Verf.r.o. YROVERB S: 4t who would ílrippe himfelfcout ofa Princes robe, to clothe hiinfelfe with abeggars cloake andyet to do all light,vaine, proud, and gavial people, uhich rather delire finecuates to thew to men, than faithfull hearts in thefight ofGod ; falfly imagining, thevnlciucs, and others, to he to farce hvnuu- 'rabic , as they arc richlydecked , and vile rayment to be a fuficientcaufe.why the ben men !Mould be balelyvfed. But let there gay gallants remcmb r that proud Fprods royail apparel!, could not preferue his boa:ells from the mouthes ofcontemptiblevermin : nor the rough garmentsor skins which ad), and lohn Baptist ware , did any way impaire their cfiimationor authoritie. Vcrfe to, (Ali f onne) ifinners doe intice thee, content thou not. His verle, and the nine next following,containe an ex- cellentcaucat,to take heed of,and auoyde thole means which make the in(fru&ions ofparents, or other gouernors fruitleire, and ofnoneeffc&, namely, pernicious, and pefl`r lent intícements . This matter he doth heere. propound in the generall, and moreparticularly amplifie afterwards, in that which followed). In thegenerali bee forewarneth his bonne, that is, euerie godly man, and fuch as addið himfelfe towiledome and vertue , to beware of feducers, (hewing both uhat manner of perlons theyare , viz. Sinners , and how to be auoyded bynot contenting vnto them , or gluing the leafy care, or liking to their flatteries, and deceitful) perfwafions. c)Wyfonne,&c.] when any man beginneth to take good waies, bee is like to be refined by will counfelis. See Chap. 9.15. iffinners, &c.] They that be naught themfelues are rea- dyalto toperuert others. Sec Chip. i 6.2.9. Content thou net, d.c.] It is good before temptations, to be refoluednot toyeelde veto them. Salomon giueth this precept to be learned; bekore thou G2 be
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