Verje 6. PROVERBS. 4t hehad affirmed inthe former, why fo manie /ue to theface of the Prince, becauCe Princes hauc móul tobe(}owe, andcuery roan, e- uerycarnal' man for the.mólI pArt is friend , would be thought a friend to him thatgiuetb gifts , that bee might be vfedas á friend , and haue gifts bellowedvpon him. Manie pretend much loyaltie to Princes and Potentates , MR. which beare little goodwill vnto them. As it wasfaid a little bcfore,that richesgathermairfriendes fo is it inlïnuated h°re,thatpower gctteth manic fubiec4s,not whichrcuerenccauthoritic, or delire the Princes honour, fo much"as they gape for their owne private gaine , or pref%er- mnt. Such as Saint Iode docth liuelie deCcrilie, laying, that Iude.s.t theydelifgoucrn, rasent, andfpeake t uill of them that are in autho- ritie, andyet theyhaue mensperfcns inadmiration, becaufeefaduaas- tage. Firfi, Tome crouch , and bowe , and faine themfelues for.: Reaf. ward toyeeldall fubiec`ion., onely through feare, as wanting courageor power to refill. Dauidwas Co dealt with,and tooke good obferuation thereof. As /none as they heare ( faith hee,) I'í t 8444 they obey mee ; the grangers chi f femble with mee : theßrargers fhrinke,and f are in their priuiechambers. And Co didShemei, after that bee faw Ab,0,aloms rebellion atamag.1 fuppreired. Secondlie, othersareverieofficious,prefentingthemfelues t, to doeall Ceruices , not becauCe they are Co commaunded by God, but for thatthey arc Co perfwaded by the hopeof aduâce- menr, as was the policieof Acbitophel , all the timeof Dauias profperitie, before the rebellion of/lb/ha/Viz. Thirdlie, diners creepe into the fauour of 'nightie men, in 2. 'meeremalice again their aduerfaries, to be armedwith their power, for reue lging themfelues on themwhome flay ma- ligne : As was thepraaiféofAbner, when hee was Ellen out - .Sa.n.3, with IJhbofhcth. In(lruaion for rulers, and men ofauthoritic,to beas warie in tru(lii.ng, as flatterers are wilie in decciuing: and tobee as promptandwife tofinde onttheir dit; cnulations, as they are preaandcunningtopretend faithfulnetfe: becauícfcarcc anie G are
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