[ontemplations. it ta. XV. onl}r to lye underthe table, yea a dead E>ogge, and thotoforolit only fQnke dfrcb, A •~ra1fed up to the table of a Kmg; lus feat !ball be honoutJ4)k,~ea,-roy~U ·; hi>fal;e delicious, his atr~ndance noble. How much more will burgra<igus God lifwp 0~" I heads, umo true honout befor~ =n· and Angtls, j f we canbe fioce_rc:ly-hyrnbled 1 .mh1s fight~ if we m1f-callour felves mthe meanndfeof' our conc•ltS ~tl him1 he 1 giVes us a new hame, and fets,us at the table ot hiS glory r It 1s contrary wit!>God •; and men 1 if they r<e~on ofus ~s we_fet oUr felves , he valuesus acc.ording to our /· abafemenrs. Lrke·a P1mce t~uly mumlicentandfa~thfull', Dw;4 prom•fesan4per-1 formesatonce ; Ztba, Sat~l< fdn'atlt!, b.1th<rhtt charge g•vmluro; o( the execution 1 oPrbat royal! word ; He {ha!J•bi:Jhe BaJ!iffo of{his great, f/usbandtr•f h}f<JI1•Jirr ' Mephiboftulh; The Land:o£ S"'''• ho\Y'evor fmfeited, !hall know no other Mafier then Sau!s Grand-child.As yet,Sa11is fervant had fped better then his S\19: lr>adQf Jl t\I!C:Oty fen'ants of ziba, none o'f ;Mepinbojhrth ; Earthly poiTeilions tloe nor al.waies admien£equal! divifions ; The.Whede is now turned up; Mephihofhab·isa Pri,nco, Ziba is his Officer; I cannotQu~ pitty rbeatlnc.iirion ofrhis g\ll'd Son of Jonathan; Into ill hands did honcll: Mepbt!.•f/la6 fall;.firft, ofa card~(fC Nurfr, th<n of a treache.rous fernnr ; She maymad his bbcfy, be would have ovenbrown< ~i~dla~c; After fome yeares ·of eye-fervicc to Wphi/JofiJ(th, wicked Zt~a intends to give him a worfe fall then his N urfe, ·Nevot any Court was fr<e from Derractors,from Delators ; who ifthey fee a man to be·a C1eepk, that he .cannorgoe to fpeak,e for hi!Ilfdfe,will be rdting tales oi'bimjn the cares onthe Gr<;tr ; fuch an on~ was rhis prelidtous. ziha; who taking rhd'<>pponunity of Davids flight fron1 pi~ ~onne whfalom,followes him with a faireprefenr;~a falfeTale,a"ufiog l)i~ im11orem <;: Mafter ofa fottlo and mit<rous ingmtitild<'.;'labouring tQ rl~ad upon his lam.~ Lord t6 <aife·himfelfr.rolmnmlr: Trii~~eartecLMiphibojhab h:iP4Srgood a .will as the .,. belf ; ifho could havecommatlded legs, hehai:l notboea left behinde Day id : now iliat he cannot g~·wirh.him; holwill norhc·wdlv;irhour him, and r\1~1efr;>1e puts himfelfe ro a Wilful! and fulleDpcnanc.a,fo:r rbe abfende and donger ofhis King; ~e will Mt!O much as put on cleane cloathes for the rime, as 'he tbar c9uld noLhav,e 'any' j<>y in'himf<lfe, for thewant of-his Lord D4vid : Un,Qnf~iona\>le1Mi(crean.rs eare nor how they c.ollogue 1 whom they Uander for a privateadvaorage l I.,ewcj ziha comeswirhagifr in his hand, and a fmooth Tale in his mouth ; Oh Sir, you thought you had a torwhan at home, but you will finde a Sau/; It were pitty bur he lbould be fet atyour Table,tbarwould !it inyour Throne; yo~ rhoughtSa•/s L'\flrj D would hav'.c: conrenr.edMtJhibtj/mh,but hewould have all yours;rhough he b~ lame, 1 yet he would be climbing : would you have thought that rhis Creelllecould b,e plotting for your K.ingdome,now that you are gone a(tde! Ijhbojlmh will neverdie wliile r.:Mcphibofhtth lives: How did he now fprger his impotence,and raifed uph!~ fpiritsinhopeofa day; anddurft fay, that now the time was come, wher~ia tli;e Crown lhould revert to.B•uls true heire. Oh Viper: ifa Serpent bite in fe~ret wi1e,n ,he is not charmed, no better is aSlanderer; HoneCl r.:Mephi6ofhah ingoo.J fl!•nners made a dead dogge ofhimfdf,whenDavidoffered him the favour of(lisbo~rd;blft Ztha would make him a very Dog indeed, an ill natur'd C ur, that when D•ytd.dr,a thus kindly feed him at his owntable,would nor only bite his fiagers, but fl.ie ~t lus throat. > . E But what !hall we fay to this~ Neither earthly Sm•eraignry,norholiaeffe.can exempt men from humaneinfinnity. Wifea.nd~ood Dav idhath now bu: oqe.eare_; i and that mif-led Wlthcreduhty : HIS ehamy mbcleevmg Ztba,ma~es h1m uochan1 cable in diftmfli~,in cenfuring Mephibojheth. The detraClor bath not onely f~dden credit given hilil,bUtSauls Land; tonathans Son lmrh loft (l\nheard)~bar,mhenta~ce I which was given him unfoughr. Heare.fay isnofafogroundof any.judgement;Z.<h~ ;• flanders,David beleeves,M ephibofhcth fulters. . . , . Lies !hall nor.alwaies profper,God will norabid: the truth to be.eve; opprdfed; · At !aft Ionathans lame Son {hall be found as found m hearr,as lamemlm body; He whof~ foule was' like his Father !onathans foule,whofe b\ldy ;ya,s like t~hi~ Grand· furher Sau/s foul,meetsDavid(asitis high time) upon his retmne; beftirslus tongue. · . . m
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