B c Contemplations. THE SEVENTEENTH BOOKE. Adonijah 'Defeated. ~~~~~~~~ ArID h~dnot fo carefuity husbanded his yems as ro ~ maintain a vigorous age;hewas therefore what through \ warres,wbat with fowwes,what with fickrielfe, decrco.. 1 pit hetimcs ; by that rinae hee was fevenry yearespl!J his natur;lll-heat was fo wall<d, that his clorhos could . nor warme him; how many baYewee knowne ofmore , llrengrb at more age ~ .The holyell foule dwds aot in D animpregnable fort;Ifthe revenging Angelfpared D 4 vid, yet age.and death will not fpare him; Neither hiS new altar,oor his collly facrificecan be offorco agaioll decay of narure; Nothing but death can prevenr the weaknelfes ofage. None can blameapeople if when they have agoodi(ing,they are defirous to hold him; Dwids fernnrs and fubje<lis have co,wmended unto his bed a f~ire young Vir· gin; not for the heat oflull, but oflife; that by this meanes they might make ao ourward fupply of fuel! for that viral! fire which was wel-neere cxrioguilhed with age. As it is in the market, or the llage, fo it isio ourlife; One goes in, anorhcrcom~ E our,when David was withe(iog,Ad•nifa/J was in hisblo!fome; That foQnc,~s ha w~s next to Ab[alom both in the beautyofhjs bo.dy,& the timeo(bis birth,fowas h~ top like him in pratlice;He alfo raking advantage ofhis fathers infirmiry,wil be catviog himfelle ofthe Kingdome·oflfrael; That he might no whir vary from his patterne, hegets him alfo Chariots and Hodell}eo,and fifty men to ruone heforo him : Thefc two, <.Ab{illom and Ado~ijah, wererbe darlings oftheir father; T)!cirfatl~r had not ·dilpleafed them from their childhood,rherefore rb~y both difpleafcd himin hisage; Thofe childr<n had need tobe very gracious, that are not marted with pampering; It is more then God owes us,ifwe receive comfort in thofc children whomwe have over-loved; The indulgence ofparcnt.at !all paycsdlem home:-in crolfes. It is true tbat Adonijah was Davids cl dell fan now rcmaioing, & therefore might feeme to challenge the julle!l title to the croWb; Bbtthe Kingdome oflfrael (in fo Ddddd3 b~
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