286 Icahn 13.1. 'lob 6.ig. Lament. Lz. z Tirn.4.16. Pfi1.146.4. a. Anger; The deceitfislne of Mans heart. Whereas, if he had Iovod him onely for outward refpeCts, as becaufe of the liimilitude of their difpo- fcions, that bee was a man ofa Martiallfpirit, and not chiefly for his piety , hee could not but upon this occafic n have moil bitterly hated him. This mutt teach us in loving or hers, ro examine our own hearts, what it is wee love in them; whether the Image of God, or the deceivable fhadowes of the world. And thofe that have much love, and many friends muff learne wifdome, not to take all for friends that pretend affe lion. And becaufe the heart ofman is thus deceitfull in love, as in nothing more, it must teach us in the multitude of greatest and ftrongeft friends to file unto God, and to make his love our chiefeft ftay His love I fay, which is without deceit, without repentance, without the least fr a low of turning. For whom her once loves, he love; to the end. Mens love is fo often deceitfull, that wee may justly complaine with Iob, My friends have deceived me as a broo&and with the Church in the Lamentations, bly lover r Handforre off fromrr me; and with Paul, all have forfa&en me. Leone not then on this broken ftaffe. Secure not thy fede, no not in the favour of Princes. Truft not in them, faith the Pfalmift, becaufe they are mortali, and their breath is in their nofthrils : Much more then may I fay,truft not in their love, becaufe their love is mor. tall, and may quickly turn into mortall hatred Their love may die before themfelves, they may furvive their love, breathing out their-love, before their breath. So much for Love. a Affeecion is einger and hatred, and inveterate anger
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