Ofthe vanitie ofPrincesfauour.r.. 309 phants mouethem to difpleafure..Ofthis Daisidhad experi- ence, Whobeing greatly in Sault fauour, fuddenly procured his hatred, for no othercaufe, but by his owne worth and good deferts, and the others iealoufie and vniuft fitfpition. And therefore hauing byhis owne experience, come to the knovvledgeofthis inconf ancieandmutabilitie;hefaiththat itis better to tru in the Lord, then tohaue confidencein Prin. Pfaim.rr8.g. ces, becaufe whereheloareth,he /meth to theend: his loue and Iohn fauourbeing immutable and vnchangeable. To whichpur- polealto fereeiiefaith, thatthe hope ofthehils is butvale, and Ierem.3 r.3. the multìiudt ofthemountaine.s, but in the Lordour God is the health oflfrael. But though it were granted that the fauour ofPrinceswere immutable, yet there is no caufewhy wee fhould fee our harts much vpö it, for as much as théfelues are mortall,and readie to leave vs whenwe Moll beare our felues vpon them, and to fallevs whenas wethinks their loue our chiefefltengrh.And this argttmetit Daukivfethtodiffwade Pfalm.t463.4 vs from trutiing in Princes, becaufe their breath deparreth, and they returning to their earth, all their thoughrsperifh; accounting him bleffed who putshis whole confidence in the Lord, whole loue isvnchangcable and himfelfe eternal!, andnot in theKings andpotentates ofshe earth, whole loue ismutable, and themfeluesmortali, and confequetidy their favours are a vaine flayto reti vpon, feeing they diew ith them: neitherlet anymanthinke,that their fauoursreceiued areannexed to the crowne, and will continue by fuccefìion, feeing there isnothingmorecommon, then.forthe heireto hate them, whomhis father orpredece4fourlopedand etiee- med; it being the nature of foueraigne power not to ioy muchin others loue,butrather to delight themfeluesincrea- tures oftheir owne making. But as thisfauourofworldly Princes is vaine, fo allo is it 4.Sea.i3. vnprofitable;neitherbringingto thole that haueit anygreat Thatthefguors good, nor exempting and freeing them from anygreat euil: ofprincesate it doth -not make them better ormore vertuous; yeaoften- vnprofitable. times inuchWorfe, andmore vitiousthen thole that iaant it, puling themVp Withpride, andcaufing them tobe infolent in all their carriage and behauiour. It cloth not free them X 3 from
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