rerfe.t 6.rr. PROVERBS. 22 And the eares ofthewife,&°c. They that haue the bell know- Doti z. ledge, are the molt willing tolcarne more. Sec chap. 9.v.9. doCq. z. Verfe. i 6. 'Theeft !faman inlargeth him, and leadeth him be- foregreat men. J1Heft ofa man] not the good qualities that arc in him, and the graces which he bath recciued, but the pre tent that hebringeth, and the reward that hebc(loweth, inlar- hethhim, and leadeth him before great men, maketh roomc for im, and procurethhimaccetre to the pretence ofthem that are in high places, andofgreat authoritie, fromwhom alto he gettethcountenanceand fauour,whethcr his fuitc be cquall,or vnlawfull. Sec chap. 3 7.v.8. Verfe. I7. He that isfirft in hisownecaul isü tt : then corumetb hisneighbourandmaketh inquirieofkim. HE that isfr/1 in his owne cauje] ' he that is. in a controuerfìc, 1 lfpcaketh brit, before the magitirate, arbitrator, orany- other towhom it bclongeth toheare the matter, is iufl, fo pleadeth for himf"elfe, and fetteth fuchcolours vpon his caufc, that he feemeth to be very righteous : jibe be plaintiffc, -that his informations beecjjall,andwaightie, ifdefendant, that his apologie is good, and hc-innocent. Yet is not this to bevn- derilood ofcuery one that bath the firfi place of fpeech for righteous men doe many times begin thedeclaration of the caufe, or defence of thcmfelucs, and be found vpright and faithful' both in the entrance and endof the (}rife : but it is ment of falle fellowes, that refpeet not what they may warrantablyauerrewith truth, but what they can audacioufly affirmewith impudencie. Thencommeth hisneighbour, andma- k.eth iYvirieofhim, he that in thefecondplace, or afterwards is tomake anfwerevnto him, or reply vponhim, confuteth his allegations, dete6leth his falfehood, and conuincethhim,.of indircCtandnaughtiedealing. D 3 : Abad'
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