58 PROVERBS. .cbap.1-9 fccthnotthat Paul by palling by the indignitie,without indig- nation, kathgraced himfelfe before the companie that then heard him,ancl all others, whicheuer fincehaue heardofhim? Sec Chapt, iz. vert: z 6. Verte tz. The wrathoftheking , N like the roaringofa Lyon: but hifauour is as thedeawe vponthegraf fe. rrHewrathoftheng]the indignationofaPrince,or mighty potentate,hauing authority&power,incenfed(not again(l the innocent and righteous,but (ùch as were Michasah, or .filj,h,whom Achab (formedat,but killednot,or thogh he had killed them,yet hecould not hauehurt them,but him(el fe ra- ther,as Ioabdid, by flayingofZachary, & fending him the foo- ner toheauen) but aga in£} malefa&ors, rebells,traytors, con- temptuousperrons, and tranfgretforsofhis wholcfome'awes, or anie whomGod (hall put into the magi orates handy as men ofdeath, for violating his commandements, is like the roaring ofa Lyon,whichhathmore courageand flrcngth, both to roare morehideouflie, & to teammote cruelly : For it is not under- flood of them that be taken,and fliut vp likecaptiues in holes, whomwe may heare,and lookevpon throughgrates)and (land ncerc toowithout peril,butoffuch as meetewith a prey,either ofman or beat's, in the forre(ls,or open fields,oranie where in their ownewalkcs. Buthisfauour, his loue, &countenance, e. fpecíally towards worth le rnen)is like thedean, vpon thegra1fe,ve- rie comfortable or profitable tothem, reioycing their hearts, aduancingtheir (lates, preferuing, andprote ing them from wrongs,asthedeaw,or mild fhewres,do refrcih the felds,caufe gratfctogrowe,andpreferue the fame,that the fcorchinghcatc ofthe Sunne dric it not vp, and caule it towither. It is expedient formen tobegood fubiec`is, euen forfeare, or hopeof the princesatíedions. TheApo(lles,bothPaul andPeter,lay aEure foundation for lóyaltic to bebuilt vpon, and ground it in the confcience of Chriflians,thatforthe Lordsfake,theyfhuld be fubicttoautho- ritie:but ifaniebe fo impious,and deuoydeofreligion,that the ordinanceofGodbeofno forcewith hirn,yet gooddifcretion might
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