3 z o OfthevanitieoftborldZpotxerandotuthoritie. esi plus tiret alto will to do more then is lawful!; becaufe they imagine quampar eñ, that their pow r ismoll magnified, when as it extendeth it pin, wilt Tram fclfe beyond all bounds and limits ofeither law or reafon. titer. And chus the Authorofthebookeof Wifdome bringeth in mightymen incouragingone another to commit all outrage Wifdome 2..9. and cruelty : Let vs (fay they) leauefome tokenof ourpleafure 10.11. ineueryplace, for that uour portion, and thin is our lot. Lee vs oppreffe thepoore that is rghteotu,let vsnot (pare the widow, nor reverence thewhitehaires of the aged that hauelinedmany 'eeres: let ourfirrengnh be the!au ofvnrtghteoufne('e, for the -thing that is feeble is reprovedas vnorofitable. In which cruel! courfes, whenas theyare long flefhed, they follow them, as bruit bears their prey, when their bellies are full; not for hunger, but forwantonnes, affcóing wrongs and opprellì- ons, not for any plea fine or profit they haue in the thing co/it hit reges done, but only for the delight they take in doing it; and taut vtornnes, chiefly glorying in their power andauthority, becaufe they perdanj aliquos are inabled thereby to do mifchiefe; as though there were uuUumg leuet, no muuicke fo Tweet to their cares, as the outcries of the tantumvtno. wronged,and roancsofthe o rcfled. Neither is this ecat cupit efe g g PP potens.Senec. any rare fault ofthe mighty, Peeing (as one complaineth) in- inOftauia. feriours in all places areCubic& to the couetoufnes and op- Am) rof. Hexa- preflion ofthofc who areflronger then they,and theweaker mer.lib.5.ca.5. a man is, themore fit he is thought tobe made a prey : for it is amongfi them as among deuouring fifhes, the leffe be- commeththe foodofthe greater; and he againe being af- faulted with afironger then he, becommeth his prey, who before deuouredanother, and one belly nowholdeth them both,giuing an example to the mightie ofrcuenged iniurie: whereby it appeareth that thispowerand authoritie being vfually feuered from iufiice, becommethhurtfull and perni- Plutarch. cious: for asthofeliignes , Callor and Pa/l.sx,appearingboth riffiferavis efi together vnto lea fairing men, comfort them with the hope valueadno. offaire weather,andaprofperous voyage ; but being feue- eendara. red and appearing alone portend a tempeli : fo when power and authoritie are ioyned with Wifdome and iufiice, they bringwith themmuch profit both to private men, and to whole focietics : but when thispower is fettered and diuided from
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