rerplo. A PROVERBS. 49. though highlic promoting both in appearance. Hcc will per - ucrt them,andannoyother men by them,andtheywill indan- gcr him, and bring much harme and mifchicic to him. Muck ¡efefor aJeruant to rHle ouer Prinees. Byfern tnt, hee meancth filch manner of perlons as bee called rooks in the former claufe ; namely , men enthralled to their lu(}s , and vnlawfull defires : and byPriyices, arc vndcrf}ood the godlie , whoare dignified with a fpirituall aduancement : fo that he proceedeth inextenuating the condition of GnfulI men, and fheweth their nworthinette by wayofgradation, that all forts ofdefreable thingesare too good for them,and muchmore authoritieand power euer others, but mo(}of all fuperioritic, with iurifdici- onouer the righteous. The libcrtieof delights, and comfortable profperitie doth Dal.. nothing belong to thewicked. Whenye fee vngodlieand impious people waxing iocund, and metric, and their (fateappearing profperous & fortunate, what elfe doe youbcholde, but the plantsofWilde comfort, hearing leaues like to that which fpringeth from!grace, but it wanteth the nature and vertue thereof. Or at bef} , it is but as corne growingvpon the toppe ofthe houle, whichnowife manwill reckon amonghis comrnojitics, nor account an or- nament to the place where it groweth : it wasneuer fowen by the handoftheSeedes-man , norsuer will be reapt by thefic- klcof theHaruell -man. Thatrich gluttonof whomeChrifl fpeaketh in theGolpell, Luk,1 had hisof}ate embroidered,&garnifhed withall theornaments ofprofperitie,both for goods,good chcare,finecloathing, and all pleafctres that might Cane for his contentment,if a fenfuall Epicure could poíliblybecontented,but it fat not handfomely on thefooles back,nor was decent for fuch a mifhapcn caitiffc, and therefore hee wasexceedinglydisfigured thereby, and no- thingbeautified , andhis vglefomedeformitie rcmaincth in the viewe and fight ofall fuccceding pof}eritics. Firf}, theyhaue noright tocomfort, becaufe theyare not Reofevb inChrit}, nor rooteof comfort , becaufc the fpirit ofGod is not in them. H Secondly,
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