(999) Plat-arch his little Bookof the Fortune ofthe Rmans, may afford an example, and large difcourfe, of this their felicity, to him that de- fireth more. But left anyweakmind fhould be too muchdifcouraged with there their profperous affaires, there is added a comfort of an appointed,and fec time. Till he hath accomplished his wrarh,faithhe, what wrath ? not his own,which cannot be fatisfied, but Gods,who was angry for the fins of the people, *ho ordaineth the tyrants for judgement, andeflablitheth the f/'oyler_r for correttion, Hab. r ,i 2. The reafon which followeth is doubtfull,for it may be rendred : becaufe feverity is to be exercifed ; and fo it belongeth unto the yeWer, as if it were determined with God, to corredand punifh the refraâarie, by giving to this King,the people ofRome,a great foveraignty,as the Apoftle interpreteth a like place inFray, for that which the Prophet faith, Theconfumprion decreed, !ball.fiowwith righteoufncfíe ; for theLord God of hafts (hall make the confumption, anddecifion, in the midfl of the Land,. Chap. to. a. Paul rendreth it, For hee Will make his accompt, andgather it into afhort fumme With righteoufneffe : for the Lordwill make a /bon Word,and.count in the earth, Rom.8. 29. by which tefiimony, he proveth that the Iewcs are to be rejefted, and buta few of that nation tobe faved, which feverity hee 'after.vard calleth apotomen, Rom.i I. 22. by a word anfwering to the Hebrew nèrharatf.h, decifion. The grecians turn this place of /far. It is brought to an end and perfeftion with hafte, in the very fame with T4/4/, His lhort work, for-the thing determined doth come to his end with a kinde of haflening. The other interpretation concerneth the Romans themfelve, be- caufethedetermination is made;that is to fay,tt ebounds are fet and fixed,beyond which,themadneffe of the wicked King !ball not paffe, whom thebridle ofdivine providence /1ìal moderate,even in the lei And fiuialleft matters.; for twat dothdecifion,or ktcrmination, liignifie, whichdoth not confider the matter in fumme and generali, but fe verally,by every member, distributed into his para : a matter offin- guiar comfort.againft diftruft, as though Goddid not by his provi- dence reach over particular matters : both meanings are very good, but which is the more apt, and fit, in this place-,l:t the Reader judge. Vert.; 7. 1Veitterflallbe regard the god ofhufathers] Now he in- fo rmeth us,what mar.n.r of one this king should be towards his own; wheruntohe propoundetha threefold propriety:The conteml t ofhis fathers gods; No regard to the delire ofwomen, and the magnifying ofhimfelf above all : what is therefore that contempt of the gods ? Cccccc 2 Inter-
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