more of God ap- peareth on you, and the more you promote his Intereft in the world, thehighlyer will you be advanced,and the dearer will yoube to all that Love him. And even with the ungodly multitude, that Piety is honoured in Prin- ces, that is defpifed in their neighbours and the hand of. God is plainly demonftrated in their furviving Ho- nour,; the names of Pious Princes being Great ,, when the
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