jhrfe.so. ofgoodaffedion, reuerent eflimation, and friendly vfage, be- wife theyare nor wealthy. Beware that thou approoue not of the wickedmans bchauiour, nor admire his profperous cflare, tithencehis condition isfoferuile andcontemptible; and take heede that thoudefpife not the poore that is godly, nor con- demns either thecafethat he Qanieth in, or the wales that he walketh in, forafmuch as his dignitie is fogreat and glorious. Whofocur repcfeth his ownehappines in heauen; andnot in earth, and priceth Gods lout to himfelfeabove the pompeor riches ofthis life, will altoglue moll preferment in his heart, to others thatfhewe theirfelues to be citizens ofheauen, and whomtheLordhashchofen to be rich infaith, and heires oftheking- Iam.s.f. domewhichhepro'nfedtothemthatlonehim: none but fellow-fer- uants,and fuch asare bare borne, will honour thedrudges and feruants of Gnne, about the fonnes and children of God. Which maywell fernealto to them-that feare God, for a mo- tinetopatience in their tribulations and adueriltie, (icing that all the crollès which Chriflians doe beare, are nothing elfe but as it were the murthering of young noblemen in thcir childhood, that theymay be fitted for glorie and excellencie, when they (hall come to their riperage hereafter. Osier princes, &c. Euill rulers neuer abufe their authoritie fo Dotl.3. much,as when the godlyfall into their hands, It followethbeneath in an other chapter, thatwhen thewic- kedrife vp, that is flourifh and beare fway, menhide themfelaues. What men are theywhich arc driuen into that dii}relre? The next claufe flieweth by conrequent,faying, When t heyperifb,the OU.18411 righteous increaf . And was not this to be cleerely (erne in Pharaoes tyrannie, and theEiptianscruel tie againil the poore I¡raelites?Andwas it not as cuident in theviolence oftheBabi- loniansagainfl the fewer, when tLey defiled thewomen i t Gion,and the maiden in thecitiesofJudah ? When the Princes were hanged by Lam.T+ theirhands,and thefacesoftheElderswerenot ',ado; honour ? when they tookethe young men to,rinde, and the children fell vnder the wood, as the Prophet in the name ofthc church complaineth ? Andwe may fpare andpaireby that infolent, proud, and high minded IHamm, and his bloudie deGgnement, who (as he H, 3. thought)
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