A Golden Chain

Here is condemned all heady and rash judgement,¹ whereby men make things either worse then they are, or else they take and turn all things to the worse part. Thus the devil dealt with Job, saying,² Doeth Job fear God for ⟨p. 726⟩nought, &c. but stretch out thine hand now and touch all that he hath, to see if he will not blaspheme thee to thy face. Such was the dealing of Doeg with David,³ I saw the son of Ishai (saith he) when he came to Abimelech the son of Ahitub, who asked counsel of the Lord for him, and gave him victuals, and he gave him also the sword of Goliath the Philistine. Here the backbiter concealeth the necessary circumstances, whereby Abimelech might have been excused, as that David asked bread being hungry, and that he told not Abimelech that he was out of Sauls favour: but he turneth all his speech to this end, to bring the priest into suspicion with Saul.

Here is condemned all headie and rash iudgement,¹ whereby men make things either worse then they are, or else they take and turne all things to the worse part. Thus the deuil dealt with Iob, saying,² Doeth Iob feare God for ⟨p. 726⟩nought, &c. but stretch out thine hand now and touch all that hee hath, to see if hee will not blaspheme thee to thy face. Such was the dealing of Doeg with Dauid,³ I saw the sonne of Ishai (saith he) when hee came to Abimelech the sonne of Ahitub, who asked counsell of the Lord for him, and gaue him victuals, and he gaue him also the sword of Goliah the Philistim. Here the backebiter concealeth the necessary circumstances, whereby Abimelech might haue bene excused, as that Dauid asked bread beeing hungrie, and that he told not Abimelech that hee was out of Sauls fauour: but he turneth al his speech to this end, to bring the priest into suspition with Saul.