S PROVERB, C ap.t9; .13. thought) hauing the hues of all Godspeopleat his difpofing, was refolute to flare none,but vtterly to route out,ill,anddefi?ray everycne,bvthyoung, andold, children, andwomen,in one day ,and to fpoile them as aprcy, Fir ft, they beare an implacable hatred again!} them, ande- uer h ue done fiuce.thc retlitutionof our $r(} parents, at what r 5. time the Lord himfelfe pmt enmitie betwee;oe the/cede of tk'e ivo- tmii..arac%thefleck ofthe ferpent. Now when enemies arc rulers, andbea,res are filepbeards, what equitie, or fafetiemay of the Hocke be eXpeded? z ,Secondly,thçy envy the felicitie &good eflateofthe righte. ous(for their foules arenotaltogether ignorât,that indeed they be deare to God their father,and before him are their betters) yea & their côfciences Hand dread.ofhis image,which thew - eth itfelfe,and fhineth forth in their hues, and that their pietie and vcrtuous bchauiour doth winne them much credit with . wife men, & therefore theydealemot} m1alicioufly with them.. Thirdly, they havefor themoll part all it co!iragemcnts to lay loads andburdens upon their backes : wicked men oppref- 3 fed,will as farceas they can,both refill, and reuenge, and many otherswill murmur-andclamour at thewrongs that are offe- red vnto them, whereas the godly are patient, and readie to beare indignities, and cueryonealmofÈ will be readie to ani- mateand applaud thole that vexcand moleft therm Inflruedon to all gouernours, both domef}icall and pub- pre, like, together with Landlords, -to finde out, and difcoucr to there lues their owne effates, bytheexercifc oftheirgouerns. ment. Are thc-ir grearel tauours bellowed on them that glue greats(} teflimonieofthe feareolGod,andappearetobe,:ofl faithful!? Doe they relerue their kindnes for t o/i. thou rralc in aperf 5i way ,asDaviddidhiR,and bend their difpleafureagainfE flandermrs, then that havepro idlol!.es, decentfullperfont, and teller: of ,? Ifthis their courfeheconflantly held, andwithout par- tialitie, why may it not be faide that they doe n'ife/y in 4 pelfa way : that they walks-in thevpri;7htnes oftheir !f,<.; rts, in themi4,1of their poufs, or dominions ? But iftheyli-nile vpon thewicked, andgrace them with their bell lookes, and frownevpon the righteous,
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