r erf.18. pR.oVERBS. Jiro' y the tree with thefruit thereof, andcut himout ofthe land ofthe lining , 'that name ,May be no more in memory. Secondly, his power and wifedome, without which no- 2, thing tàketh effcc4, doth continually accompany his proui- dente, either to cíi:cl that which hee would haue brought to patfe,or to flay that which hee would haue to be croiled: or etlablhfh that which hee would haue to (land : or to ouer- throw that which hee would haue to fall . lithe mccre dr. tention of his bleffingbe enough to fruflrate whatfoeuer any man doth purpofe or take in hand,much more (hai that he brought tonought, again(' which he diredeth his curie, and opp,,reth his wifcdomeand power Incouragement for righteous men,who haue good con- rcienccs,withgood caufes not to be dauntedat the forces or fiierceneire ofthewicked, how cunning foeuer theybe, or confident to preuaile in their malicious enterprises . Doe not thou oppr1effe thy [elfe with needeletTe (cares , as they illudc themfelucs with friuolous hopes : but when they threatewhat theywill doe ,, and vaunt what they can doe , returns them the anfwere which Benhadad had from the KingofIfcell: Letnot hire that girdeth his harnefie, boa. , as z hee thatputtèth it off . Ifehcir might were matchable to their . malice, therewould not onegood man be left aliue,the race and generation of the godlywould bedeflroyed : for the multitude of the Fowlers doth incomparably exceede the number ofthe birds. Verle IS. Moreover they layfor their owneblond , and lie privilyfor their owne uer, 7-O the former two realons, he addeth in there words, a third,from the danger and perill oftheir plot3, that the grcatetl hurt is like to redound to theinfelues : they would thud blond, and to they Iliad, but it is their owne ; theyv fe all their Art to takeaway life, and makea 1laughter,and that they (lull doe, but theyare the men to be lçilled,themfelucs 'null be thine : Aud where then is the faftty, which they fo much
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