Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

Ofthe vanitie ofworldly k¿ingdemes. 349 his countrey, he is with a fatherly affection to care for the good of hischildren,as well as his owne, he is the skilfull pi-- lot in this great {hip of the common - wealth, who fitteth at the fleme, and ordereth all for the preferuation, not only of himfelfe; but alfo the wholefhip,andall thepaflengers who haue committed themfelues tohis care an.? prouidc sce. And as it is not enough for the rule or fquareto be draight it Celle,' but it mud alto ferne as the indrument to make other things conformable to it owne llraightneffe,and to leuell and make euen the whole worke: fo it is not enough for a good prince that he be in himfelfe vpright,iu{l,and furnifhed with al ver- tues whichbecorne a private man; but his care muffalfo bee that thofe that are committed to his charge and gouern- ment, may communicate with him -in all verme and good - reflc, becaufeheisa publicke perfon, and the head ofthis great body which muttgouerne and dire& his members, as (hall be mod honorable for himfelfe and profitable for them. Now although this neceffitie of taking extraordinarie care for his owne perlon, and all the ref} of his fubieElsbe an hap- pieneceffitie,becaufeit forceth to, that which is, good; and howfoeuerhee may haue comfort in the fruits thereof, yet who knóweth not that in it Celle it is vnpleafan t andtrouble fome; and fo bitter and difladefull that it may well weane any:from the loue of greatnes? Secondly, though a crowne may feeme to make a glori- 4.Seci.6. ous Thew,yet it weigheth fo heauie,and litteth fo vneafie vp- The tvaigbtie on the head, that thole that haue it can take little delight in buy/67,1'2,d- wearing it, and thofe that want it, if they loue their owne boor whàth ac eafe,wouldifthey once felt thewaight,be well content that rompaniethfo- they are not aduanced veto the honour,becaufe alto they are ueratgnty. not preffed with the waight. For what doth hee eWe who is aduanced to this height of greatneffe but Atlas- like beare vpon his fhoulders the waight of the whole common- wealth; and whiled he is Iifted vp into the feate of honour., is- prefleddowne againe with his waightie burthen? What doth he elfe but toile with the greated labour of all, euen the labour of the mind, continually dudying.how hee.may either preterite or aduance his owne glory, and his fubieCts good: