LI B. XX. U z z 1 A a Leprous. 12.83 A U z z IAH Leprous. llv""'''="' n.. u,..,~ •.,,,,.,,•. or good, ""' .. m. :Chmll. J, , Good Teh•fb•ph•l was followed with three fuccdlions of wicked .... Princes11nd thofethree,wore againe fucceeded with three others :~Kings t f , godly,atid vertuous; Amaztah for a long time thone faire, but at the laft,thut up in a cloud; The gods ofrhe Ed•mitumarred him; his rebdlionagain!l:dGod, ftirre~ up his peoples !<hellion again(\ · hrm:The fame ban sthadlew lum, crowned hrsfonne rt<eiah; B fo as the young King might imagine it was notthdr fpight, that dre1v violence up· on his father,but hisown widedneffe. Both early did this Prince ra1ne and late he began ar fixreene ; and far fifty two year<s in the Throne of IMti• : They tha~ mutined in the dedininllage of ..Am•zi•h, the fJtber; areobfequious to the child· hood ofthe fonne, as 1f they profdfed to adore Soveraignty, whiles they bated JewdnefTe: The unchanged 'lovornment of good Princes is the happineiTe, . no Idle of the fub jetls then of themfdves : The hand knowes bell to guide rhofe rainesto which it bath been inured; and even mcane hackneyes goe on chearefully in rhdr wonttd rode 1 Cuftome, as it makes evils moro fupporcable , fo wher< it meets with confiani mindes, makes good things more pleating and beneficiall . · c Thewife and holy Prophet z uh.ri.h, was an happy Tutor tothe minority of King rzzt•h; That veffdl can hardly mif..carry where a skilful! lteref.man fits at the helm<:The firft praife ofa good Prince is tO be judicious, and juft, and pious, in himfelfe;the next is,to giveeare,and way, to them that ar< fuch : Whiles Zuh.rl•h bath rhe vifions of Go~, and rz:d•h rakes the counfcls of Zuhari•h, it is hard to fay whether the Propher,or the King,or the State be happier. God will be in no mans debt; fo long asrzz i•hfought the Lord,G•tl"' ' ' ' h/11111 pro(}er. Even what we doe out of duty cannot wanta reward : Godlineffe never difappointed any mans hopes,oft bath exceeded them. Ifrz zt•h fight againlt the Phi- { Uzziah, Jijlims, if againfi the Ar.bi•~ts,and Meh•nims;according ro his names, the ltrengrll, A:urjah, the hdp ofthe Almighty iswith him: The Amn~snlw come inwirb prefenrs,and all D the neighbour-nations ring ofthe grearnelfe,ofthe happineffe of r = l•h; his bounty and care makes]erufalemboth ftrong,and proud of her new Towers ; yea tbe very Defcrt muft tafl:e ofhis munificence. Theoutward magnificence of Princes cannot O:and &rme, unlelfe it be built upon the foundations ofprovidence and frugality; rzzi•h had nor been fo great a King,ifhehad not been fo great an husband; he had his llocks in the deferts,and his beards in the plains;his ploughs in the fields, his vinedrcffersupon the mounraines, and in C~rmtO: neither was this more out of profit, rhen delight,for h1 Jwetl hm&•n- 'f' Who can conremne thofe callings fur meannefTe,which have been the pleafurcs o Princ~s-: Hence was ?'~<Zf•h fo potent ar home, fo dreadfull to his neighbours 1 his warres E had better finewes then theirs ; Which ofhispredcceffors was able to mainuin fo fcrled an army,ofmore then ofthree hundred and tenne rhoufand trained fouldiers well furnithed,well fitted furthe fuddeoneft occatioo ~ Thrif, is the firongdl prop of power. The greatneffe ofY{£i•h, and the rare devices of hisartificiall Engines f~r war, have nor more raifed his fame,then his heart : fois be fwolne up with the admirati. onofhis own firen~rh, andglory, that be breakcs againe;How eafie it is f~r the bell manto dote upon hrmfdf1and to be lifted up fo high,as to lofc the fight both ofthe ground,whence he arifes,and of the hand thatadvanced him~ Howhard it is for him rhar bath inyented ltrange Engines for the batteringofhis encmics , to find out any meancs to beat downe his owne proud thoughts ~ Wife Sallmltf knew what he did,wben he prayedto be deli•ered from toomuch : L~, faid he, 16e ftJI '"' tkn1 1/m
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