r NeroraK .9,Einguen- mum. Jofeph An- tïq.1. is. cap.8, ya Agracious fpirit, ding vileafterwards 3 yea,themore for- ward ingood ac firft , the more vile af- ter: As the water that bath once been heat , andgrowscold again , is colder thanever it was. It is reported of Nero , who proved the very Moniter of men for i icked- nes, yet in the firft five years of his reign, hcbehaved him`elf exceeding well, to that it was ufed as a Proverb to expreffe the good beginnings of men, Nerves fivefirjlyears : So Caligula, who prove4 attcrwards exceediiagly wick- ed , yet Iofephus reports of him , that whenhe was you ; g he travelled v ry diligently in good difciplines , he was of a fweet cos verf.ìtion, and modefl, and he governed the Empire the firft twoyears of his reign, wi h moif no- i b c cOre6tions, .behaving himself gra- cioufly to' areas all men yea, yUltan ) himi. lt, who proved fucha cu! fed A- i poftate, yet when he was young , was very forward andhopefull; he was a l:ublike Reader of holyScripture in the Chunch i bee fccrned to glory in no- thing more then in Religion; he was of a cry temperate diet, coatenr with mean
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