Yerf . T 9 . PROVERBS. 's First, it proceedeth from fclfe-1oue,whch alwayes careth for one, not onely with the ne lees, but alto with the de- triment, and often with the driolation, deftrcdion , arid damnationOfmany, as the Prophets vie to cry cur vpon vnmercifull Magi(trates and vuconfcionablc Mtntflcrs, Ezcch.2z. 12.13.25.z7, Ell 56.9. I o, I Z. Zephkn. 3. 3.4 Zach. I I . f. It hardneth their heart , and maketh them bold and fe- cure,oppofìng their wealth as a bulwarke or fortrcife againfl All manner of per;lis : For the zricfeedmaketh bobzst ofhis orate hearts defire, and thecondom-16lef cthhimfelfe : hee contemneth the Lord:Hie. ways alwayesproper : Thy it.dgements(faith the Pfalrtnill to God) are abeam his fight, therefore defieth hee all his enemies. InaruEtion, not to truul anythat is in the power of coue- toufnes : for no viatncrifull man is like to be faithful(, and none giuen to auarice can políibly be mercifull. if lucre command,they muff obey,wholoeuer fhall be damnified by it : ifniggardlines prohibite , theymuff deti[l, though it be from helping their nearea friends. Nobandsof amity , of, nature, or ductywill holde, ifought can be gained by the breachof them . Parents would be rid oftheir children to Ietfelt their charge : and children would be glad their pa- rents were dead, to poiTeffe their patrimony. The husband udheth his wife faireburied , that hee might marryanother, with a greater portion : and the wife longeth after her hpf- bands funerali, that thee might inioy her ioynture, and be better prefer red. . It voilltakeaway 6.c.1 The more worldlings doe thriue in their commodities, the work their flare is. Acbab had an immoderate appetite to the vineyard,which came a*a dainty morfell into his mouth,but (luck asa bone in his throat,and choaked hïm : it was thevtter vndoingof him and his family. And Iseda5 had no better a bargaineof his thirty pence, for which bee fo perfidioufly betrayed his innocent MaUer. Neyther did eAchan himfelfe anygood, by laying facrilegious hands vpon that which none other K 2 dura Reaon t. EZe,;b.ZZ.izi r3.zs2, 114. S 6,9. 10. 11. Zef h. .3.q.. ZacÌ:.t j.s. z. Pfa1,10.3.5. 2,Ife.
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