CHAP. 3.2. 378 their ownepropcnfitie and difpofition; that ruleof Salomon is worthy noting,to takeheed-ofpart-taking,ofmedlingg,and minglingones felfe in Pre4s6.17. other mens f+rifes and contentions,for thiswere to takeadog by tke tares, or 4Beare by the tooth. Ifwe will now proceede to apply thefe things, it will eafilyappeare how lane mof+ men aredegenerate from thefe rules. For how womanly haue many behaued tbemfelues,fince they were taught to gouerne their tongues betcer,.mofl impotently yeelding their tongues in bitter and contentious fpeeches to fettle the diflempered lulls of their hearts , and that for'very trifles 1 Andwhereas the confideration of brother-hood fhould flint diffentionamongmen, the cafe isgrowne withvs , as with little children,among whom commonly,brothers and lifters leaf+ agree: for as for thofe that arc called brethren,and fo fhould line like brethren in the fame corporaciot or focietie, what bones may we obferue call daily in among them? what a number oftaresare fowne by themalici- ous man, which rife fuddenly to faélion and hove oppofirion; that fome- time as theProphet in his time obferued , euerie man is readieto rarethe fief"; of his owne arme, Ephraim again; cAtanaffeh, and cfrIanaffeh a- gainfi Ephraim: and thus whereas the vnicieof great ones fhouldbe as the dewe falling from the mountaines, to thewarring and refrefhing of the valies their inferiours , their fa6tions arebecome like Samfons foxes tiedby thetayles , they cannot abide to looke one on an other but fire- brands are betweene them,which burnevp all Ioabs corne field : or like the fire which Iotham fpeakethof in hisparable, which came out from Abimelech ,andconfumed themen ofSechem,and thehoufeof Millo; and from the men ofSechem,and the houfe ofMillo , and confumedA- -.;ce7 as ?e bimelech. And for chofe that arebrethren in the fame profefíion ofper- 'T.rtyairr4. i fonall calling; who euer fee twomenof the famé trade loue andline co- Haiod e.cig. & hem. gether in amitie,as Ionachan andDauiddid? who euer almofl did Beare them lendone an other a good. word, vnlefle it were bought out dearely by fomeprefent privatecommoditie; nay, here is difdaine, enuie, fufpi- tions,fogenerali & frequent,that as theprouerb is, onebeggar enuieth mzsxee WV. . that another fhould goe by the doore : here is fupplanting, vndermi- ic° oni and ning, plottingone again(+an other, and reioycingone in the fall of an other: a time which fewe tradesmen wafh their hands of, for euen reli- gion it félfe can fcarfe tie theaffeétions of twoman of the fame trade. And for the lafl fort ofbrethren by the profeflionof Chriflianity,this is agenerali title, by whichmen reuileandmocke them : and gracelesmen openly difclaime them,they will beno brethren to fuch,no,they areby- pocrites,diffemblers,holybretbren,fetmon- goers,Puritans,&c.where- in what doethey elfe,but difclaime the fame father,and the fame inheri- tance LA' Commentarie von the
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