BTO TH·E RIGHT HONOVRAB LE EowARD LORD DENNY, BARON OF Waltham, my bountifull and dearely Ho!'OQred Patron. Right Honourable: can chaUengefo much right in theft Medita~ tions, M your Lordjhip, uncler whofe happyJhade they receivedtheirftrjl conception:Vnder thu Ju~ niperofyours,ha'"9e !(not t/ri')le byforce,but drawn bypleafure)jJept thUJlongfweetlyJaftljJ&have receivedthefe AngelicaUtouches : Howjujlly mayyour Lord/hip claime the fruits ofyour owne favours?Your carefuliJludies in the book_ of :o (jod,are fit to be e:~eemplary ;which havefoenrichedyou,thatyour TeacherJhaUgaine.In thil reach of divine thoughts,youJhallfee Benhadads infolence tak_en down by Ahabs viflory, an humble ( though Idolatrotu) lfraelite carying itfrom an infulting P a~ gan: Youjhallfee in .Ahab the impotentpaflions ofgreatnes; in Naboth bleedinghonefly; in Jezebel bloody hypocrijie, crueli craft;plotting from heU, pretendingfrom heaven: You JhaO fee E the wofui/fuccefe,ofan unjujl mercy; Ahab foifaitmgr~~hat he gave,kJ:Ued} L whom heJhould h~ve kJ:Ued;JOUJhallfee refo~ ltite Michaia•l oppoftirig the mercenary ~)node of Prophets, a beaten viflor, an imprifoned freeman : You jha/1fee Ahaziah ailingthrough hugrate; Elijah climbing up hu Mount,moun, ting up to huglory ;[etcbingjire from heavm, {etcht by afiery charet to heaven. Eliiha the heire ofhumantle, ofhuJPirit,nu - - ~
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