PROVER BS. Chap. iS. +ir A bad auk commonly hath aduantage atthebeginding' and agood caufe preuaileth in the end. So it fell out betweene /crept), and his milflris ; betweene Micaiah, and the falle prophets : betweene Mordecai, and Ida_ mom : betweene Pawl, and Terrasllu,: betweene Chrsfl, and the phariles:bctweenetheGofpell, and poperie. Fir( , wicked men that maintainc euill caufes,are fhameleffe to fpeake lies, and diners that heare them,are readietobeleeue lies,vntill the truth doeeuidently refell them. Secondly, God inhis prouidence loth lo difpofcair, that his people may be the better humbled : that they may be drawne to lecke his helpe, and that his hand may be feene in theirprofperous fucceffe at the la( . Inftruc`tion to rulers and fudges, and eueryone towhom authoritie is committed,to lend thecaresafivell to the one fide as the other, before they condemne oracquite eitherofthem: and that they proceed as they finde the matter confirmed or confuted bydue proofes, andnot as they heare it affirmed, or contradiaed by bare words : for our prouerbe is as true as common : One tale is good, till an other be heard. Arid this mayallo admonifhall men to take heedehowtheygarnifl, bad caufes with artificial' colours, asvaine womenpaint their wi- thered faces tomake them feeme very faire and beautiful' : thebreathoftruthwill at the Jail blowe vpon them, whereby their hew (hall hechanged, that euery one (ball fee their defor- rnitie, not byhauing a disfigured vizage, but adiflioncfl be- hauiour. Though they thriuc in their pradifes for a time, yet it is impo(Iîble for them to fucceed well in their euil wales for euer : either their neighbours, oneman orother, will lay open their falfehood and faultines to the eyes ofthcworld in theday oftheir conuic`hon, or eile the Lord will bring their leaudnes to light, before tnen,and Angclls,and all theworld, at thedayofiudgement. Terre. 18. The lot cantthcamtentiows toeeafAndrna ethapartiti- ©yi amon.s the ug htie, He
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