216 Deut. 6. Num. If. 32 Judith. 8. 2. Gm. 3343. Superiours, ought tore- fpetì their tnferiortrs. pon theTuefday after which it felfe is not fencible of. They didbere the Precepts of the Law about them incertain fcrolesof parchment faftning them to their heads and their armes. Materially vnderftanding that placeof Deutronomie, Thou fhalt bind themforafagne vpon thyhand,and they fhaQ beesfrontletsbetween thineeyes, [fomuch lignifies the word Phrlailerie, which is all one with Conferuatoria.] In the bor- dersof their garments theyhad their fringes , and vpon the fringes ofthe bor- ders theydid put a ribondofblew filke,as maybe colle&ed out of the fifteenth Chap.of 77umbers,as altoout ofDeut.Thattheymight thebetter remember all the commandementsof the Lord , anddoe them,and be holy vnto their God, not feekingafter theirowne hearts, nor aftertheir owne eyes, afterthe which they went a whoring. AndSaint Hieromeaddeth further , That they did put fharpe thornes to thefe their fringes, that they might pricke them and draw bloud fromthem, that thereby theymight expreffe their greaterpenitencie,bB- ing in fecret exceedingvicious and wanton. Inaword ; Princes andPrelats,ought not to lay fuchburthens on their fub- ieEts ¡boulders,as fhould breake their backer ( like thofe Tasfce-Mafters and Ouerfeers ofthe childrenofIfraell inthe labourand tale of theirbrickes.) For it is avice,and grieuous finneinyour Princes and theirpublike Minifters,not to becompafïionateof the poore, nor to pitty theirpaines , thinking alltoo little theydoe,preflîngand oppreffingthem dayly. moreand more, with intollerable Taxes, and infupportable payments. TheBookeof Judith,recounting the death of cAtanaffs,husband toJudith, faith, That he diedintheBarley barsiefl ;firas bee wasdiligent osier them that bound fheauesin thefield, the heat camevpon her head,andhe fellvpon hisbed, and diedin the Citie ofBethulia. It is a thing worthy the noting, that there is amemorial offuch an indifpofitionas this,as ifit had binfomegreat and exrraordinarie matter : But Iconceiue, that he made this fo particularmen- tionof it, that hemight giuevs therby tovederftand,R.Lie la codifia rompeelfoco, That toomuch crammingo fthe bag makes it to breake ; and that if cí`Ytanaffes hadtakenpittieofhis Reapers ina time of fuch extremitie ofheat, hehad not died. For the carelefheffe of yourgreat Princes, in not dulyconfidering, and not meafuring according vnto pnidence, the ftrength and abilitieof their fub- iec`ts,is no fmall occafionofthofemany mifchiefeswhich hauefollowed there- vpon. Jacob laid to his brotherEfau, Iwilldriuefoftly, according tothepace ofthe Cattell whichis beforeme, andas thechildrenbee able to endure ;for theyare not able to goefuchgreatjourniesasmy Lord ; whofeeth that the childeren are tender , andtheewes andkine withyoungvndermyne hand, andif they fhouldouerdriuethemone day, allthe Flecke woulddie. Hercules fhewedanoble fpirit, when feeing t..ttlas groane vn- der theheauie weight of Heauen, inpittie of him, put tohis owne fhoulder to cafe him ofhis load. Neuer doe thofe Princes long enioy their Crowne, who impofe heauie Taxes on theirSubiet`ts ; not onely becaufethey make their Vaffals to pay morethan theyare able topay,but for that their Minifters extor- tionsandvexations,wring theblond outof theirvalehearts, and the teares out of their eyes, which afcending Heauen, turne to lightnings and thunderbolts Superdedsicentem e.ea,vponhimthat caufeth them. §uifeexaltat,humiliabitur, d9' quife hurniliat,exaltabitur. He thatexaltetbbimfelfe,Jhal behumbled,andhe thathumblethbimflfeJball beex- alted. Our Sauiour here treateth, howmuch humilitie importeth a Chriftian, andthat this is the onely doore whereby wee are to enter into Heauen . Saint Agra-firm tells thee, That thoumuff tread the fame tread that our Sauior troad, and
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