rnchoiaofSt.iu-Miniffeta, Sonday inLent. whatought toberegarded. . . . Ser.zS. 441 particularly beholding vnto forceofthem, yetdid they carry an euen hand to- wards them all. The Minittersof Princes fhould be like vnto the 4omacke, which doth equally and faithfully repart that which it receiueth, through all theparts ofthe bodie. Dauid, that regali Prophet , prints out the ftampe of a perfectKink ; and one oftheconditions is , That he fhould fix his eyes vpon Minifters that atefaith full cuen-handed, full ofintegritie difintereffed and true both in their words and deeds. Thegouernment of Traian was famoufed throughout theworld, for that heneuer fuffered tobe about him a lying Mini- fter, acouctous thiefe, nor any that dealt vnfaithfully forfrom the Minifters vnfaithfulneffe, offorce an illname mutt fall vpon the King. And putcafe, that we mutt offorce indureone ofthefe two mifchiefes,eyther abad King, or bad Minifters, it were the lettehurt, that the King fhould bebad. For theMinifters being theKings hands to difpatch all bufineffes, they would amend what is amiffe inhis decreesand proclamations,and the like. The faultswhich inMinifters ought moll tobe thorned, and for which they oughtmolt to bereprooued, is,to be poore and couetous. For allthat is poore, and hath nogood ettateofhis owne to truftto, will takeaway thatwhich is ano- ther mans, vnleffèthe Kingfliall giue him fuflicientallowance for to maintaine him. And hence it is, that we feemany Minifters, whoentring into theiroffice with fluebarebarly loaues, it fceureth vnto them that our SauiourChrift hash made themdifpencers ofhis bread, and that it is multiplyed by their hands,fince that in fo fhort a time they baue fo many baskets ouer andaboue full of bread. When Ïofhüa madeapartitionof the land ofprgmife, and eueryman was tohaue his portion proportioned forthvnto him, Ilelayd out nothing for himfelfe, ex. peEting that the people fhould allothim outfome conuenient(hare. Foras Theo - deret hathnoted vpon that place, Magiftratesare not to treate oftheir owne par- ticular profits, but oft he commongood . The like nobleneffe and faithfulneffe Philonhath notedin totph, who being able(ifhewould) to haue intereffed him - felfe in that immenfe matteofwealth, whichbyhis induftrydid accrew to the patrimony royall,did not acquire tohimfelfone fingle peny more thanhis ftipé- daryallowancefrom the King. Thereare fomewho are like vnto Bells Priefts, whodeuouringthe Kingstreafure, and feeding themfelues fat with his wealth, make him beleeue, that the GodBell didcatevp all that whichwas brought in vnto them. The Spleeneor Milt in mans body, is theftampe or Hieroglyph of thefekindofpeople, which thefatter itgrowes, and the more it fwels; thefee- blerand weaker are the reft ofthe membersofthebody. Leffeconuenientis that Minifter which iscouetous, for thoughhe haue neuer fo much, yet is he neuer.fatisfied. Valerius Maximus reporteth,That itwas pro- pounded inthe Senat of Rome, That two perlons shouldbe nominated togoe forSpaine againft Virialus, and the worthieft of the two tobemade choiceof; theone was Seruiru Sulpitius ; theother , theConfull vlureliue ; and theSena- torsreferringthechoice to úEmilianxsScipio, to eleEf him whom hee thought fitteft for that im loyment ; his anfwer vnto themwas,I like ofneither ofthem; for, Alternihilhabet, alters nihilfat eat, The oneof themhathnothing, andto theother nothing is enough : not approouing the one, becaufe hee was toopoore ; nor the other, becaufehe was toocouetous. Your full fed Flies are woont tobee lefîe painefull to thewounds ofthePoore,becaufetheirfulnefl'e hath it's boundsand termination. But this example isnothingto the purpofe foryour richer fort of Minifters ; for yourFlies, and fo all other birds and beafts, hauetheir limits and bounds in theirfulnefï'e, whereupon they tell anddwell, as the fea Both in the fand : Minir}ets of Stare f !dorvc .good,i nett; lfcouerous, neuer. i Couetoufncrfe neuer fatisfied
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