Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

©fthe v ertitie of worldly 3 51 their greatpower making them b.eleeue that they can com- paffe whatfoeuer they ;deftre; and the more firong theirex- peélation was,thegreasor is their impatiencie when as it ap- peares fruflrate; not fo much oft times for miffing die thing, as for not hailing their will; or becaufe itdoth appeare that their power is limited and not omnipotent. Theirgriefes are more innumber, and more piercing andtarpe in their ope -, ration then other mens ; both becaufe of the manifold cat- fes thereof,which niuft needs happen often in the multitude Zen tamrerutn of their affaires; and allo becaufe the greatneffe of their fpi- narura pan rits doth make them much to aggrauate them through their patienttum di% impatiencie, and gauleth their minds the more through olarmagna their much flrugling. But of all other páflons they are mat oripe thin. troubled and perplexedwith feare, it being a thing neceffa- csmbentia.mA- rie, that they whom many feare,fhould alto themlelues feare ia.Chryfoft.ad many; and that they who intermeddle with manifold bufi- P °P Antioch. neffes ófgreat nature, and that oft times betweene aduerfeultosddrere parties, inuft needsincurre the. hatred of many,and together debet gsani with hatred perilland danger. Neither doth the multitude of multi timet}r._ enemies lo much amate them as becaufe they are leeret and vnknowne,northeir force fo much as their hidden treache- rie.Foras thebullet is more dangerous then the fword, be- caufe killing before it is difcouered,there istno ward for it : fo thefe vnexpeEled blowes oftraitours, being giuen fecret- ly and at vnawares,aremuch more to be feared then the vio- lence otprofeffed enemies, becaufe they wound & giueno warning. Now thefe fecrec foes aremuch more common to princes then open enemies ;feeing their greatnes is no more apt to fiirvp enmitie againfl them, then to workea care in thofein whom it is bred to hide and concealeit, becaufe `here efpecially profeffed hatred taketh away opportunitie of reuenge,and turneth the mifchiefe vponhis head that threat - neth it. In regardwhereofprinces, they know not whom to feare,are apt to feare all,and vpon Ïmall occafions ,frultèpeiur to haue euen thofe whom they haue chofen to guard them eft regibxs in iealoutie and fu fpition. Wherein(as one faith) they are in bass quint jii worfeeflatethen feruants,:feeingthese feare but one, and fngutos iiiin. -they ill.. ntuerfos timét.. Neither