- :rot without s·ny fear~ or reuere13ceofhitn. Therefore thofe that · hauedone to~muttr~ p:·tv, ·mddoe fo no more. · · , Sohkevvife wee abu{e Gods tides, in ndh petitions and I~precd.. imprecations: as Sarab in a fuming chafe comes to A~nt- ~~~:16.i~, ham, and faith, The Lord he fudge bctwir~t me and tlJee: and thus fhe mutl needes haue ~ pur.chafed Seffi ~ns, andGod muH come downe from hcauen in all the haHe ; none elfe would ferue the turne to redrdfc her wrong, whtch f11ee tho~ght ~he had. And what was the nutter? Why, Hagar had dealt vndutifully with her, a"d God mufl needes come to locke tO· this diforder. But ifGod had come, and,hearing _her r~fh prayer, flraight tnade examination, andpreceeded to punHh the chiefe offender, who {hould haue been firll plagued? wpo was the firH motioner of taki11g Hag4r to tA·br4httm?was notS4rahher felfe? What? mufl Ahr11h4m tak~ her through her tneanes and motion,and now,,when __ the matterJalles <;>Ut ill 1 ,fhe will fall out with··her husband~ 'Howcould ,the fuccdfe bebccter,Jince fhe was.the attthorof fo iil a beginning?Sot hat fuch kinde ofimpreca-tions, as to wHh,Godbe iu.dg~,ralhly,and. haf'hly,is agreat di.fhonor to . .God. As li~cwife in cutfing: a ~, Gods vengeance on him, Curling• an~ fi~ch.like horrible fp-eeches, whenGod (forfooth)mull ncedes become. ~heir officer eo reueng~ their quarreli, and f;erue tqcir nlahcious humour. So lt~ewife to praife God, P_:aiting ~n.d g~u~ hinl th~n~es. for ?-11 ~uHl thing. As Sa.ul at the w~c- ~i11 {hf,:&~ kedneffe of the Ztphtms; when they to cqrne fa.uour Wt{h Sau{, ard tO get.his good will, came to betray Dttuidvnto him,. at;t d ~o . difc;oue~ - where h~e was, that Saul might taker .Sam.~!• him: he bre~k~~ o·ur into· hypocriticall and finfull praifes, u. faying: Bieffed b~~ .you·of theLord, &c. One might haue .done a.good d~~ie.) at}d difcharged a good confcieuce,as[,. 11ath.tn .~i~,. at~4~h~Guld ~~~u.er th~nk God for that :.but let them come:andlfdpe.hi (n to.brin.g his m.ifchieuous purpofe to ·paffe,.then.God ~e ble{fed_,and much .good thankes there ·. mutl ~e•.But .Dauiddid not fo to.him.that flew S411/,though . he had:binacrudl & an vniuA aduerfarie•. So,for gamefiers,. . W~t~_they c.oufen and robbe one another vniuHlyof~heir · D.tonel,wichout.confde~1ce or-.warrant (they 111ight .euen · .as .
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