PROVERBS, Chap. 79, lhouldappoint them to fay, that Nabotk did blafnheine God, and the king, not once making doubt, but that fuch might quickly be prouided, and would in that manner be directed, and fo it fell out accordingly.And the hie ¡micas andother ad- uerfaries of Chri fig knewwell that fo many leaud fellowes con- ucrflng with them, tàlfe witneifes were not farre tobe fought, . nor hard to be found, but would be there prefent, andmade roadie for their turnewith fewe howres warning. Firfl,all that flue inordinately, and lead awicked life, beam iuflice a deadlygrudge, for that it iuílIy threatneth to cutte them offfor their due deferts : and fo all() haue they a quarrel! againil righteousmen, becaufe they difalowe their unrighte- ous dealing: and thereforewhen thcy pretend in thecae to te fie the truth, and to fpeakc their knowledge, they meant in deedto be reucnged on theiraduerfaries, and to fpeakcagain it the truthwhich they certainely knowe. Secondly, fuchas maintains the foulefl matter, arcvfually the dearefl friends vnto them, as being not onely their fel- lowes in the feruice of finne, but euen their brethren the fonncs ofSathan : befides,that the tongueoftheone fortis fet tofile fora price, and the hand.oftheother is roadie tohire it withwages. Thirdly, they aredeflitute ofthefeare ofGod, they dread nodanger, theyconcludeofimpunitie, or elle they wouldnot be fo licentious in all the refl oftheir waits, andwhat will they notvndertake then (when as it feemeth to them they maygoo through flitch with it in fafetie) tohurt tl it foes, to helps their fricnds,and greatly tobenefite themfelues ? r .fa In fUrucion for judges and all other gouernours to be very circumlpeel in thechoifeoflurours, theadmi(fid ofwitnelles, andproceeding vpon theaccufations ordepofìtions ofdiffo- luteperfons, vnleti'e othercircum fiances doeconfirme their teflimonies. And as little hcede fhould begiuen ofeucry:man, to theirprivate tales ancl.rcpor ts, which? way.foeuer they tend, whether to the extolling ofthewicked, Or deprauing of the godly : what is to be thought of6'lair forme, but that as an obedient child,lac:will .pplichtadelfc toB lialr. bulincs ? Hn;.
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