(t/fe..-inriching examination. r- - Kingdome. Right Noble alfo, and 'Heroicall was the courage a~d carriage of JV!ich~Jiah in the caufe ofGod : Hehad againfi him the King, the.Court Kin;pa. ~iers, and thewholeClergie, foure hundred Prophets~ ·topleafe the King, confpired in judge111ent againfr him. The Courrier that was fem tf:> fetch him before the two Kings, fet upon him by the way with powerfull infinuations, and perfi1med , eloquence,) as fuch creatures are wont, todraw him to the Kings humour, and the' bent of the falfe Prophets : Hee told him, thtlt the worth of · .Prophets declared goodu'!to the King with one ac~ord; and rherefore prayed htm that he alfowould fpeake : .. good: Nichaiah an{wershim with a refoludon as · high as Heaven, and out of a Seraphka1l pang of burning zeale for Gods truth and glory : Now as ti:Je'.. Lordliveth,foith he, whatfoever theLordfoith unto fJJe, ~ thatwJUJfpeak§. In thi• point hewasara poinr, and · reiolr.ue~ beeneithercared for King nor Ke·far) for PrinceorProphet, for prefermennorpunifument, ' forfrownings or flatrerv, for manor DeviH :That meffage .which the Almighty had put into his mumn mull: forrh:~ tbongh it bring upon him a worl1 ofmiferies, a flan<:~ er of fingu~:triry for dif– fenring from~u the other ProphetsJ 9 fufpition €>f tiifloya~tie, for croffing foperemptorily theKings pleafiire, both{w1iting with.thejipofwitkgrineffe, ttnd" fcorcMiJgswith the corJie.rtJflutt.iper, that 1s fcornefull .' tooguesJrombis fellowSeersfor oppofingagai;nfi: · rheidyingfpirir. Though it threw himintoa dun– ·geon,there ro-befed"with bread of afl.lifrion, an et': water of affliCtion, untill hee had fully felt the whble :
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