E P 1 S'T IV. 25) A prcpo!l<rous courfes ofthem, which make religion but a foor-lloole to the fear of advancement 1 which care for all things but heaveA1 which make the world their !landing marke,and doe not fo much as rove at God.Many had fped well,if they bad begun well, and proceeded orderly. Afalfcmethod is the bane ofmanyhopeful! endevours. God bids us f<eke firft his Kingdome;and earthly things !hall find us uofought. Fooli!h nature firft feekestbe world: and if !he light onGod by the way, it ismore then !he expetls, delires, cares for- and therefore failes ofboth, becaufc !he feeks neither aright. Many had beenc gre~t ifthey had cared to be good; which nowarc crolfed inwhattheywould, becaufc'rbey willed not what they ought. If Sal'""'' had maole wealth his firll fuit, I doubt he had been both pooreand fooli!h : now, he asked wi!cdome, and gained B greatnelfe :Becaufe hechofe well, he received what he as~cd not. 0 the bounty an~ fidelityofour God! becaufc we would have the bell,he g•ves us all: Earth !hall wa1t upon us, bccaufe we attend upon heaven. Goeon, my Lord,goeon happily, to love religion, topraaife it : let God alone with the reil. Be you a patternc of vertu< ; he !hall make you a Precedent ofglory. Never man loft ought bygiving it to God : that liberal! hand rcturnes ourgifts, with advaoragc.Let men, let God fee that you honour him; and they!hall hcarc him proclaime before you, Th114 jhaO it be"""" tht "''"whom tbt Klng wiP. howo•r. c ToM. J\(_ewton, Tutor to the Prin,~:e. E P . I V. OfGrAtulotlon,for the h1pes o[1ur PriTJct; with.,, ad'Uijing •pprtc.tlm; sIR,Godhatbcallcd you to a greatand happy charge: Youhavethccuftotiyof ourcommon Trca!urc:Neither is there any fervice comparableto this ofyours; wbothcr we regard God, or the world. Our labours oft-times bellowed upon many, fcarce profit one: yours, bellowed upon one, redounds to the profit of many millions.This is a fummaric wayofobliginiall theworld to you.I encourage you not in your care: you have more comfort in the ucccffc ofit,rhen all worldscangive you. The very fubjetl of your pains would give an heart ro him that bath none. !rather D congratulate with you our common happinelfc, and tl!c hopes ofpoftcritie, in that royal! and blelfed ilfue.You have bcft caufe to be the wimelfc ofthe rare forwardncs of our graciousMalter: and I have fecn enough, to make me think I can neverbeenough thankf"ll to God for him.That Princes are fruitful! is a great blelling:but, that their children arc fruitfull in grace, and not more eminent in place then vertuc, is the greatcft favour God can doeeo aStare. The goodnclfe ofa private man is his own;of a Prince, the whole worlds. Theirwords are Maxirnes,tbeir at!ions examples, their examples rules.When I compare them with their royal! Fatbcrs,(as I dooft & chearf~lly) I cannot fay whether he be more happy in bimfclfe, or inthem. I fee both in h1m,and thcm1 I fee & wonder, that God dillributes to natural! Princes gifts proportio~ablc to their grcamelfe. ThewifcModerator of the world knowcs what ufe is of thelt parts: he knowes that the head muft have all the fenfesthat pertain to the whole E body :and bow necclfary it is, that inferiours fhould admire them no lclfc for the exce!lency oftheirgraces, then for the fway oftheir authority. Whereupon it is,tbat he g•ves heroical! qualities to Princes; and as be bath bellowed upon them his ownc name, fo alfo he gives them fpcciallllamps ofhisowne glorious Image. Amongft all other vcrure~,what a comfort is it to fee rhofe years,and thofc fpirits ltoopfo willingly to dcvouon~ Religionisgrownc too fevcrc a Millrdfeforyoung andhighcou. rages to attend. Very rare is that Nobilitie of blood, that doth not challenge liberty; acd that liberty,thatends not in loofcnclfc. Loc, this example reachcth our Gallants, 1 how we! evcoMajcftycan !land with homagc;Majellyeo men,with homage toGod. \' Farrebe 11 from me,to do that which my next claufc fhall condcmnc: but I think it fafeto fay,that feldom evertbofcyears have pr0mifed, fcldome have performed fo Z ~ much -
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