26 PROVERBS. Ch4pi.iS. rieman mayreadc, and how implacable thewicked of them were to thegodlie,till the Lord bygrace or proui?ence,appea. fed them, is euident in the Scriptures. ea att. Fira , when men be of the fame bloud , andofa contrarie fpirit ,and behauiour , the enuie groweth the greater , and the malice more violent from the vngodlic againtl the righteous, bccaufe the goodncsof them thAt be necrevnto them , doth veriemuchdiCgracc and condemne their Gnfulnes and rebel- lion. And therefore they rehenge it withvnnaturall and bar- barous fiercenes : Iomctimes the brotherbetraying the brother to 0.1r, death and Cometimes thefather theforme : and fometimes the children rifn,?, againf theirparents, andcastling them todie, as our Sauiour teihifieth. 2. Secondlie , where there bath bene a great leagueofkinde- nes,and much louebetweenc them, therewhen then they fall tovariance, theirexpeIations be decelued,and that goodopi- nionand.hope that one hadof the other, & then all things are taken in the wont part,as Ahalhxertt dealt withHaman:& then theremembranceofall former familiarities,& curtefes,do ag- grauate thenew rifen offences, as Dauiddid iufilyobbraidc if- f$ g3"4 chitophel. There is no furfeit more dangerousand hurtfull,then tohaue the (loanackannoyed,andoucrcoreof filch meates as a manwas wont moil to like of. Yfe. lnttruc`fion tovfeour brethren and friends withall good re- fpet s,as wherebywe may tye their loue the fatter vnto vs, and not glue caufe that it fhould be Ceparated fromvs. And better k is tobeate fornewrongs, then by takingofeucry offence, to ¡»bitterour ownehearts and theirs, to the ruine ofour amitie and friendthip. Abraham chofe rather todepart from muchof his right,then that he would leleaníe ofhis nephewLets loue, or beata difference with him. And i four friendsand brethren becliranged fromvs,theharder it is toreconcile their good af- feClion, the greaterdiligence is tube&Ai incffedingof it. If we haue trefpatfèd again (t thetn,let vs chofe fc it : ifthey haue binmi(nformed again vs,Ictvs cófilte it : ifought be doubt- full,and is mifnterpreted,let vs exrlainc it: andwhen we haue done all that wecando to r coucrtheirgoodwil,by wildome, meeincs,.
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