p'erfe,2L. PROVERB, yj the (hewers efhurtfull conferences, which badealïnaíi catin- gui(hed their =ale, and drawnc them into many cull! waies which before they were afraidoff. Inflrudion to auoid euill companicas muchas we may, if we would not haue euil! counfell to annoy vs. A companion of foolesfhali l'emaderorfe faith he,in the thirteenth chapter.v.ao. where thoumail} fee more concerning this fe. Verfe.28. A wicked )5itnefe mocketh at iudgexner.t, and the mouth of the vnnodÿfirallerrethvp iniquitie. A wicked wirne(jeg a witneüreofBelial, as it is in theHebrew text, one that the diucll himfelfe, and his owne wicked difpo'.ition fubborneth to periurc and deale corruptly, "socketh. at indçement, not onely giueth in hilfc euidencc, but doth the fame offet purpofe, malicioully, and without any fare,making nomore account eithcir ofright caufes,or ofma-. gilrates that arc placed toexecute iuf}icc, or of God himfelfe that will punifh falfewitncires, then ofa id}, or things tobe laughed at. Ami themouth of the rngodlywillfwallow vp iniquitie. This healleadgcth as areafon of that his vntruth and falfe- hood in witnes-bearing, becaufe he is detperately finfull and bad in all his behauiour. Hip mouth, himfelfe vile wretch, yet themouth is mentionedbecaufe oftheallegorie,fwallowtthvp iniquitie, committeth all villainies, with as great delight and plcafurc,asdrunkards doe Prongdrinke,or gluttonsdelicious mates. Awickedperfon mayeafily be made a falfe witneffe. D0£f, t. He that isdifordcred inhis ordinarie behauiour, will make nobonesto giuea falfe tellimonicbefore themagitirate. Ieza- 4e/had that in her head to helpe her husban2 with,fo (cone as euer (heknewe theaukofhis pafíionate difcontentment, and vndertooke forthwith tobring /Worksvineyard tohis hand: for it fcemeth that (he had made triall offuck mens feruice be- fore that time: and therefore writeth to theelders andnobles of Ifracl; prefcribing whome they fhould imploy, formes ofi,Xing..1. elial, vnthriftieperlons, diífolute rake-hells : and what they thould 2.
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