The mofl able men full to him in the bell: fuccttfe, and not to f:1Cri– fice to your owne wits, or to giue him thankesin aformall manner, but heartily to acknowledge him:And likcwife to be pJtienr in all the croffes and -troubles that 'be£1II us. So much forrhis ' third ufe. V(e 4 . Founhiy,andlall:Jy,ifmeQ ofthe gr~atefi: aNorto;make , bilities be fo often difappointed, that the 6Attai!e– flelhourarme ·i it nett~ theJlrbng,nor theracetothefwiftcrcThen ' Sel(e confi– dence makes things fucccc:d ill. Ier. 17. f• learne we hence,not tomakejlfjh our arme,not to trull: in any fi:rength ofour owne,in any wifdome· ofour owne, or other men ;forifthis world doe it ,ifthe fi:rength ofany man,ifthe policie of any man were able to bring any emerprife to paffe, it would alwayes do it: If it were the fwifcnes of him, that runs,that could get the race ifit were the ll:rength ofhim that fighteth, that could ob- · tainethebattaile;I fayitwould alwayes doit. And therefore feeingit falls not out fo, but the · evtnts are turneda contrary way, that is a ligne , it is not in them, but in fomerhing elfe.Therefore ·. · I fay,take wee heed of making flefl1 our arme, offaying thus "wvith ourfelues, bccaufe we haue thefe preparations,becaufewe haue thefe meanes therefore our worke iliall fucceed-for that is not fo. For we fee often in experience, when a man comes to a bufineife with much confidence,out of areflection upon his owne ability to do it, for themoft parr it fi1cceeds ill: As on the other fide, when a man comes with feareand diffidence ( in himfelfe,forthe moll: part he profpererh bell:. · And youhauea rule forit,Iere.I7·5 .Cur fed is he . th,a.t . •
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