Raffi iudgcment altoge- ther to be auoidtd. the fourthSunday inLent. Ser. 27. cafions, of him whom he either hateth orenuieth: Thethird,from long experience ofthings paft : And therefore "frrffetlefaith That old menare verie"iealous and fufpicious. And this is theIcaft biameable 5 for fufpitionis apttoentertaine a finifier opinion; butexperience will goe vpon certainties. There isgreat differencebetwixt doubt, fufpition, and judgement. Thereare iadicia, or Ganes, that are fufficient for doubting, which are not fuffi- cient for fufpeetingsiand forfufpethng,which are notfufficient foriudging:and all ofthem recouer more orleffeforce from the qualitieof the perfons whom theyconcern ; fortherearemany hedicia ortokens which are fufficient to con- demnevicious and lewdperlons, Which arenot fufficient againft perfons ofho- neflernote,andofgood report. Thentheyfought- to take him, batnomass laidhankanhim. The endoftheircon- ference was toapprehendhim, but nota manofthem that durft aduenture todo it ; for when asthey fought toltòne him, their(tones werefrozen to their fin- gers ends; fo now theyhad thecrampe in their armes,theirhands were benum- med, and their ftrength failed them ; difcoueringtherein thegreatneffe ofhis power. At hiswifedome they remainedaftonifhed,aad at his power theywere forced toyeeld. And thefe areThe two attributesof a''powerfhll and abfolute Prince : Power without Wifedgme, is anvnruly beaft,thatruns on tohis owne deffruEtion ; and Wifedoniewithout Power, is tooweake for atchieuement; noristhere that rafhaétion, which apowerfull foole will not put himfelfe into. Dionyftus the TyrantWas woont to fay, Thatthenhe did enioy the fweetneffe of his Empire,whenhe did execute his delires in an inftant. Power is aheaditrong horfe, andWifedomeferuesasa bridle to curbeand reftraine it's furie. The Wifeman alludedhereunto,whenhe faid, ThatGod hadgiuen him wifedome likethe fandthat lies onthe fea fhore,which:repells the waues,though neuer fo great,and bounds them in. Platarth faith, That toabare abfolute power, not bounded inwiththis fand,maliceandmifclxiefe was'neuerwanting. The Empe- rour Iuflinian in theentrance tohisInflieu:ions,faith, That in theMaieftie royall, the beautieof armes is notonelyneceffarie, but theforcealf of learning. He attributs ForcetoL°arnïng,becaufethat bridlestheftrongeft thingthat is,which is Armes. Our SauiourChrift then, beeing thetruepatterne offo great and gloriousaPrince, as none greater; PowerandWifedome could not chufebut concurre&meet equally inhim; Towhom, with the Father,and theHoly- Ghoft, beafcribed allPower, Honour, andGlo- rie, &c. 4%3 Powerand Wifedemc, are not tobe feucred in prince. RT 3 THE
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