Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

346 Of the vanitie of worldly kingdomes. wit incumbran- weorthleffe vanity of worldly 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 and burthenfome; that ifmen were not more fup_ ported with ambition, then with reafon, they would be rea. diefor wearines to fincke under the waight, and to unload themfelues ofthisintolerable greatnes,to find cafe in a more privatelife. Of this the Heathen Monarch having experi. ence,faid unto onewho admired his happines,and meafured his inward comfort and contentment by his outward rule; If Antigonus a- (faith he) thou diddeft know with how many evils thisDiá. Serpud m t.4to9. baum. dem were replenifhed,thou wouldetl not rake i t vp, though thou foundeft it upon a dunghill. The truth hereof maybe more euident,ifwe cöfider but fome few particulars:forfirft, veto what wearying and wafting care is even a good King fubiedl unto, whileft he deGreth and fiudieth to a& well his kingly part; fo he may haue the applaufe of God and his Angels, and that both in retpedlof himfelfe, and alfothat which he taketh for his fubie&s ? And for himfelfe, both in regard ofhis perfon and private a&ions, and alfo in regard ofhis placeand publike gouernment. Forthe firf}, his care is extraordinary, that he may become a paterne and prefident vnto his people, whom they may imitate; and to this end he deGreth to Thine before them by a good example making his owne life both the expofition and example ofhis lawes, and appearing both without fubflance or femblance of euill, to be alto as good as he appeareth. For he confidereth that the Princes life and manners, are the fquare and rule according to which his fubie6 s frame themfelues in their whole courft and conuerfation : and therefore he feeth how much 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 that he ruleth ouer reafonable creatures, fibÿcete ratio- and therefore ftudieth firfi to conforme himfelfe to the rule ni:multosregis, ofreafon in all his aélions,thatfo they may the better fubie& sc rateo ifìgar. themfelues visto his gouernment,and may fuffer him to rule P 34 aS