rerri 23. PROVERa.S. 29 al Afflklion and a !owe elate, is a meanes to bringmen to Doll. lowly bchauiour. Wehaue Naomy, andRanh, the womanof Canaan, and manyothers, forprecedents hereof, among the Excdus 9. godly : andPharao, Renhadad, Hannan, and diuersofthefame 1. 1,ng. as crew, for experience ofthis, among thewicked. . Fir(}, t he hearts ofthcm that arewife and godly, are taught p /en.r. to (loupe to their e(}ates,and to fhewehumilitie towards thole by whole hands they hope that the Lord will mini(}er helpe unto them. For it is the direct way to moue other men to be mcrcifull :and tomake themfelues capableofmercie. Secondly, euenof them that be vnregenerate, Come be cru- fliedwith penurie, &calamities, that theyhaue no flomacke to be (}urdic :and Come beawed with dread anddanger, that they dare not (hew themlclues arrogant : and fome be led with art, and pollicic, to (}irrevp men to commiferation, with the pre- tenceand appearance of fubmiiTion. On the other fide, great po(leritieoccafioncth men like bulbs laden with flefh,and fat- nes, to be loftie in minde, and fierce ofbehauiour; flmaz,iah, a.ChroL: whoafter his fuccelfe again (} theEdomites,difdaincd tobe fpo- ken too, though ofa Prophet, and therefore commandedhim filence, and that with threates ofprefent death, vnleife he de- filled. And fooli(h Naball,inthe plcntie ofhis good3,and good cheare, was as drunken with pride, as withwine, and therefore r.5am!21. he fallethtoroaring, and bellowing at Daa:id, and his equall reque(lwhich he vouchfafed fo humblie to make veto him, by his melfengers. And what maruaile is it that they take on in this manner, when they (land in no fcarc, neither neede, as they fuppofe,ofany? When they defpifc,and let naught byall, as contemptible perlons, in comparifon ofthemfelues ? when they imagine their depth and wifedorue tobe nothing inferi our to.theirwealth and riches? Inftruftion not to abhorre pouei tie with to grieuous de- yfr. fellation, Peeing it may helpsvs to knocke off the hcrnes of our pride ;nor to lecke for wealth with fo greedie a defirc, fee- ing that it commonly ,worketh lush great it huknanitie. Though the one frowne at°thec with a grimme' countenanee, ,, yet beingwell vfed,ithelpeth theeagainilthy greaten euemnic: E, 3: and,,
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