43 Wheregood Counfell is wan- T,ntl_f'urtT_ ting,allrunnesrocuine, V r [1 fourth Goodcounfell the only prop of entrycom- monweale. Ecc[.22.16. 3.Reg.12, ued forthedeathof John Raptif, did not caufe him to withdraw his fweet and comfortable countenancefrom.otiters. Forthe mourning for the Iuff, is not a hooding of the face toconcealeour felues andour forrowfrom theworld;Thhe Saintsof God, lament the loffewhich the-Earth flftáinesby the taking away of the righteousfrom.amongft vs,but nottheir death. For heebeholdethnothis deathwiththe eyesa. death,.butquickelypaffes it ouer . It is the fool& that thinkesall is endedwith them indeath. Bait isnothing fo. Wheneefhatiweebuy Bread, that thefmay cat. Heheretookecounfell,whatwere belt tobedone in thiscafe : It beefing (as :Plato fayth) atnongft all other things themolt Sacred. andthe muff Diuine. And Ecclefiafticus telleth vs, thatcounfel makes things ftable,durable,&fecure.As aframeofwpm'irynedtogether ina buil- dingcannot beeloofedwithfliaking; fi the heart,tbatis eflabltfhedby adu f deounfel,jhrI feare at no time. Whencefhall weebaybread. Hereour Sauiourconfults withPhilip how,and whichway this mayhandfomelybee done. This is aprudent propofition for a Prince when occafionis offeredoffome extraordinaryexpence,to treat with his Counfell,how. andwhichway thefe moniesare tobe railed andordered ? Hee that goes about to build hima ftately pallace,will firft askc counfel ofhis purfe, how he [hall bee able to compaffe it. AKingthat breakes hisLeague, and is to enter intoaWar withhis neighbour Prince, willfirft confult with his fubieEts, howhe[hall vndergoe it. For, to goe out with tennethoufand againft anEne- mie, thatbrings twentie thoufand into the field,isnot wifedome.. Andhemutt haue aneye vnto this Yude,whence, and whiehway hefhall leuie bothmen and moneyt For if it mutt bee from the blondof the poore , that blond which is thus wrung from them, is todraw the belt blondoutof his ownebodie, to the indangeringofhislife , ifnot.of his foule Thofe Princes feldome or neuer thriue,whomiffeled by euill counfellors,fay withRehobaam, Whereas myFa- ther didburdenyou withagreeuousyoke, twill yet make your yoke heavier; My Father hathchaftifed you withrods, but I willtouter you with fcouraes; Andniy leaft parr,fhall be bigger thanmy fathers loynes.So vnmereiful and in- tollerablearethe greeuances & oppreffionswhich Kings Minifters exercifevp- on thepoore, that thewiddowweeps and theorphant fhedsteeres,&the teeres that trickle from theircheekes, howfoeuer Kingsmay conceiuethey fall to the ground, Imuff boldly tell thern,that they afeend vp as high as Heauen, and are there turned into fiafhes of Lightening, and their cries into Thunder, againft thofeMinifters that arethecaufei thereof,andthofe Princesthat fuffer the fame, and confentthereunto. They muft confidervponwhat ground theygoe, Forifthe caufebe honeft, pious, and rieceffarie,as tokeepe fouldiers from ffaruing, thatlye ingarrifon; to bridle the infolencies of the enemiesof the Faith ; to fupplie the neceffarie prouifionofrite Kings houfe,andthe like,it is well andgood , andGodforbid butwe'fháuld thinke thattobe veri&wellimployed,which is fo fpent ; and it is fit thuteueryman that is ofabilitie fhouldeontribute to the charge. But to impouerifhfotne to inrichothers, topillthe Commonwealth tomake fata fa- úorite; todifpeople townes formmake forrefts,& toput 2s¿,aboth out 'aids law- ftllpoffefion, nay and his life too, tomakethy felfe a houfeof pleáfure, and gardenstnfeaftand banquetin, &c. Twill leauethisto their owne confidera- tfon , without prefling this point any further,le,aftcontrarietoSalmons Coun- faile, bywringingthenofe toohard, 'might happen todrawbloud,andfoof- fendthehead. Whence t
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