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IX.

WEET words are like hony, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the ftomach.

X.

IUERSE children haue their different natures;

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fome are like flesh which nothing but falt will keep from putrefaction; fome again like tender fruits that are best preferued with fugar: thofe parents are wife that can fit their nurture according to their Nature.

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XI.

HAT town which thousands of enemys without hath not been able to take, hath been deliuered vp by one traytor within; and that man, which all the temptations of Sathan without could not hurt, hath been foild by one luft within.

XII.

UTHORITY without wifedome is like a heavy axe without an edg, fitter to bruise then polish.

XIII.

HE reafon why chriftians are fo loth to exchang

THE

this world for a better, is because they haue more fence then faith: they fe what they inioy, they do but hope for that which is to Come.

IF

XIV.

we had no winter the fpring would not be fo pleafant: if we did not fometimes taft of adverfity, prosperity would not be fo welcome.

XV.

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LOW man can goe vpright vnder that door, wher a taller is glad to ftoop; fo a man of weak faith and mean abilities, may vndergo a crosse more patiently then he that excells him, both in gifts and graces.

XVI.

'HAT house which is not often swept, makes the

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cleanly inhabitant foone loath it, and that heart which is not continually purifieing it felf, is no fit temple for the spirit of god to dwell in.

XVII.

EW men are fo humble as not to be proud of

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their abilitys; and nothing will abase them more then this, What haft thou, but what thou haft receiued? come giue an account of thy ftewardship.

XVIII.

E that will vntertake to climb vp a fteep moun

HE

tain with a great burden on his back, will finde

it a wearyfome, if not an impoffible tafk; fo he that

thinkes to mount to heaven clog'd with the Cares and riches of this Life, 'tis no wonder if he faint by the

way.

XIX.

CORN

'ORNE, till it haue past through the Mill and been ground to powder, is not fit for bread. God fo deales with his fervants: he grindes them with greif and pain till they turn to duft, and then are they fit manchet for his Manfion.

XX.

OD hath futable comforts and fupports for his

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children according to their feuerall conditions if he will make his face to fhine vpon them: he then makes them lye down in green pastures, and leades them befides the ftill waters; if they ftick in deepe mire and clay, and all his waues and billows goe ouer their heads, he then leads them to the Rock which is higher then they.

XXI.

E that walks among briars and thorns will be

HE

very carefull where he fets his foot. And he that paffes through the wildernes of this world, had need ponder all his fteps.

*The finest white rolls. Nares.

XXII.

ANT of prudence, as well as piety, hath

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brought men into great inconveniencys; but he that is well ftored with both, feldom is so infnared.

XXIII.

HE fkillfull fifher hath his feverall baits for fev

THE

erall fish, but there is a hooke vnder all; Satan, that great Angler, hath his fundry baits for fundry tempers of men, which they all catch gredily at, but few perceiues the hook till it be to late.

XXIV.

HERE is no new thing vnder the fun, there is

THERE

nothing that can be fayd or done, but either that or fomething like it hath been both done and fayd

before.

XXV.

AN

N akeing head requires a foft pillow; and a drooping heart a strong support.

XXVI.

A SORE finger may difquiet the whole body, but

an vlcer within deftroys it: fo an enemy without may disturb a Commonwealth, but diffentions. within ouer throw it.

XXVII.

T is a pleasant thing to behold the light, but fore

IT

eyes are not able to look vpon it; the pure in heart fhall fe God, but the defiled in confcience fhall rather choose to be buried vnder rocks and mountains then to behold the presence of the Lamb.

XXVIII.

WISEDOME with an inheritance is good, but

wifedome without an inheritance is better then

an inheritance without wifedome.

XXIX.

LIGHTENING doth vfually preceed thunder, and

ftormes, raine; and ftroaks do not often fall till

after threat'ning.

XXX.

YELLOW leaues argue want of fap, and gray

haires want of moisture; fo dry and fapleffe performances are fimptoms of little fpiritall vigor.

XXXI.

RON till it be throughly heat is vncapable to be

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wrought; fo God fees good to caft fome men into the furnace of affliction, and then beats them on his anuile into what frame he pleases.