fords, p R.OV ERGS. e3 anyothers,or than all their foes could otherwife doe again(l them, The tyrant himfelfe is euermore the principall fubie&of his owne tyranny , and fo is the. crafty perfon of hisfubtil- ty. Wherein appeareth their Gmpiícity and folly, who are nowifcr than birds andbeaks :yea farre they aremore bru- tiff andblocki(h than any of there : for whereas therevn- reafonable creaturesconfider not the fnares whichFowlers and Hunters fpread for them ; they fee not the ginnes and grimes which their owne hands haue twilled and layd to catch themfelues withal!. ut toe they not prct:aile and proceede in doing harme ag ft their brethren, and yet continue cafe , and are free from troubls? Who feeth not that many oppreífers hue and grow great, and obtains their delires& proffer in all things? How fay yee then that they make themfclues a prey, and be fheadcrs oftheir owne blond ? Their prefent tranquility doth nomore prooue them to be in fafery , than the lining of the bird in the net doth ár guethat it is not dangerous to be caught . Though the net kill not, yet few that are taken with it efcape death long, .hut are (till in peril! ofit, and Co (yea more certainely,) are `all that intangle themfclues with iniquity . The delay of ,their rnifcry and ruine is no diminution of it, but an additi- on to thegrienoufnetTeof their defiruaion , who krloweth but that many calamitiesmay yet befall them, beforetheir death ? Who .tcnoweth but that their death may be lamen- table and horrible. ? Whodoth not know,that if they repent not, their torments after death will be intollerable , and endlelle ? And therefore faith the Prophet; Fret not thy!dice for hit that profpereth in his ray : norfor the man that brin- gethhis enterprifes topa(fe : for eai ldoers'fbali be cut off . Yet little and the wickedfhalí not be : thon (halt look' after hisplace, andhe fh x'lnot be found, Pfal.37.7. 9.1o. Inaruc`lion for them that are wronged to be patient, and not pudic their oppreirours with exclamations and out- cries; bewaile them rather in pitty , than füorme againft them
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