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Remember ⟨p. CXXXI⟩that they that Rule be men and hath like wise there infirmities and with out a singular grace can not govern well. as Salomon saythe: ut oculus uideat, & auris audiat, Deus facit utrumque, that is to say / that the Eye see / and the Ere hire / God yenithe both. the meaning of the which text is. that if the Magistrate have good counsel and see what is best for the commune wealth / and the people obey it / it be the works of god. no humane sapience / diligence / and industry is sufficient for this vocation therefore Paul saith 2. Cor. 3. our ability and sufficiency is of god. when we have considered the malice of the devil against such as rule in the world and likewise the rulers proper infirmities then let us consider likewise our own sins / and naughty life for the punishment where of God giveth many times cruel / and ungodly governors: Job. 35. as he yenithe good / wise / and loving princes / to such as fear his name / 2. Para. 9. if they happen to fall from god and follow vice / it is not thy duty straight way to calumniate / speak / move sedition / cast of obedience / love / and fear that thou a wist unto them but pray for them: study what thou canst to call them again to god / be prone to for get and remit the offence / remember Sau. and Sal. that fell and yet returned dissemble at such faults as be curable lest the public peace be troubled. remember though he be naught that ruleth the place and office that ⟨p. CXXXII⟩he is in / is the order and work of God / so if thou put difference between the office it self which is good / and the officer that is isle / it shall keep the in a fear that thou reverence a god and godly governance in a nyle governor. As Paul loved the policy and laws of Rome and never taught sedition / though he hated Caligula / and Nero the emperors that occupied the empery and dominion. Beware therefore of contumacy and disobedience against the superior powers obey them in all things where they command the nothing against God's laws. so commandeth Paul Ephe. 6.

Remēbre ⟨p. CXXXI⟩