Lta.XV. Abfaloms returne andconj}iracj. U!1 A Herifismly,andjlandsbefid<thervay•fthcgatt: Ambitionis no niggardofherpains; fddom~vcr is good meaning fo indufhiou.s ; The more he Chined in Beau~ and I Royall ttendance,fo much more glory it WlS ro neglect himfdf,and to pr< er the careof)ufiice to his ownClfe: Neither is Abfolom morepainfull then pbufible; his care is open to all Plaintives,all Petitioners: there is no car&.which he flatters not; I Su tfry mattm areg.odAndright ; his hand flltters every cornmer with a falutation, hishps with a kiffe. All men, all matters ai·e foothed faving the !late arid govern- I ment;the cenfureofthat is no leffe deep,then the applaufeofall others,(Time it non~ drputcdofthe Kingto hurc thee.) What infinuations could be more powerful!~ No Mufick canbefo fweet to the earesofthe unfiablemultirude,as to helr well ofthemfdves,ill oftheir Govemours: Abfolom needs not towiJlJ himfelfuponthe Bench: B Every man faies,Oh,whata curious Prince is Abjolomc What a jufi and careful! Ru, lerwouldAbfolombe?How happywerewe,ifwemight be judgedby Abfolom(Tho(e qualities wh~th are wont tingle to grace othcrs,have confpiredto meet invJ:/ilomi Goodlineffe ofPerfon,Magnificence ofState,gracious Affability, unwearie Diligence,Humility in Greatnelfe, feeling Pitty, love of}utlice, care ofthe Commonwealth;TheWorld hath not fo compleat a PrinceasAbfolom:Thus the heamofthe p<ople are not won, but fioln by aclofe Traytor from thelr lawfully Anointed Soveraign.Over.faire Chewes are a jufi Ar~umenr ofunfoundnelfe; no narurnll Face hath fo cleare aWhite and Red,as the painted: Nothing wantS now but a cloak of Rdigion,to perfethheTreachery ofthat ungracious Son, who carried Peace inhis Name,War,in his heart:and how eafily is that pur on~ Abfolom hath an holyVow• C to be paid in Hebron!The devout man had made it long fince,whiles he was exiled in Syria,and now he hafis to perform it,(ljtheLord foaUbringmeback again,. leru- · jilcm,then will/firve the Lord; )wicked Hypocritesc:lre not t<? play with God,that 1 thfl may mock men.The more deformed any act is, the fairer Vifor it llill feeketh, ow glad is the good old J<;ing,that he is bleffed with fo godly a Sonne, whom he difmiffeth laden with his caulleffi: bleili~s ~ What trufi is there in flefl1 and bloud,when David is not fafc from his own oynes ~The Confpiracy is now fully. forged, there lacked nothing but this gilt of Piety to win favour and value in all eyes; and now it is a wonder,rhat but two hundred hone Cl Citizens go up with Ab-, f•lom from }trufalem: The true.hearted lye moll open to Credulity: Hew eafie it. is to beguile harmleffe intentions~ The nameof Davids Sonnecarries them again Cl. D theFather of A~jilom,and now thefe fimple Ifraelites, are unwittingly made loyal! Rebels. Th<ir hearts are free from a plor, and they meanc nothing but fidelity in' theattendanceofa Traytor. How many thoufands are thus ignorantlymifled into the traine ofErrour ~ Their fimpliciry is as worthy otpitty, as their mifguidance of indignation. Thofc thatwill fuffer themfelves to becarried with femblances oftrut~ and Faithfulneffe, mufl needs be as farre from fafety, :rs inrrocence. . '
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