\ 1270 Contemplations. LIB. XX. - get their refpcd:s, herroyaltie; and caft her down, as willing executioners, into A the jawes ofa fearfull death: It is hard for greatne!fe to know them whom it maytruft: Petha}'s the faireft femblance is from the falfeft heart; It was a juft plagueofGod upon wicked It:{!htl, that thee was inwardly hat<d of her owne; Hee whofe fervants lhee perfecuted , raifed up enemies to her from het own dbow. Thus muft pride fall; lnfolent,idolatrous,cruellltztbtl befprinlles the walts,and pavement with her blood; and now thofe braines that devifed mifchief againft the fervants ofGod,are ll:rawcd upon the ll:ones ; and lhe that infulted upon the ProJob:.r; phm, is trampled upon by thehorfes hedes: Tht,.itktd il keptforthtday ~f dtjlru. 81••,•nd fo•O bt brought forth t~the day if,.r.tb. Death puts an end commonly to the higheft difpleafure. He that was fevere in B the executionofthe living, is mercifull in the fepulture of the dead; Goe {it now thil turftdJIIImllfiJAntUurit htr,for fhtiJ • Kings tl••ghttr; She that upbraided Itbu with the name of Zimrl , lhall bee .interred by I<hu as Omries daughter in hw, as a Sydonian Princeffe; Somewhat muft be yeelded to humanity; fomewhat to State. The dogs have prevented Ithu in this purpofc,and have given her a living tombe, more ignoble then the wor.~ of the earth ; O_nly the fcull, hands, and f~et ofthat vani!hed carkaffe yet rematn ; The fcull whiChwas theroofofall her wtcked devices, the hands and feet which were the executioners; thcfe lhall rem~ine as the monuments ofthofe lhamefull exequies : that future rimes feeing thefe fflgments ofabody, might fay, the doggeswere worthy ofthe reft; Thus Jrzebtl isrurncd to c dung, and dog~es-meat, Elijih isverified,N•b•this revenged, Ie'{!eel is purged,Ithu is zealous, and 10 all,Godis ju!l. Jehu !(!_Uing thefons of Ahab, and the Priejls ojBaal• ~Kingsto. • H~-"=•"'' c;,;. of'"' Too Tribo, whkhwo• thcfet Courtsofthe Kingdome of Ifr•tl; S•m•rl• and Ie'{!eel; The chiefpalace oftheKingdomewas lt'{!ttl; the mother City D ofthe j(ingdome,was S•m•ri•;Ithuis pofli:ffed ofthe one,with· out any fword drawn againft him1lt:{;eel willingly changes the mafter,yeelding itfelfe to the vid:or oftwo Kings, to thcavengerof lt:{!htl; thenext care is S.m•ri•; Either policy, or force Oiall fetch io that head ofthe Tribes. The plentifulliffue ofPrinces is no fmall affurance to the people; vth•h had fonnes enough to furnilh the Thrones of all rhe neighbour nations, to maintain the hopes offucceflion, to all times; How fecure did he think the perpetuation ofhis pofte:ity, when he_faw feventy fonnes from hisownloyns~Neitherwas thisRoyalllffue trufted, etther to weak walls , ortooneroo£1 buttotheftrong bulwatkcs of S411JATiA, and therein to the feverall guards of the chief Peeres; It E was the wife care oftheir parents not to have them obnoxious to the dan•er of a common mif-cariage, or, ofthofe emulations which wait upon the cloyedneffe of an undivided converfation ; but to order their feparation fo, as one may refcue other from the perill ofaffault, as one may refpcd:other out of a familiar ftrangene!Ie: Had Ah•hand lt£t6el been as wife for their foules,asthey were fortbeir feed, borh had profpcred. Iehu is yet butin his firft ad:; Ifall the fonnes of vth•h bleed not, the prophe· cy is unanfwered; There 1hall be no nccd of his fword, his pcnne lhall work all thisflaughter. He writesachallengttoSAmATi.l, and thereinto the r,uardians of the fonnesof AhA~; daring thcm out of the confidence in their de eoced City, in their chatets, and horfcs, in their afl"ociatsand armes, to fet up the beft oftheir mallet!
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