Ijoar, Y. 44 'PROVERBS. C them backe from yeelding . In both which wee haue the counfell, or that whereunto theydoe moue vs , and the (e- uerall reafons whereupon the fame is grounded. The moti- ons of the wicked are toworkemifchiefe , and prahiCe true city by cunning, which the Spirit of God Cetteth downe ac- cording to their meaning,in odious termes , hitch as thit owne lippes wouldnót fo apertly vtter, andcfpeciallyt the firfl : for it were enough to fright and difcourage otíe, yct. not ficfhed in Gene, to heare huch words : Let vs lay Waite for blood; vndoe men , eyther by takingaway their liucs,or hurting, if notvtterly cu :rthrowing their eflates hich is their purpofe, but not awway their pretence : and lie priuily like hunters for beans, and fowlers for birds, or themes by the way fide, and enemies in atnbufhment , ditlemble and concealeour malicious, treacherous, and hurtful! plots, vntill wee haue aduantage : for the innocent , whom God iu- Ilifieth and approoueth of and who haue dcferued no fuch intreaty at the hands of their opprefTours; abom clamo- rous tongues notwithf}anding fpare not to depraue,as if they were culpable of heinous offences : withoutperil; for fo doe the learned take theword hhere vied in Come other places, as lob 9. 17. And hauinghithertodeclared bt.ththematter and manner of their allurements , hee now beginncth to relate their arguments , whereby theygocabout to inueigle the (imple : and this firíi from the fafety oftheattempt,that theymay take it in hand,and proccede in it freely, andwith- out leave of puni(hmenr, which is brought in the beginning, and placed in the fore-front, to animate them again[T all dread and difcouragements at the on-let. The Lord ihdgeth of wickedmens wages, according as they be , and not after the pretences that are made of them. Farre is it from theirpurpofe to apply their mouth pro feffedly topublifh the bloudy cruelty oftheir mindes; and violent men are leldore heard togiue a voluntary teflim- ny ofthe innocency of thofc that are oppreffed by them. They neuer bragge more of their mercy and iu(fice, than when they are felt to be molt injurious : and they
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