Gods parley with princes with an appeal from them to him. The sum of…Gods parley vvith princes with an appeale from them to him. The summe of…

Great-men may easily be entreated to take notice of the eminency of their places, for the claiming of Offices of respect and regard from others their Inferiors: Happy were it for them, could they as readily be induced seriously to consider of it for the exacting of wise and wary, discreet and seemly carriage from themselves, that they might not by their unadvised and undiscreet carriage, or by any base and unbeseeming course, bring the least aspersion upon either their persons or their places: If they could and would say to themselves, when they are either by others solicited, or of themselves inwardly moved to do ought, yea though it be not simply evil of it self, yet that it is such as will not stand with their honour, and with the honour of their places, as Nehemie before, ^hShould such an one as I fly? so, should such an one as I am, receive gifts from ⁱNaaman, ^ktake bribes of such as have business before me, or with me, either by my self or by my servants? Should such an one as I am abuse my power and my place, to gild over a rotten post, or to shore up an Ale-sign; ⟨p. 19⟩or to make those that live near me, serviceable to me for fear of worse usage otherwise? Should such an one as I am give countenance to lewd and loose persons, or help to bolster and bear them out in their bad and base courses? Do such things beseem those that have the stile of Gods by God given them? Or ^ldoth it beseem such to be transported with choler, to be corrupted with favour, to be terrified with threats, to be puffed up with pride; to be greedy of base gain, to be earthly minded, yea or to be ambitiously affected; ^mto make a mock of mens miseries, ⁿto pursue things to extremity, ^oto trample upon the oppressed,