Great men ate followed moreout Sundayin Lent. Ser.z5. ofaffeaation thanaffeftion. world, and their miniflrs taketheir reí} but let them refit but a while, forif thoualloweftthy felfeeighthoures to fleepe,fixe to'p1ay,andfoure forto walke, thou robbeft thy obligation of it's 'true tine,-.and makelt thofe that are fui- ters,to fliedteares. And this iscontrarie toChrift's doEtrine,and condemnes it in ohee,when hefàyth vntó thee, Requiefeitepufrllum, Refi awhile : And here will I altoreft from furtherprofecuting ofthis point. c tndagreat multitudefallarvedhim. TheGofppel fayth, Thatthe men that fol- lòwed him, reckoning th.ïfe to be men ( Which the Scripture vfually füvnder- ftandeth)that arefrom twentievpward, were to the numberof fluethóufand; s. Vincent Ferrerfaith, That with women andchildren, theywerefome fifèeene or twentie thoufand : neuer any Prince in the world retyring .himfelfe into the Defert fowell accompatiied,and yet foallalone fo well accompanied', in re- gardof the multitude ofthemen ;and fo all alone, becaufeall or the máft:part of this people followed him eitherout ofneceffttie, curiofitie, or out 'Ofma- lice. Allthe Court doth attendand wait vpon thee, becaufethou comiìaandeft all ; but thouart neuermore alone, than when thouhaft moft companie for all thofe thataccompanie thee, are nor all of thy companie ;' they gde nöt along with thee, but with themfelues, fbllowingthee-not fòmuch&óútofaffecefign,as afáeäation, more to fee thymiracles,than to receiuethy inftrutions. Thepled- ges of true friendfhip indeed, are, tohazard a mans life for his friend, tocon- dolewith him inhis miferies, and to reioyce withhim inhis'happineffe : but fince wicked prefumption (as Ecclefáfiesasfpeaketh)hath fpruñgvp to coyerthe earthwithdeceit ándthat privat intereft, like the Iacke-Daw, bath only learned toprattle the languageof loue,there isno truftto behad in tliefe pledges.Th°re is fome friend which is onely a friend in name ; and haft thounot feene s that when heauineffe remaineth vnto death, acompanionand friend bath binturned toanenemie? There is fome companion which inprofperity reioyceth with his friend,but in thetimeoftroubleis againft him: Thereis foniecompanion again, that helpethhis friend for thebellies fake,&taketh vpthebäckler againftthe ene- mle; There areperhapslimeEach, that dare, naywillnetflicke to laydowne hie lifefora goodfriendindeed : And there are fomelikewife,which for theirown iiitëéíE:wil hazardboth goods and life,andall that theyhaue ;but if they did'thinke; they fhould faileof theirends,and that it fhouldnot turne ti 'eliéir greater aduantage, theywould not ventureone farthing , though it were to fawe thy life. 'When c4doniahvfurpedthe Kingdome,and proclaimed himfelfe King, the Princes of theBlond tookpart withhim, roab, Daniel Generall,belides dinersother prin.- cipall Captaines and Commanders,and molt ofthevalianteft menof Warre,as alfo Abiathar theHigh-Prieft : In aword, theClergieand the Laide wereboth mainly forhim ; and yet hawing all thefe onhis fide, he was all alone. trill thefdrengthoftheArnie was not with Adoniah : manyvnderftand this oftheKings Guard ; but for ourpurpofe, it maybe bettervnderftood of all thofewho pro- feft themfelues tobe Adoniahc f. icnds, but were not true inheart vnto him, nor did not Riekefo clofe untohimas theymade fhew; for theydidnot fomuch re- fpeEt Adoniah, as theirowne ends. The Kingsfonnes thought hewould prooue theirbeft brother; theNobilitie,theirbelt King; hub, that heewould pardon his murdering of Amafaand Abner, and that hee fhouldholdhis place ofGene.. rail ; Abiatbar, That hewould not puthim out ofthe Priefthood, though there was I knowwhatprophecied to the contrarie. But the proclaimingof Salomon wasno fooner heard, but they left onebyone, andwent theirwayes,till they had left him likea finglepropofition to ftandalonebyhimfelf,hauingno chàm- pion +29 Ecclef.37. A true friend_ hard to bee found. 3.Reg.tap.t.
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