3* PROVERBS. Ch tp.l $. sad though the other fcemc to{-mile vpon theewith a fleeting .face, yet being toomuch made of, it proucthacruel! tyrant. Theformer maketh mere many times mecke,and amiablc;and the lattercau(etlî them tobe fierce, and hateful' : that leading them toCobrictie,this drïuín.g them into a frenzie,infömuch as likemad rnen,they fall to rauing,and raging. Yet lirh moti that be lowe broug ',t, can for a time crouchvnto elote that may ei- ther helpe,or hurt them, it is notto be taken fora certainenote ofgraceandhumilitic,to yeelci ones Celle lubn;if ne tomen,in thatedhte,vnles they call down théfeluesal Co fore the Lord. W:haue !Dewed before, that proud Phs rao could i ntreat Mofes topray Ebr him i his miferie,&ambitioushlamicould downe vpon his knees to Efler, inhis peril!: and boating Benhadad, could put a rope about his necks,&be feruat hi mlèlfto Achab in his ouerrhrow,whcn his hteand life did lie in Achabshand. 1yfe Reproofs of them that being poore, areyet nothing the lcl3e proud,andarrogant,whoíe haughtiemindes,and inlolen. cie,cannot be brought downe by beggerie it felfe:be it knownc vnto them, that theywake flubbornelr againfl the Lord,as Moles ,56. witnelíeth, and therefore theLordwill wallteflubbornelyagainft them, as himfelfe doeth threaten let them Tooke for fawn plagues more, andCeuen times greater, óvntill they beeither humbled, or de(lroyed. I ftheylet themfelues towretll e with him, by delpifing his judgements, he will either glue their hearts the fall, by working repentance, and humiliation them, or their foules and bodies the foyle, by executing plaguesanddamnationvpon therm. Verfz4. Aman that hathfriends,ought tothew himfelfefriendly, forafriehdis ncarcr then4brother. A Man that pathfriends] which is bclouedof, and receiueth fauours and benefites fromothers, ought to/hem, himfelfe friendly, to cntertaine, hold, and rcqúitetheir friendihip by all goodduties. He is not onely to takeheede lea(} by any ftrangenes, andoffering ofdifcourtcfies, he lofetheir likings, but to indeuour byall lignes and pledges ofgoodwill, toknit their hearts faller and faller vntohim. Forafriend,an vnfained wet-
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