Lu. XVIII. ~~~------~~--~~~~---- 7\J(ings the walls of)<rufalem,H aL., ,Megidd,,ond Gezer ,the Ci i:s of !lore, the Citi,s of defen~, could not rifewirhout many a ihould~: True, but not ofany Ifraelitc:s~ The remainders of Amgritts,Hittites,Ptrizz.ites J Hivitts 130d J'lmfitet, were put to all the drudgery of rhefc great workes;the taskcs of!froel were caGe, and ingenuous;free from fervility,frce fro painfulndkBut the chargewas tbcirs,whofe-foever was the labour: The diet of fo endlefiea retiuue, the attendance ofhis Seraglio,the purveyance for his forty rhoufand ftables,rhe eo!! ofhis facrilices,mu(l needs weigh heavy;c<rroinly,if it had layne on none bur his ownt. Bur wherefore wcnr Salomon1 Navy every three yea res to ophirfto whatufe fcrved the fix hundred thrcdcoreand fix Taknts of Gold,rhar came in one yeare to hrsExchcquer~Whereforeferved the large tributes of foraine nations ~ How did he moke filvcr to be in Jerufalem as B !lonos,if the exaCtions were fo preffivc ~ The multitude is ever prone to picke quarrels with their Governors; and whom they feared alive, to cenfure dead; The benefits of fo quiet and happy a raigne are paft over in filence; the grievancesare recounted with clamor: Who can hope that merit or grcatnelfe can lhield him from obloquie, when .1'•/•monistraduced to hisowne loynes~ The propofition oflfrad puts .f.thlhmn to a deliberarion;DtfArt Jtf~rthmd•iu; thenurntdg•inttlmt : Iheareno other word of his that argued wifdome; Not to give fudden refolutions in cafes of importance was a point that might well befeeme the fon of Safom111: I wonder that hewho had fa much wit as to call for leifure in his anfwer, lhould ihew fo little wit in the improving of that leifure, in the returne of that anfwer : Who cannot but hope well to fee the gray heads of S•l-•nJ fccret C Counfell called to ll.thlbOAmJ Cabinet~ As Counfellors, asancient, as S•l•m•n,, they cannot choo!e but fee the beft,the fafeft courfe for their new Soveraig•e:Thcy had learned ofthdr oldMafter, that •fift •nf.. er •!!eafttll "'"'"; wifely therefore doe they advife him,Ifth•u ,.;lt ie •{ir11••1 ID thiJ people thiJ tl•J,••" ffie.k g10d ,.,ds "them,tht'] ,;a~""' {irv41Jts for tvtr: It was an eafie condition1wirb onemouthful! of a breath to purchafe an everlafring homage : with one gentle motion of his tongue,tc>bind all peoples beam to his allegeance for ever.Yet(asif the motion had been unfit) anew Counfell Table is called: well might this people fay 1 What will notll.thlb04m grudgeus,ifhe thiok much togive goodwords for a Kingdome~There is not more wifdome in taking variety ofadvice,where the matter is aoubtfull, then folly, when it is plaine: The young heads are coofulred 1 This vety change atgues D weaknelfe.Som·e reofon might be pleaded for palling from tbe younger Counfell to the aged; none, for the contrary: Age brings experience; and, it is a fhame, ifwith the ancient be not wifdome : Yonth iscommonlyrafh, heady, iofolent, ungoverned, wedded to will, i<d by humor, a rebel! to reafon, afubjelito paffion, litter ro execute then to advife:Green wood is ever fhrioking and warping,whereas thewtlfeafoning hold a conftant lirmneffe : Many a life, many a foule, many a ftourilhing ftate bath beea ruined by uadifciplined Monitors : Such were tbefe of ll.thlh•••; whofe great llomach tells them that this conditionating of Subjeas, was no other then an affront to thdr newMa!ler,and fuggefts to them, bow unlit it is for Majelly to brooke fa fawcy a treaty : how r<quifitcaodPrincdy, to crufh this prefumptioo in theegge: As fcorning therefore to be braved by the bare Vulgar,they put words 1l ofgreatnelfe and terror in their new Princ•- MJ little finger fo•U he thidtr the11 •J [11hm IIJnt! ! MJ father ,..deJ••rJl4kt ht4VJ, JwiU 4ddt 11J"" JliXt;M1 fothtr hAih chAjlifid J'" with ,hip1, 1 ,;u ehAjlifi 1•• with Seorpi•ns. The very words have flings. Now muft Ifrael needs thinke, How cruel! will this mans hand bee, whtn he thus drawes blood with his tongue~ Men are not wont to fpea~e out their wor!l who can eodure the hopes of him that prot~~ifeth tyranny~ There can be no good ufe ofan indefinite profeffion of rigour and feverity ; Feare is an unfafe guardian of asy ftate,much lelfe ofan unfetled.Which was yet worfe,not tbe fins of lfrael were thrcatned, nor their purfes, but their pcrfons; neither had they defired aremiffion of juflice,but ofexaCtions ; and now they hearc ofnothing bur burdens,and fcourges, and Scorpions. Herewas a Prioce and people well met, I do not find them fenfible of ought,fave their
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