quo RovERBs. Chip. v titles, and formali complements, yet they are not truly reve- renced : the hearts ofall doe cenfure them,and fo would the tongues alíoofmoll, if by feare,and other like refpeets,they were not (ilenced. 3 Thirdly,ti e records and fame of piety and righteoufne(Te remaine aliue, when the bodies ofthe righteous andgodly, aredeadand buried : fucceeding ages (hall retayne the ma- numents,and enjoy the benefit thereof. Moids Pfalmes were norenclofed in Dguidr Sepulchre : nor the remembrance of Tof.i his zeale in redrefiìng things amifje, was intombedwith Iofas when hee was interred. Whereas the pompe, and po- tencie ofmen in great places and of no vertues dothperi& with their breath, and confunne before their bodies, that on- ly which tarrieth behinde them, is the trackeand teflification oftheir wicked wayes , for their perpetuall flume, and ig- nominie. Tf? I. Inflruc4ion for all noble men,and perfonages ofhigh de- gree to imitate SRlor,on , and follow him in his laudable pathes, and fore-fleps ofdoing, fpeaking, or writing offuch things as are worthy oftheirnames or places. Hee (pent not thedayes of his peace idlely, or euilly, but as hee guided his kingdome and hou(holdadmirably well in all things, fo he gaue himfelre to much private fludy, both ofDiuinitie and Philofophie: For ouer and betides theee three Bookes of ca- sonicall Scripture, referued for theChurch for euer, hee left alto the fruits of his labour in the cuflody of roan, among theirciuill records for future ages then next cnfiuing. Oh, that ours then , by his example ( they efpecially upon whom many depend) would glue forne teflimonie of their knowledge, that theyare acquainted with the wayes ofGod of their religion, that theyare well feafoned with the feare of the Lord: oftheir goodnetie , that their trauailes be to be- nefit thofe of theirovine times, to kaue infirudions for the vfeofpoflerity. V.r t. Confutation ofthat ordinary , and too often vrged (lift. they haue no Icafure for fuch exercifes, the multitude, and mu'tiplicity of their afFaires permit them not to beflon'e them-
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