t/erft%to. PROVERBS. .39 righteous, and browe beate themwith a diflainefull counte- nance ifthey can eafïly paife by the foule faults of biafphe- mers, ruffians, quaífers, quarrellers,garueflers,picke-thankes, andwhoremai 1 }ers, and fo bitterly aggrauate, and cenfure the fnaller infirmities of filch asotherwife areverruous, and ho. neíl, (whopera.duenture,i.fth'ey had equal' hearing, Cuchas lob afforded tothe neane(1 in his bode, would proue themfclues not to be culpableat all,but tohaue performed Come good.du- tie) then theirwaies tell them that their hearts be corrupt, and by (}rengthning the handsofinners, they (l,ewc their loue to fìnne, and by their rigouragainí} the godly, theybewrayand manifeíl their owncvngodlnes.. Further;nore,Gnce the proceedings ofgodleífe gouernours are fo vniuf} and cruell again.(} the people of God, it fhould Z make vs the moreCeruiceable to him, in all religious obediêce to his lawes, and loyal( to his Lieftenant our Soueraigne the kings maieUie,whom he bath fet overvs,that hemay preferuc vs from the handsofour mortali aduerfaries the papiffs.Itwas an beanie Orokevpon lermfalem and Iudah, to be deliuered, though a lhort ti me, into thehands ofShifh4k the kingofE- gipt, that beingCeruants tohim, theymight .knowe thediffe- rence betweene the feruice of the Lord, and ofthe heathen Z, Chrona princes : andwill it bean ealle burden for vs tobeare the into!. lerable yokeofthat Romilh Antichril},to bemade theCeruants ofthat feruant offcruants,whoexalteth himfelre fo proudly,fo abonekings, and thegreate(I.potentates ?May ve thinke, that that mankind beaa (whobath fo.long time liued by blood, by thebloodofthe Coules ofthem that Cubied themlelues to his lawes, and the blood ofthe bodies ofthem that reGu him.) would intreatevs with as great mildnes,as ShiíkakdidRehobo- ax, and his people? Nay,as Zenacherib would hauedoneHeze- aah,andhis people ? Are6, chadneztarwith hisBabilénians, was farre more fauourable to Ierufalem;,then the popewith his R2- manias, would be to England, ifhispowerferued him again( the King, and his faithfull fubiecs. Forneuer any Aeaalate was more infe(lious, andFull of inveterate rancour again(} Ia- sohpolderitie, then thepopifh.idolatersare againa thofe that . arc
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