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8o That worldly ibifdome and policie is tyke contemned. riling againe and recouering flrength, hee might reuenge himfelfe for thefe wrongs received. 4.Se3 .ir. Finally, to make vpaperfe &wickedne%,unto there euill Worldly meanes they adioyne as euill ends ; neuerrefpc&ing in any dome propaso- of their proceedings the glorie of God, the good of his dethwickea Church, or the faluation of their owne foules ; but rather, ends. ioyning with Satan in all their courfes, they feeke how they may moil dif aonor God, vex and afili& his children and fer- uants, and ingage their owne foules to eternail deflru&ion, by adding one wickedneffe to another; or to take them at the befi,the chiefe workes which they aimeat,are either ho. nors and preferments,which they afpire vnto by treading o- thera vnder foot; or riches,theMammon of iniquitie,which they feeke to conrpaffe and obtaine by fraud and deceit, in- iuflice and violence, oppreflion and crueltie : orvoluptuous pleafures which are wicked and vnlawfull, the which they often procure and raife out of the gricfe of their poorer neighbours, delighting themfelues with their hurts; and making way to their fuperfluous pleafures, by wringing from them thole neceff ries which f+hould maintaine their hues ; like that wicked eílchab who muff haue Naboths in- heritance to make him a garden. 4.Sea.la. And this is that wicked worldly wifdome,whiçhhathbin That worldly fo much in vfe among carnal men from the beginning ofthe w;fdome bath world : thus Caine (poke peaceablie to his brother,when his binaiwayes em- meaning was to murther him : Pharaoh dealeth politikely in braced and much efEemed fuppreffingGods Church: Saul offerethtoDaudhisdau h ' in the world. ter in mariage,when his purpofe was to make it the occafron Genef.4.8. of his death, and maketh alliance to ferue as afnare to catch Exod.r.ro. him :16.4 embraceth and killeth, and lud<u kiffeth and be- r.Sam.r8.zr. trayeth; and if we looke to leremies tirnes,you fhall heare Ierem.9.3.4.. him complaining, that the polititians of that age didbend their tongues like theirborbes for lees; that they had no catnap for the truth vpon the earth, but proceeded from euill to worfe, sot knowing the Lord: and therefore he counfeileth euery one to take heed ofhis neighbour, and cot to trail any brother, be- caafeetserybrother vfeddeceit, andemery frienddealt deceitful- ly. So one of the Ancients defcribing the worldly policie which