:. .: The11inth Comm4ndement. ·339: our; that his.purpofe was tnifchieuous, and thist hce would .make adifpatchofDauidand ail his friends, hee Geppes out . now in this vnfcafonable time, and there 'fhewes what hee had feene, namely, that the Prie{l had giuen DAuid bread. · andafword, and askedcounfell ofGod for him. This was . {o indeed as he faid,but this was amofl diuellHhand wicked . ·part in him• · · .. Fromhence arofe rhat cruell perfecuti<:m, and the mur– thering offo~any innocent feruants of God. So the ene- ·miesofDaniel accufedhim,that notwithflanding the Kings Danie%.9. decree t~ the centrary : yet Gill hee made his prayers three times a day vnto the God ofheauen. And it was true indeed · .~that hehad.broken the Kings Edi6t: but in themeane fpac.e . they were moll wicked perfons, that wouldbring this accu- . . fation againfl him,with fuch a malitious purpofe. For here• . in they bewrayed all their fonner rancour,in inuenting fuch -anvngodly .Jaw, becaufc they knewDanielcould·be caught . in nothing, but in matters ofGod and religion. And there · .. .hewould rather hazard his life, than omit.this daily·exercife ·· · ·- ofthewor1hip~fGod.So t.he Ztphims, .vndcrllanding.:chat :r.Sam.~J•:· : th~y ni1gh~proctnc f.a.uourto themfelu'cs byceiling talesa~ •9·· · ~ gainfi Dae~id; 'Ca?le:toSau/, and ad~ucrtifed hhnwhere h.ee·· ·might fii1d him:. ·This .was no lie. -But.is was iniuriou!ly..and · ~wickedly done of them to -difcouer the truth totfuchan ill ;end, and with fo lit'd~·difcretidti$ -when fG"ill:an. ·.eff.e:.a·mufl , :enfl:Je vpon .ir, :as{~t the~~.afi) :perfecu~ion; if-n><?t~tllft deAru- ·Ction df a 'Flar.mdeffe ·man.·' So ·in-thcfe .tim'es·; rome ~ men · ,·th'ere be, tha~ ~fthcykn:ow any p~iuie fau1t,in any man,then . ·without any r-egard ofti~e an.d·place; they prpdame their ' :; : ·. •. ~eighbo~;~~s,in~f:RlitieHod-lt: wide world, ·2.11~ rcara not be- '"· ,1~. · 1 ·' :flne ~hatf ~~piat1y; · anrong~~hGt·pcrfons;theyblazeout · ·~;t' · ::h,is.wdik~;t!!fJtif- t~yl;il~e~ t~ls .~f<n .their ordinarie .de- – ;ft'lice,:·~~~they'are reptl!ued ·i -l'fpeakc truly and cell no ~Ji~, ·-ah9 yv1i,·Jiorheeafuamedofthe truth. Yet awife man., 'WOUld 'bee afhamed tO fpeake the ·t~Uth' foolifbly, when · ~t w.,lll doe"harme· and no good. And hee 'fhould confi-. · .· •: ·~~~r; ~h.~t hce ~ay ~ften 6nne~ore, in.fp~kinga.~nown~ · :troth wuh an 111 mtnde, then·tf {through·1nfirmnte)·bee . I • , • · · • Ulould ,
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