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Hostis addest dextr•, laeu• que a part timendus Vicinoque malo terret • trunque lotus.

Hostis adest dextr•, laeu• que a parte timendus Vicinoque malo terret • trunque l•tus.

Neither can it be amiss in thy prosperity to make room for adversity, that though it come unsent for, yet (as not undeserved) so not unlooked for; hence thy expectation (though it cannot hinder) may lessen thy crosses; long hast thou bin like a Lilly amongst thorns and should thou always abound, it would be hard not •o grow proud; thy security hath already been too much an enemy to prevention, otherwise mightest thou have seen thy own fall in thy neighbours, whose sins being •he same, it is Gods mercy his judgments are not; in which he no less preacheth then in his word; for when he strikes offenders it is but to warn them that stand by; alas▪ that thou canst only plead to have bin happy too soon, and to have made such bad use of thy blessings; part not then (like Herod) with a Kingdom for a Dance, but seeing the temper of this age differs not from the Heavens (threatening a second deluge) take heed with Peter least thou begin to sink; prevent the time wherein (as the Tragedian told Pompey) thou shalt fetch deep sighs because thou sorrowedst not sooner; let not thy death-bed smart for those wilful adjournings of timely repentance, but discharge thy sins be time […] be at peace; what greater ⟨p. 33⟩good can happen to a diseased man then Physic to recur him, long (though perchance unfit) hath thy sound body carried about it a sick soul, then hazard not thy life rather then offend thy palate, repay thy thanks & not repine a the Physician; adversity sometimes best speaks a Christian, neither is it honour to overcome when it is no danger to fight; every Bird can sing in a temperate spring & a clear Heaven, every Epicure can be merry in the midst of his Cups and Dalliance; but (when all things fail) to stand our ground and expect supply from above, shows our faith, & becomes only the 3 children in the furnace, Paul and Silas in the stocks, and the Martys at the stake; but me-thinks I hear some say, quo diversus abis?