353 O f the v.tnitie ofworldly xobilitie. which bee bath offered, which would bee punifhed and re. uenged,ifhee werenot (Ell armed with foucraigne power. 4.Seé7.13. The feciand vfuall punifhmeutwhich God iuflíðvp- Tha: God brin- on tyrants and euill kings, is hafly and vnexpe&ed deflru&i- getti upon eall on ; which is fo common and ordinarie, that a rnan (hall kings 1)4" dc- hardlyfind a kingthat reigneth long which rulethwicked- firaïüon' ly : intbmuch thatthe wif manof Greece being demanded Thalesa¡ud what bee had fcldomeftfeene;anfoered, a tyrant lining to Plutarch.in old age.Thewhich as it is chieflybrought to paffe through conuiu.2. 1. the MR judgement of God, who when there is none to Voiotia nuns g imp ria cent:- iudgeand punifli,doth himfelfe goe the circuit, and fit vp_ suit diu,mode- on the bench; fo in refpe&offecond caufès it liandeth with ratadurant. reafon, that he for whom euery one layethhares fhould at Senec.in lengthbe catched offome though bee haue efcaped many. ároadc.z°o. And well were it with tyrants ifthis wereall their pontili. ment to haue afhatnefull dcath after a finfull life :but this is but thebeginningcf theirmiferie; for after this firfl punifh- mentofbodihedeliru&ion,infli&ed vpon them as it were at the quarter feflions ; there is a farce greater referued for the time ofGods generall aflifes,cucn the eternalldeath and condemnation bothof their bodies and foules, as a iuti re- compence ofall their opprcliicsns,ittiuries,crueities andout- rages which they haue offered againfl their brethren, for whole good and preferuational their power ofgouermnens was byGod committed to them. 4.Se17.14.. And thus haue I briefly fhewed the manifold culls which Olthefjirituall accompaniekingdoms,whether they bewelvfed or abufed; kingdome tebicb al whichmay :erneas reafons toPhew their worthlefnes,and furryone to inciteall, that iftheywill needs be ambicious,they would afttéfdlaLaur alpire to kingdomes ofgreater value and excellencie; name. f iy,thatfoueraiguty andregiment which isfpiritual and hea- uenly. And firfi, that they fpiritually raibne whilefi they continue on earth, that fo they may continually rtigne in the kingdome ofheauen. So the authourof the booke of Wifedome exhorteth:lfour delight (faith hee) bee in thrones andfcepters,O kingsofthepeople, honour roifedome, that yemay rainfor euer. Now this regiment is chieflyexercifcd in our felucs,when as depofing finne fromraigning in our mortal! bodies, Wifd.6.zs. -41
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