;4 . ROVERB S. C ap,lI. their defires to wifhwell unto them:this wil put arguments in- to their rnouthes to (peak well for them:this will giue them in_ eouragement to further their aduancement:thiswill make their promótion acceptable to them,& then defirous ofthe continu- ance and increafe ofthe fame. Nowmany men def.-ire to bepo- pular,but few tobe righteous:it is eafie to affe6t the greatnefhe ofc5'Cordecai,whowasfecond to the Icing, andgreate among his people,& acceptedamong the multitude of his brethren : but it is hard to follow his goodnes inprocuring theirwealth,andfeeking theirpeace,&profperity.Good liking is not gotten bypomp & power,and fauor is not gainedwithwealth and riches,and loue is not commanded by authority,and dignity thefe may be al- lured with goodnes,but neuer compelled by violence. Reproofe of enuious perfons,that nmaligne the good eflate of godly Chriftians:they reioyce not at their profperity like wor- thyCitizens,but grieue, andvexeat it, like barbarous aliants: Either they labourto keep themvrider that they fhall not rife,or to vndermine them that they fhall not flared, as appeareth in the example ofDaniels aduerfaries.Butall is in vaine:they'hall bee fruflrate oftheirpurpofe,they fhal befoiled in theirpraelife,they 'hall be afhamed,and curfed,& plagued for their malitious harts and mifchieuous enterprifes.They that hate Zion,fbalallbe afha- medand turned baclZvrard. They (hall be as thegraffean thehóufe tops,which witherethafore it commethforth, i 29.5.6. The city reioyceth,ec. Godlymen are the chiefs inhabitants vvherefoeuer they dwell. They that reioyce at the profperity ofthe righteous arecalled the city,the placehath denomination from them : and It is cer- tain that neither al,nor themoff,nor inmany places the greateft are fo wel affe6ed,but contraryminded.So it is Paidin the book ofHefter that when the decreewas gone forth,whereby all the Ieweswere profcripted and deflinated to death, that the ci- ty ofShufhanwas in perplexity. Who was this city there but the poore condemned Ifraelites, who from their firfi comming thither were but '}rangers and captiues ? Ahafhuerus, andHa- manwere not ofthe number, for they were merriy drinkingof wine:and a great number both in the Court,andCity,ás :t may appcare:
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