rRaVERBS. Verfe 19. 4brother offended, is hardertowinne doesaftr&,st Citie ; andtheircontentionsare like the BarreofaPallace. A Brother]a natural' brother,a neare kinfman,a kind friend. rx offended, alienated bywrongs receiued,or i magined to be doncvnto him , from him whomc hee fo much affected before, is. harder towinne then aflronr Citie , will with more did.. ficultic be brought to firme and vnfained reconciliation, then a Citie well defenced, canbe vanquifhed and taken. And their contentions , their arifc , and fuites, are like th Barre ofa Pallace, Qrong,andvehement, and mull with no lelfeadoc be pacified, whiles their power ferueth them to purfire oneanother , then the mightie ironbarres,whcreby thegates of a Cafile,Fort,or great building,are (hutin,and kept fafe, may be broken,or cut ìn (under.. But this is to be vndcrdood of vnregenerate and fclblic men , or of Gods feruants fo farre as they be carnal!, andnot othcrwifc s for it is acommendation that is giucn to thegodifc, by. Saint lames , that their tvifedome which they re- Tam,3.17 ceiue f`° orsaboase,;maketh them peaceabic, gentle, andealie to be iwreated. ¶ The more neerly men are knit together, the more grie- Doak uous thebreach is, when iacres doegrowe betweene them. Their fricndihipnot fomuch , as torne in the wholecloth q the finewes of their lone arc cut in funder,rathcr thenthes!kinneofit broken. Exampleswe haue hereof ofthore that haue binwickedon both fides,as Abirn.'lechAnd ''teShec^ernites: tj'h ofheth,and Ab- ner: Ahafns ri ,and t'aa,t4 6rJ, & _Kfmanafterwards : and fo in like manner of Ab!h.tloni and 4mnon. Experience alto may befeene, in filch as haue bene vnited with thebandsofnature, and difioyncd by the difference of religions , though perad- uenture they may bothmake profeílionof the (acne, the one in frau.!e, theother in fàithfulnes: Such were C::ine and Abell, Elan,and Jacob : Jacobs ciderformes before their conucrfion, and lofepb. Howcxtreamely theworkofthefe malignedthebetter cuc- E tic
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