., The Stzintr •' . jhame of ti?J mtlther ?For tU IOJtg tit thefo.wJe of1/baili- . veth t~poiJ thee-rth> tho11/h~tlt?Jot IJeeflabJi/hea) 11or thy · KingdtJme, &c. Butfor all this, though the piercing and paffionat<! words of a father lhould !hike deepe and home into the heart of his childe, though ther~rathnj aKing belil~ thel'oarit;g ofaLion, .a'l.d as mejfengers of death, Prov. 19. 1 ~. & 16. 14. Though theprincely throne ofaKing be the rop and crowne of all earthly bappindfes ; yet in rhe . .caufe of God f()f14tha1J is regard1dfe 3 and feareletfe of them all, hee flinks not bClcke, nor ihrinks a · haires breadth from a good confcience~ and de– fence of•fgoodman; hee is·not carried awaywith the gloryofa Kingdome,and beauty ofa Crowne, but having his eye fixedupon the goodnefie of the caute, andinnocencieofthe party, wirh an holy ref_,lution, lle anfwers hisfatherKing,S41tl, iJNdfdid , u»to hi m, ,Whereforejhllll hee die? 'flJhlzt h.?th he .doNei 1 sam.2o.32. Hereupon the King plaid the Lion indeed, out of his rag~and defperate madneffe he · cart ;t fpeare at him to hit him.. So outr.agious is the fury of prophan~ malice ' againfr goodne~) . and good caufes, that 1t devoures naturall affeth– on, common humanity, di«:retion> reafon, wif– dome, and aH m1nlineffe, and tumes aH into gall · and rage againfr good men :Bur in Io114th4s)a fenfe of Gods favour by h-is faving fairh, and oftbat comfort heeconceivedby franding for Da'lJiJJin– noceAcie, apd Gadsglory, did rake~way all t.a!lie ; of earthly ·contenttnents, even<Jf t~e fw:e~tnefie . ofall Courtly plcafur.es, of the conmttmanee of afather, the favours of aKiag, ofa Crowne and , Kingdome.
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