354 Ofthevaxisieofworldlyf(iagdomee. his perfon,and tocenfure all his ai#ions,as they werehispre- deceffors. $.SeFI.IO. And thefe are the culls which accompany kingdomes Thegreat ac- in this life, euen when the Prince affeetsand defires to go.. countthat grin- uerne wel.Rut that which maymore weanemens harts from eeshauette the loue offouerai nt aboue at the day g Y a eJisdgement. refpects the life tocome :namely, that great reckoning and accountwhich Princesare to makeat the dayofiudgement; forhowfoeuerin this life they are priuiledged from gi reafon oftheira&fions vntomen,yet thegreat Kingofhea- Wifdome 6.3, lien andearth, fromwhom they hauerecetued their Empire and dominion, will audit all their accounts, and hauearec- koningof al thofe rich talents whichhe lent WHO them:then mutt theyyeeldan account how they haue fpent their great riches and reuenevves, how theyhaue imployed all their fu- preamepower and authority,for theexecuting ofiufltce and iudgement, and for the rewardingofthe good, andpunifh- ment ofthe euill:how they haue fpent that precious time al- lottedvnto them forthe gouernment ofthe people,whether theyhaue improued it to the belt aduantage for the gloryof their Lord andgood oftheir ftibieels,orelfe haue confumed itin carnali pleafures, and propháne riotoufnes. Then muff theygiue a reckoning of their owne life, whether they haue finned as lights before their people, and led them in the waies ofgodlines by their good example; or contrariwife haue fcandalized them by their euill lines, and miflead them into the by-paths offinne as prefidents ofwickednes. Final- ly, they mutt be accountable at that day, for not only all thofe linnes which themfelues haue committed, but alto for all thofe committed by their fubie&s, veto which they haue been either principals, by.their commandement, oracceffa- ries through theirconniuencie,audnegleetofthe execution ofiuttice. Now ifa mans owne fins !hall beaburthenintol- lerable, then what fhall becomeof themwho muffgiue an account alfo ofthe fins ofmany thoufands, which through theirdefault hauebin committed ? §,,Sèíi`.I L. Butbefides thefe manifold euilswhich attendvpon king- Zhu wtrldiy domes,
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