---===---~=----=:---:-::--~-:---:----:=-------..:.:--~··~·, H d .J.:.IB.XV. anun am/Davi sUiiibajfodours• I t~9 - 'A to difch1rge himfclfeof fo fi:.ule a lhnder; The rrtbre horrible-the crime hod bten the m<ire villano4s was th!' unjall: fpggell:iqn ofi~,and th~ more necelfary was aiuft ·I Apology;Sweetlythtrefqre,<tna yet-rallionatdy dothhe labourro greaten pa ids f:ivours to him;his owdeobligationsand vilenelfe; 01ewing himfelfemole affeCted with·his wrbng,then '~ith hj; l:oOe; wtlcomming1Da<lii( home with athankful! iJeg. led ofhimfelf,as Not corihg rhar-aiba had bis fubll:ance, nowthat he had his King. ' DaviJ'js f:uisfied,l>fqltibo/be(fi rell:oloa to favour and bnds;heroare two kind bean's ' well•mei; Dllvid Is ful] off.1tlsfaalon from Mtphibi!fbtt!t; UHeph!biljhtth runs over with joY, ill David: Dili>ill,!lk'eagdcious Kidg,gives· Mtph!b•JI,~Ih (as before)SJ11/s 'Lands tolialvel with Zib~; 'M'{hi/fqjheth,1ike~ King, giveiall to Ziba fo"j6yiHat f>od lpdg1ven hun D~vJ4: f\1 had been well1f z:sb4 had fared wo&: Pari)on me 1l p holb an~'glbriou~• fotl!~ oi<~ Prophet, ofa King;af\ei 0ods owne ryeart; I mull: needs· lame thee for !!Jtrcy:{\ lh!Jlt that thebell: and tfiofl generous natures are. moll: fubjeCl to!It'is pltty'thar fo good a thing lhould doe hurt~ yet we findetHat the ~11:, mifufed,ismoll: dangerous : Who lhou\d be the pntttrne ofKings,but the King of GocY.Mercy is the goodlit:ll:-Flower in h1s Crown, much more in theirs,but with a differe~cc: Gods l)ltrcy is infinite,t~eirs limir~d: he fayes,I ,.,;//hawmtrcy '" rvliorn ! ,.;a, they mull: fay ,r.. illlwvmltrcy onwhom I fbould.And yet he,forall his infinite mercy,hath vdfels ofwrath,fo mull: they;ofwhoml)is Jull:ice l)atHfaid,'fhineeye Ria!l not~are th~m : A.~ooc{tn>J~~~~~ittifu!! to his_beaO:, lhall he thetefore make much of oads ahd Sna~ ~ O.n.that &tba mould go away wtth ahl poffdlion,fave Oflham> o~<! forro~v1lharhe lhoold be eoupled-lolith ~ Mtphiboflut in a partnerlh,ip c ofEil:;f.~· :Oh thttr Datil~had thdng,ed ~he~vorda !irtle. . . · ' · A•tiiVIfionwas duthere mdeed;bll.~o(~sba se~re& from h•s head,or h1s head from his lhotilders, forgoing about fo malicioully; to Hivrde Davitlfrom the Son of Ionathan: An Eye foron Eye,was Gods ~ul'; Iftha~ had been true,wh~eh ziba fuggelled a'~ainll: MephibOJI!dh,ne haa'!;!'r!l \vorthy1tb lof~his head \Oirh his Lands:'being falfe,irbad been but'reafon;Zibolhould have cli~nged heads·wirhMephibofluth: Had not holy D•vid himfdfebeen~ fo llung·With !he>venenious tongues, that he frye; out in the bit!e~~ll'<'ofhis fou!e"\'What '·r~ward • Oial! be ,~ven the•, 9 thou falfc tongue~ Even !harp imbwes w-ithh,ol bth'illQg conies ; Her at was fo fenfible ofhimfelfe in Dotgs wrong,doth 'hefede f#I'N:t!eof'cJwp!titfoJI!eth in·Zibats? Are thefethe Arrowes of Davids Q!Ever;are thdt'liishot hurnifig coales{Thou illd Zib4 D dividr?)He that had faid, their torigeeis a !harp Avard, now that tl1lofword ofjull: reYC[lge isln his hand, il this the·blow hegi*>, Divide~bt poffifiiot>? I know noi whether,excelfe,otwantofmercy may prov~ 11\0fl dangtrous inthe Great;the one ilifcotirages good intentions with' fe~re; the other may encouragewicked praCtices throutl! prefumpt!on; Thofethatare'in eminent place mufllearn the mid-way ~e, twixt 'oth;fo pardoning faults that theymay not provoke them;fo punifl1ing them, .that they may not difileai'ten venuous and wel!.'meant atlions ; they mull: learne to firifthacabfolure Ditty(,~hereof Davidhad ~ere for~otren one part) ofMercy and. Ju g~f,\eht, , . . . . ' . Ii r HanunandDavidsJmbll)Jddouri. ) •' 'I ·T·C"""' '"""•gofR<Iig;oo,m "' ' 'mmoocl.;J! > If d< King ofAmmonwere heathenirh, yet his kindnelfemay be acknowledged, may be returned by the King ofifrae!. Ifay noti but \hat perhaps David might mai~rain too ll:ralr a league wtth that forbidd<n Nation; A little frrendrh•pts enough to an Idob.ter ; but even rhe favage Canibals may receive an anfwer.of outward courtetie: Ifa very dogf.1wn upon us we ll:roake hun on the head,and claphim on the fide; much lelfeis thecommon band ofhumaniry I umyed b}' Grace : Difparity in fpiritua!l Profdlions, is tlo warrant for Ingrat!tude: He thereforewhofe good nature proclaimed to .fhew mc:tcy ro anybranch ot S•uls · Houfe,
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