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The good man hath such a hand over fortune; knowing who guides and disposeth all events; that no miseries, though they be sudden as well as sharp, can un-heart him. If he must dye, he goes breast to breast with virtue. If his life must ⟨p. 72⟩tarry a further succession of miseries, he makes absent joys present, wants plenitudes; a•d beguiles calamity, as good company does the way, by Patience. ¹A certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the King of Israel between the joints of the harness. The man shot at random, or as the Hebrew hath it, in his simplicity; but God directed the arrow to strike Ahab. ²So David spake of Shimei. Let him alone, and let him curse; for the Lord hath bidden him. It may be that the Lord will look on mine affliction, and that the Lord will requite good for his cursing this day. Consider we not so much, how unjust man is that giveth the wrong; as how just God is that guideth it. Non venit sine merito, quia Deus est justus: nec erit sine commodo, quia Deus est bonus. It comes not without our desert, for God is just: nor shall be without our profit, for God is merciful. God hath an herb, which he often puts into his children's salad; that is Rue: and mans herb wherewith he eats it, must be Lapathum, Patience.

The good man hath such a hand ouer fortune; knowing who guides and disposeth all euents; that no miseries, though they bee sodaine as well as sharpe, can vn-heart him. If he must dye, he goes breast to breast with vertue. If his life must ⟨p. 72⟩tarry a further succession of miseries, hee makes absent ioyes present, wants plenitudes; a•d beguiles calamity, as good company does the way, by Patience. ¹A certaine man drew a bowe at a venture, and smote the King of Israel betweene the ioynts of the harnesse. The man shot at random, or as the Hebrew hath it, in his simplicitie; but God directed the arrow to strike Ahab.