P~rt.3.Sed.r. 42 z elle Gods judgements o'l'ertake them : inftecd of Graces, come Furies, Nam.>s.; So whenfaire r .Abigai!, awoman of fingular wifdome, was acceptable siflher.p, to David,Nabal was churlilh and evill conditioned,and therefore' Mar. tiochy was received , when H•mln was e:~~ecured , H •man'the favoritc; that had huflat aboue the other Princes , to whom all the Kings {trvants thatflood ir; the gates, bowed their knees and reverenmJ. Though they ' fiourifh many rimes, fuch Hypocrites, !uch temporizing Foxes , and bkare the'worlds eyes by flattery ,bribery,di!fembling their natures, or other mens wcaknelfe,thatcannot fo foone apprehend their tricks, yet in t!ie end they will be difcerned, and precipitated in a moment: fierely, faithD•vid,thouhajljtt them inflippery places,Pfa/.37•5. as fomany Se. · A M. .iani,theywillcome downe to the Gemonianftales; andasEuflbimin ~~~::::.;. ,:, u Ammiamu,that was in fuch authority ,adjubendum lmperatorem, be call; down headlong on a fudden. Or put cafe they cfcape and reft unmasked tothdr liues end,yetafrertheir death, their memory ftioksas a fnuffe of a candle pur out,and thofe that durft not fo much as mutter again it them in their lives, will profecute their name with Satyres, Libels, and bitter imprecations,they fhall male audire in all fucceeding ages, and be od.~ous to·the worlds end. MEMBo 3• CIMrity &D111po[edofa0three kindts,PleafAnt, · ProfitAble, H onejf. Eft des this love that coines from Profit, Pleafanr, Honert, (for one good tumeasks another in equity)that which procee.ds trom thclaw of narure,or fromdifcipline & Philofophy;there is yet another loue compounded ofall thefe three which is charily ,and includes piety,dileetion,benevolence, frie11dfhip,evenall thofevertuous habits, for loue is the circle requant of . all other affeetions,ofwhich Ariftot!edilatesat large in his Etb;cks, and · is commanded by (;od,which no man ea~ v:ell performe, but hee that is lt'litOiunJ"' a·Chrifhan,and atrue regenerateman; This IS," To loue Godabor<e all, and JJJ••"' potu Dttr neigh6o11r ,u our Jelfe,forthis loue is lychmu Me endens & accenfm, a fofieotatur? Communicating lighr,apt to illuminate it felfe afwell as others. All o. ii.lex:~:;,. therObjedsarefaire ,and very bearuifull, l Confelfe, kindred,alliance, ;~;:,.;;j;,,. friendfhip,the loue that we owe to our countrey,nature,wealth,pleafure, bus bu [''": honour,and fuch morall refpeCts,&c. of which read t copious .Arijl0tle ~r,::;::;,';.b;:; in his 01'1 or•ls. A man is beloved of a man , in that he is a man , but all mpndicorruil, thcfe are farre more eminent and great ,when they ihall proceed from a {lu.. Jep'l::, fandilicd fpirit, that bath a true touch ofReligion , and a reference to ~:,~~/~i •• fi God. Nature bindes:~ll creatures to loue. their young ones; an hen~eto u••exhu: prcferveher brood will nmneup<iln a Lion, an Hmdewiillight wnha t S.&,.lillro. Bull,a Sow with a Beare,a filly Sheep with a Fox: So the fame nature •rer.AJelph: urgerh aman to loueihis Parents,(• dii mep•te.r omnesoderint, ni te m•giJ 4· f. . .. qu4m oculos 4melllmtos I ) &this loue cannot be dilfolved,as Tully holds, J'Dumrm 7witho11t ileteftable offenu ' b1,1t mucb more Gqd!i commandemenr, . which.
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