24 PROVERBS. Chap.tg and fit for the esercife thereof. Beware that it benot friuo- loufly peruertcd to fports and trifles, and efpecially to doe wrong and iniuric, as the fouldiours did to winne Chri,his veflure, and Hanlan, in Peeking thereby a luckie time to de- firoy all the [ewes. And wholocuer vpon ferious and weightic affaires fhalbe lawfully occafi peed tosic it, let them commit the fucceifc to theprouidence ofGott, by praier, and fiibmit themfelucs to hisdetermination, withcontentment. It was ua.x, found by lot, that Acham by tranfgre(ling the commande- -meat of God, concerning the execrable and confecrated things,haddeferued todie,and was accordingly to be punilhed withdeath:he nothinggainefaied the teflimonieofGod there- in, but yeelded himfelFe to be an offendour, and to fuffer the punilhmcnt that his offencedemented. And fo much did Ionah likewife, and more then that, (though the Lord more (pared, and miraculoufly prefer- ah.t.ts. tied him) for when the lot conuided him to be the man, for whole fake that boiflerous and dangerous foorme was .railed, himfelle paired fentenceofdeath and drowningvpon himfelfe, and required the heathen marriners to doe execu- tion. yfc. Reproofe ofthemwhich muentthis good andvIeíijll ordi- nance, and make it ferue for cuill and hurtful! purpofes, as they doe, that glue themfelues to carding and dyeing. Doe theyaymc at this, that euery one,as ncarc as may be,fhall haue and hold his owne ? or doe they not aduenture euery one the loíic of his owne vnthriftily, to get an other mans, though it were his whole patrimonie, without ducconfidera- tion, vnrighteoufly ? Is this an euen and equal!, and indiffe- rent forme of making partition ? And howwell they be con - tenttodepart with that which the dicedothallot them to lofe, andhowmuchpeace is fpred among thcm,andhowgreat con- tentions arcpacified,mayappcare by their frownings,and fret- tings,when their full baggcs haueemptied thcir flomacks into their fellows pockets, yea by their brawling, fwcaring, and curling, and many times by their challenges, quarrels, and combats. Adro-
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