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353 O f the v.tnitie o f worldly xobilitie. which bee bath offered, which would bee punifhed and re. uenged,ifhee were not (Ell armed with foucraigne power. 4.Seé7.13. The feciand vfuall punifhmeutwhich God iuflí&ethvp- Tha: God brin- on tyrants and euill kings, is hafly and vnexpe &ed deflru &i- getti upon e all on ; which is fo common and ordinarie, that a rnan (hall kings 1)4" dc- hardly find a kingthat reigneth long which rulethwicked- fir aïüon' ly : intbmuch that the wif man of Greece being demanded Thalesa¡ud what bee had fcldomeftfeene;anfoered, a tyrant lining to Plutarch.in old age.The which as it is chiefly brought to paffe through conuiu.2. 1. the MR judgement of God, who when there is none to Voiotia nuns g imp ria cent:- iudge and punifli,doth himfelfe goe the circuit, and fit vp_ suit diu,mode- on the bench; fo in refpe& offecond caufès it liandeth with ratadurant. reafon, that he for whom euery one layethhares fhould at Senec.in length be catched offome though bee haue efcaped many. ároadc.z °o. And well were it with tyrants if this wereall their pontili. ment to haue a fhatnefull dcath after a finfull life :but this is but the beginning cf their miferie; for after this firfl punifh- mentofbodihedeliru &ion,infli &ed vpon them as it were at the quarter feflions ; there is a farce greater referued for the time of Gods generall aflifes,cucn the eternalldeath and condemnation both of their bodies and foules, as a iuti re- compence of all their opprcliicsns,ittiuries,crueities and out- rages which they haue offered againfl their brethren, for whole good and preferuation al their power of gouermnens was by God committed to them. 4.Se17.14.. And thus haue I briefly fhewed the manifold culls which Olthefjirituall accompaniekingdoms,whether they bewelvfed or abufed; kingdome tebicb al which may :erne as reafons to Phew their worthlefnes,and furry one to incite all, that ifthey will needs be ambicious,they would afttéfdlaLaur alpire to kingdomes of greater value and excellencie; name. f iy,that foueraiguty and regiment which is fpiritual and hea- uenly. And firfi, that they fpiritually raibne whilefi they continue on earth, that fo they may continually rtigne in the kingdome of heauen. So the authour of the booke of Wifedome exhorteth: l four delight (faith hee) bee in thrones and fcepters,O kings of the people, honour roifedome, that ye may rain for euer. Now this regiment is chiefly exercifcd in our felucs,when as depofing finne from raigning in our mortal! bodies, Wifd.6.zs. -41