Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

Of the vanitie ofiverldly hingdemet, 357' hearts; in themiddefi of all their outward mirth and iollicy, they'fearecompany alike and .folitarines; that for feate of affa tilt, and this for want ofhelpe.In the day time theyfel- dome lookc firaightforward for {care of being furprifed"at vnavvares , but commonlythey looke askew with many fud- den.turnings, as though they .were!ina crowdofenemies; and looked :who.'fhould giuethefirfiflab:Neitherhauè they more refs in the. night; for-hearing the leaf+ noife waking, they fufpec`ì a confpiracie; and being afleepe, they are af- frighted with terrible dreames, and fearefuli vifìons. They ace fo much in fcare of their enemies that they are neuer #4úiet 'till uhauing conrriued their nuinei, they haue alfo bsroughéthem to defìru6tion. And of their friends fo jealous and iutpitious,that the leali occafion turneth the confidence which they haue of their fidelity into doubting and diflruff, Which being a liitle.nourifhed with fclfe-guiltineffe, their f. iendfhip: istuinetlintoenmitie,andtheirloueinto mortali hatred. So that a tyrantisneuer in fafety,no not when hee is compaffed with his firongefi guard: for a king cannot Zip trout ibi there be fafe, where nothing is in fafety from the king; orrexe/t,ubiu though he fhouldbefometimefafe,yet can he neuer bee fe- regerabaltu. cure foritisofne efiätie that hewhom many feare, Mould tame y 4 Y L1jecejféeFE alforhimfelfefeare many, euery one defining his.deflru&ion mn[rostimeat whom he feruilely feareth ; and that his owne danger may RNem multi tip be preuented with the others ruine. And heereof it is that metu.Senec howfoeuer tyrants defire rather to be feared then loued, yec caZ a ira. they arc, ready againetofearc this :feare lefiwhattheythrea- Mead cnp;uxt, ten againa others be retorted vpon their owne heads.In re- meattiqueti- gard of terrors and continual! feares many tyrants and ment. Senec.in wicked kingscould defire to be vnburthened oftheir great- Agamun'73* neffe,;thatthey might alfobee delivered from there dangers andéxpeetedeutis ;but that: they hold their kingdome as a ban, clogby the eares,. there being neither fafety in keeping nor íprgensg it; for.howfbcuefat firfi it Was in the tyrants' choice whether he , would lay claimevnto it or no; yet.ha- uing taken it upon him,he hathnot the like librrty and fafe- tie to deffi from his:gdueruntent when he will, inrcgard of then any 944:age`swhicit-hoe bath committed, and injuries A a 3 which