ÿer¡.t. PROVERBS. II 1 themfelues in that fafhion. But haueyou more imployment then hadSalomon ? Is your bufinetTe greater ormore waigh- tie than his vas? He had a Kingdome to gouerne, eucn that ample, and honourable kingdome of Ifraell, the vifble ChurchofGod, whereof hee teflifieth to the Lordhimfelfe, fay ing , Thyferuant ú in the middeft ofthypeople , which them i Kin.3.8,9. haftchefen, euenagreatpeoplewhich cannot 6e told, or tutmtred for multitude : who isablero fudge this mighty people ? He had alfo many Prouinccs 0 rule, and retayne in fubieIion, as Moab, 4mmon, Edom, Palestine, and others. He had great buildings in hand, for many yecres , as theTemple of the Lord, the fairefi edifice in all theworld. It was net a (mall matter to maintaine feaucn-fcore, or eight-fcore thoufand men at worke daily for feauen yeeres together , betides the worke ofthe rninde, and thoughts occupied about the plot, contrivall,and furniture of fuch a building,wíth all nccefTary appurtenances belonging vnto it. Andhaue you more to do thanDauidhad, who iudged fo many Tribes, and fought fo many battailes for the defence of his Subicc`Is , and van. quifhing ofhis enemies ? and yet flee referued feafons for prayer, thanks giuing, . meditation, reading, writing, and all good duties. Io/hwah (notwithf}anding his hcauie burdenof gouerning, and warring) was commanded by the Lord, that that Booke of the law fhomld not depart out ofhis mouth , 6ut to meditate in it day and night. And the King is required in 'eutronomy, to made therein all the dayes ofhis life. And who are you that be more full of bulnetle than theywere Certaine it is, you aremore bulk then well occupied. Reproofeofthat nicenelfe, and pride, wherewith fo many VIZ' 3 are fo ilrangely poffelled,which thinke it a vexation ofminde to wcareout their wits, with this kindeof fIudics, and repute it a difparageinent to their dignities , to fpend their breath about fuchdifcourfes; when the reading oflafciuious Bookes is delecîable,whenoathes,and all kindeofexecrabl: fpecches feeme graceful! vnto theta, But curled creatures they are, which difdayne to performe honourable leruice to their Creator, delighting rather to be milerable bond-men, to doe C 3 the
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