Verf.y-', PROVERBS. 5,9; Verle t 7. For in vaine it the net f remtdbefore the eyes ofall that hsith wing. A S before bee aduifeth the godly to be cautelous, and 173not toyeelde to the inticcn'enrs ofthcfc wicked temp- ters , becaufe all their wales tend to the doingof hurt : fo hcerebee diffwadeth them, by another argument, from the vnccrtai.le euent of their attempts , contradicting their braggg,.es, and abfolute promites which they made to them- felues of profperous fucceire, in the twelfth and thirteenth verfes, and this heeBothby a uimilitude : although they be asconlidmnt of fpeedingwell, as if they kadgotten the prey already : yet can they no more allitredly fay that their coon. fells and purposes (hail rake effeet, than an vnskilfull Fowler (which Iaieth his mares and grinner openly ) cancertainely affirms , that he will catch the birds that Hieby, andobferue his nets. Net1,read, e-c.] Maliciousand crafty men apply them- Doar. r; felues as bully to intrappe the innocent as Fowlers doe to catch birds. This didMicah marke, and much complaine olfaying , )v1icab.7.t. They all lie in waitefor blood : every man huntethhis brother with 4net. And the Church of God at that time , when the Lameutationr were written, didboth fee and feele,and groane vnder this, and publikely bemoane it, laying -, Mine enemies Lament.3.it., chafed mefore likea Bird, without cafe. Firf they chinke theinfelcies more annoyedwith boned Reafon.. i, men, which obferue and decefl their enormous behauiour, than withany kind offowlcs,.though neuer fo rauenous and given to dcuouring. Secondly, it is their game and (port, to intangle any that are faithful' , and vpright of heart : Inch is their delight therein, that theyiindc themfelues ill for want of refre(hing, when they faile of it : theirfleepegoethfrom them , vnlejTe they havecsiesfedfame tofall. hope tomake a gaineofit: for diucrs times 3 Z.
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