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Instruction to all governors, both domesticall and public, together with Landlords, to find out, and discover to Use. themselves their own estates, by the exercise of their government. Are their greatest favours bestowed on them that give greatest testimony of the fear of God, and appear to be most faithful? Do they reserve their kindness for those that walk in a perfect way, as David did his, and bend their displeasure against slanderers, them that have proud looks, deceitful persons, and tellers of lies? If this their course be constantly held, and without partiality, why may it not be said that they do wisely in a perfect way: that they walk in the uprightness of their hearts, in the midst of their houses, or dominions? But if they smile upon the wicked, and grace them with their best looks, and frown upon the ⟨p. 39⟩righteous, and brow beat them with a disdainful countenance: if they can easily pass by the foul faults of blasphemers, ruffians, quaffers, quarrellers, gamesters, pick-thanks, and whoremasters, and so bitterly aggravate, and censure the smaller infirmities of such as otherwise are virtuous, and honest, (who peradventure, if they had equal hearing, such as Job afforded to the meanest in his house, would prove themselves not to be culpable at all, but to have performed some good duty) then their ways tell them that their hearts be corrupt, and by strengthening the hands of sinners, they show their love to sin, and by their rigour against the godly, they bewray and manifest their own ungodliness.

Instruction to all gouernours, both domesticall and publike, together with Landlords, to finde out, and discouer to Vse. themselues their owne estates, by the exercise of their gouernment. Are their greatest fauours bestowed on them that giue greatest testimonie of the feare of God, and appeare to be most faithfull? Doe they res•rue their kindnes for those that walke in a perfect way, as Dauid did his, and bend their displeasure against slanderers, them that haue proud lookes, deceitfull persons, and tellers of lies? If this their course be constantly held, and without partialitie, why may it not be saide that they doe wisely in a perfect way: that they walke in the vprightnes of their hearts, in the midst of their houses, or dominions? But if they smile vpon the wicked, and grace them with their best lookes, and frowne vpon the ⟨p. 39⟩