Downame - Puritan-02038 v2
That worldly afedooneandpolicie is to hecontemned. 79 whileft hec embraced, and lidos, who by kifling, betrayed. The flood of their malice is alwaies finoothefl where it is deepef },and where for Tome wrong, either receiued or ima- gined, they intend greater milchiefe, there they vie molt complements, of cap and knee, faire words and kinde em- bracings ; becaufe according to the rule of their politikes, Profe/faoda profeffcd hatred lofeth opportunitie ofreuenge. Yea fo far toning vitdil1e are they in loue with this deeps diflimulation, and out ofli- Locum. king with Chriflian fimplicitie, innocencie and finceritie, which is oppofed thereunto, that in their language, fimpli- citie and follie are all one, and fooles are vfually called by the name of innocents. Yea fo contrarie are fimplicitie and puritie to worldlywifedome,that the Aponte allo oppofeth the one to the other, laying, that he had his conuerfation in the worldinfimplicitie and godly parents, and not inieflily wife- a.Cor. r.i a. dome; implying thereby,that thcfc two are fo oppofed, that they can by no meanes rand together. Vnto this wee may adde their trecherie and treafons, as 4,Seîf.tor chide pillars of worldly policie, whereby they are readie to That worldly betray all thole that trufl them,and to cut their throateswho r ifedome is haue put their lines into their hands, and chofen them as groundedoa fanftuaries of refuge; to fallifie their word and promifes; ireafònieand confirmedby many vehement proteflations, bitter impreca. tions, and deepe oathes; when as either at thef rfl they in- tended nothing leffe, or afterwards finde that the perfor- mance of their promife will not nand with their profit and aduantage. In which trecheries they are fo flelhed,that they acknowledge no friend(hip; nor regard the neeren kinred, but without refpec`tofperfons, tread all vnder foote, which rand in their way, and Reme to hinder their wicked de- liignes. The which their treafon and villanie being difcoue- red, loth not at all daunt them in their curfèd courfes, but one Minnie occalioneth another, and when they haue no other reafon ofdoing wrong, they wilt rill doc it, becanfe they haue done it; and according to their pronetbe, whom they,haue once injured, they will neuer forgive; but adde one wrong vnto another ; like cruell cowards, rill kee- ping dowt:e him whom theyhaucvniuflly ouerthrowne,lcb} riling
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