Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

348 Ofthevanitieofworldlyl ¿ingdomet, mediately touched and affested, either with the delights it calleth,or with the griefes and miferies which it indureth; yet loth it communicate in both, by fympathie and fellow_ feeling: and therefore he Both not lay vpon his fubieéls hea. uie burthens, becaufe he alfo is pinched with that waight which oppreffeth them;he euuieth not,bur greatly reioiceth in their profperity, becaufe he communicates with them in their contentment and iffor the good of thewhole body of the common- wealth, he find it neceffary to receiue, rather then take of their goods, that they may inioy the refi with peace and comfort,he only croppeth thern,or rather pruneth Bøni pasris e'? them, that they may grow the better, and doth not flocke tendere pecus, them vp by the roots : and as the Heathen Prince faith, he nondeglubere. doth like a good fhepheard, only fleece them in feafonable Tiberius spud time, and not pull offskin and all; knowing that the chiefe ÿuetonium. treafure ofa Prince is the riches ofhis fubiesls,and their cof- fers his bell exchequer.Finally,good princesremember that they are Gods deputies, and therefore their care is that they may be like him, not hauing their greatnes to exceed their goodnes, but as their power inableth them to do what they will, fo their goodnes limiteth them to the doing of that which is profitable for their fubiests : the which their care is fo much more vigilant,becaufe they know that there will be an end oftheir Lieutenantfhip, when as they fhall be called to an account oftheirgouernment,and receiue either the re- ward of their iuflice, or the punifhment of their corruptions, and ill-deferuing. ,.Sec`1.5. Finally, as the goodPrince is continually troubled with Thecare whirl, care about himfelfe, that he may performe his dude: fo he aKing taleth in taketh no leffe care, that there duties performed may pro.. req,ca ofhis. cure the good and welfare ofhis fubieocls:asfor example,that (uftieLis. by his wifdome and prouidence, they may haue both necer- fades and fiifticient plentie, that by his dilcreet gouernment they may be kept in good order, that by his adminiftration of iuflice, eucry one may pofi'effe his owne right, and be pre - ferued from wrongs and iniuries : and finally,that by his cir- cumfpestion and power, his fubiests may be protested from forren forces, and inioy feeute peace. For being the father of his