346 Ofthe vanitie ofworldly kingdomes. wit incumbran- weorthleffe vanity ofworldly kingdomes, in comparifbnof as rebid; a Gods fpirituall graces or heavenly ioyes: the fiat may be ta. with bring ken from the manifold troubles and incumbrances which a oh with it. kingdome bringerh with it, even to thofe who iuf$y come by it, and wifely manage it; the which are fo innumerable, irkfotne andburthenfome; that ifmenwere not more fup_ ported withambition, then with reafon, they wouldbe rea. diefor wearines to fincke under thewaight, and to unload themfelues ofthisintolerable greatnes,to find cafe ina more privatelife. Of this the Heathen Monarch having experi. ence,faid unto onewho admiredhis happines,andmeafured his inward comfort and contentment byhis outward rule; If Antigonus a- (faith he) thou diddeft know withhowmany evils thisDiá. Serpud m t.4to9. baum. dem werereplenifhed,thou wouldetl notrake i t vp, though thou foundeftit upon a dunghill. The truth hereof maybe moreeuident,ifwe cöfiderbut fome few particulars:forfirft, vetowhat wearyingand wafting care iseven a good King fubiedl unto, whileft he deGreth and fiudieth to a& well his kinglypart;fo he may haue theapplaufe ofGodand his Angels, and that both in retpedlof himfelfe, and alfothat which he taketh for his fubie&s ?And for himfelfe, both in regardofhis perfon and private a&ions, and alfo in regard ofhis placeand publikegouernment. Forthe firf}, hiscare is extraordinary, that he may become a paterne and prefident vntohis people, whom they may imitate; and to thisend he deGreth toThine before them by a goodexample making his owne lifeboth theexpofition and exampleofhislawes, and appearingboth without fubflance orfemblance of euill, to be altoasgood ashe appeareth. For he confidereth that the Princes life and manners, are the fquare and rule according towhich hisfubie6 s frame themfelues in their whole courft and conuerfation : and therefore he feeth howmuch it be- hooueth him that the fquare be firaight, left the worke be sivistibism. crooked, and the whole common-wealth brought out of niafiebÿcere frame: he knoweth thathe ruleth ouer reafonable creatures, fibÿcete ratio- and therefore ftudieth firfi to conforme himfelfe to therule ni:multosregis, ofreafon in all his aélions,thatfo they may the better fubie& sc rateo ifìgar. themfelues visto his gouernment,andmay fuffer him to rule P 34 aS
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