rorfe$. 'PROVERBS. 43.. them forcomfort, reliefc,and fauour,yettheyw,ff vst, theywill not heart anyrequen} orcomplaint that het maketh, theywill not befriend them inaniematter of weight wherein they may do him good. ç Neither confanguinitic, nor fansiliaritic, will make a fleihlie I)s friend firme tohim that is in mifcric. Pouerticandafl:]i ions, do mini(}crmatter enough ofquar roll andbreach, though nowrong beoffered , thoughno fault becommitted. Whatwas lobs trefpaffc,and wherewith washe . tobecharged,when his bretherenwere remouedfromhim, andhio acquaintance wereflrangersvntohim ? when his neighbours did1for- fake him, andhisfamiliars didforget bim ? when they that dn' 1t in hst honfe,andhis maidentakkehim foraflranger ;forhe mu a,Bran: ger in theirfight ? when heecalledbinfersiant, but he wouldn't stn- lob.19.1 fwere, thoughheprayed himwith his mouth ? whenhisbreathwas ' &C f rangevntohiswi fe,thoóh heprayedherfor thechildré.r/akeofhit crone bodie? And what was Dauidsoffence, and the crime where. Pfal, 3$, t ofhe might be conuifled, whenhis letters andhisfriendsflood fidefrom hisplague, andhis kinfinenflood ferre of f ? Fir(l,in theirpridc,thcy take it forablcmifh to their blood, Re41 thatanic of theirkindred fhould bepoorc : and a reproach to themfelues, to becompanions to men that arc ofbate enlate, acidcontemned : but let their kinfinen or friends be papinis, And Idolaters,let thembe fwearcrs,and blafpphemcrs,letthem be proude,cruel!, opprclror:,adulterers, ruffians, or otherwift as wicked asanyAtheiacanbe,yetthefc (}ainenot their flocks, nor fhame their companie, none but theneedleanddefpifed, difgrace their familiesand fellowes. Secondlie, in their mifrablenes , they feare 'cart aburthen s. fhould be laydvpon thcm,and they puttocharges in rclicuing theirneccflìties, and therefore though theymini(ter littleor nothing vnto them , yct thedreade ofcxpences Bothas much difquiet them,as ifgrcat fummesofmoneywereextorted from them. See Chap. 14.20. Verfe 8. Heethat ?offered, hisheart, loueth his ownefoale: he ksepethvnder, anding, tofink G 2 He 1
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