[onte,iplationi. LIB. XIV. ratber feek fofety in hi> hold, theni': the hold ofa l}ollowand uoO:eody friendlhip. , A Here ore_good words, bur no fecumy, whic!Hherefore an c;xperienced man gives the heanng, butO:ands the wh1leupon hJS own guard. No .Charity bindes us to a tru(l ofrhofe,wh_omwe ha~e found faithldl'e: Credulity upon weak grounds after palp2ble d1fappomtment>, J5 the Daughter of Folly: A man that isWeather-wife · though he finde an abatement ofthe llorm.vetwill not llirrefrom under his lhelre; whiles he fees it thick in the winde. DiO:rull.is the jull goinofuofaithfulndfe. N A a A L and A a 1 o A 1 r.:~ • F innocency could have fecured fromS•u!s malice, D~vidhad not been perfecured; and yet under that wicked Kin"', aged Samuel dyes in his bed. That there might be no place'tor Envy,the good Prophet had retired himfdftothe Schooles. Yet he that hated Dwid, for what he lhould be, did no le!fe hat< Samud for whathe had been. Even in the mid(! of Sau/s maligniry,there remained in his heart impreffions ofawfulne!fe un{q Samuel: he feared, where he loved nor. The rellraint of God curberh the rage of his moO: violent enemies,fo as they cannot doe their worll. As good Husbands doe not pur all their Corn to theOven, but fave fome for feed, fo dorh Godever in the worll ofperfecutions. Sam11elis dead,D•vid banilhed,Sarsltyranizerh,Ifrael hoth good caufeto mourn; C it is no morvell ifthis lamentation be univerfall. There is no Ifraelire thlt feeler!) notthe lo!fe ofa Sam11tl. A good Prophet is the common Treofure,wherein every gracious foulehoth a £hare. That man harh 'a d•-y·heart, whicjl can parrwith Gods Prophet without reores. Nttbalwasaccording to hisname,foolilh;yet rich and mighty.Earthly poffd!ions are notalwayes accompanied with wit and grace. Even rho Line of faithfull Cakb will affordan ilf.conditioned Nabat. Venue is not like untoLands, inheritable. All that is traduced with tllefeed,is either evill,or not good. Let no man brag with the Jews that he hath Abr•m to his father,God hath raifed up ofthis O:onea fon ro.Cale~. Abig•il( which lignifieth her fathers joy)had farrow enough to be matched with fo unworthyan husband;Ifher father had meant lhelhould have had joy inher felf, D or in her life,hehadnot difpofed h'er t:o·an husband (though rich yet) fond andwicked;lt is likehe maried het to theweolth,not ro the man. Many a child is call away upon riches. Wealth in our matches fboulil be as fame grains or fcruples in the ballanc4 fuperadded to the gold ofvertuous qualities, toweigh down the fcales:when it is made the fubllance ofthe weight, and good qualities rhe appendance, there is hut oneearrh poyfed wirhanorher;which; wherefoever ,it is done,ir is a wonder, if titherthe children prove nor rhe Parents·forrow,or tbe Pl!ents,theirs. N•bats lheep-lhearing was famous; Thre< th<,lUfand Aeeces mull needs require many hands ; neither is any thing more pleniifull commohlythen a Churles FeaO:: What a world was this, that the Noble Champion and Refcuerof!frae!, God~ Anointed, is driven ro fend to a bafe Carle for viCluals ~ It is no meafuring ofmea E by the depth of the purfe, by outward profperity. Servants are ofrenrimes fet on horfe-back,whiles Princes goe on foot.OurcO:imation mull be led by their inward worth,which is nor alterable bytime,nor diminilhed with externall conditions. One ragge ofa D•vidis more worrh,tben the Ward-robes ofa thoufand Nttbals. Even thebeO:defervings maywant. No manmay be contemned for his necellity_; perhapshe may be fo much riche~ in grace,as he is pooLer in ellate, neither hath_ Vl· olence orcafualry mort impovetJihedaDavid,rhenhiS poverty hath ennchedhim. He whofe folly hath made himfe!fmiferable, is julllyrewarded with neg!eCl ; b~t he :harfuffers for good,deferves fo much more honour f:om others, as his di(lrene is more.Our compa!lionor refpeCl mull beru!ed,accordmgtothe caufeofanorhers mifery. " " 011 ,
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