322 Oftheva :Weofworldypowerandautborúre; Fotentibus oat- iue in their hearts,and whilefc theycreepe and crouch vntd sir adulartur, thent,theywatch for dcfred opportunitie to tread vpó their inuident omnes. necks,and to folace themfelues it, their vtter ruine.Yea they HeenfuDo are notfafe from the confpiracies andattempts ofchore thó afcenfuDomi- ni,fcrrn.4. they repute their neerefl friends ; and euen thofe who Senec inHerc guard them, are fo falfehearted towards them, that often- enec times they had needofanotherguard to defend them from their treacherie. And hereofit is that there great Poten. tares are continually expofed to innumerable dangers, which threatena fearefuil and fhamefull downfall, while(} curry oneenuieth their greatneffe,and nonealmof} fupports it,vnleffe it be that they put to their hands to vphold it whi- lefv it flandeth byit owne flrength; being readie to pull them awaywhen it a little tottereth, and fiandethmolt in needof their helpe.And asthey are thus endangered by falfe friends, fo alto byopen andprofeffed enemies,who having through the abufe oftheir power beenwronged and iniu- red, doe daily waite for opportunitie oftaking reuenge, and feed themfelues with hope of teeing theirruine, when as they maypay them homewith-their ovine meafure. From which dangers andeuils, though theybe defended through the greatnes oftheir power,yet aretheynot priuileged from the continual' feare ofthem; neither is it might,and power- ful tyrannie, but innocencic,iufl:ice,and well-deferuing that bringeth fecure peace. For having abufed their power to oppreffion and violence, their guiltie confcience, as it were an implacable furie, continually haunteth- them, making them to expe61 what they haue deferued,and-to feare, as much asthey haue hurt. Whereby it commethto paffe, that howfoeuertheyare fometime fafe,yet they areneuer fecure, butfpend their life in continual! agonies and perplexities. Now what is this continual! anticipationofeuils through feare and dreadful! expeó}ation,but adaily fuffringofthem, . the greateflpart ofworldlyeuils being the feare that goeth Se149, before them? Tbatabufed But fay they could efcape both feare and danger from aNtÑ0Y1tlefaNb- men, yet deferued vengeance from God (hall furelyouer- ieetetbmento take them,forabufing that power.and authoritywhich they Gods vëgeancc._ haue
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