by Gods helpe thou shalt against them all preuaile 51 So by this mightie Power we shall at length Be Victors though Sinne seeme vs here to foile Lord grant me this spirituall Pow'r and Strength That though my Body suffer here a while And like a Coward oft doth take the foile I may with courage so my Soule defend No Power me of spirituall Armes despoile Lord grant I practise may what I commend So I with prayse my Booke and Meditation end 52 Thus as one of the Bridegromes meanest Friends I to adorne the Bride doe offer here These Ornaments The gift no worth commends But He to whom the Widdowes mite was deare Because shee all her substance offred there Will well accept of this poore Offering That when I shall at that great day appeare Before the Iudge to giue my reckoning This time may be allow'd me for Gods honouring FINIS The third Booke consisting of fiue MEDITATIONS viz. 1. Knowledge 2. Zeale 3. Temperance 4. Bountie and 5. Ioy. And The fourth Booke of viz. 1. Prudence 2. Obedieâ—ce and 3. Meekenesse 4. Gods Word and 5. Prayer Were Likewise intended by the Authour at this time for the Presse But the euer-lamented losse of his most honored Lord which hath changed all his Ioyes into Sorrowes and Songs to Lamentations hath beene the cause of deferring their publishing A FVNERALL ELEGIE Consecrated to the memorie of his euer-honoured Lord IOHN KING Late Lord Bishop of London LEt others call their Muse to helpe them mourne And books of Tragique Scenes and Stories turne My Heart abundant matter shall indite If but the halfe I of my sorrow write Were it a priuate losse of mine alone I could it smother with a priuate grone But ah I ring my Fathers Fathers knell The Charet and Horsemen of Israel Happy Elisha when the fiery Horse And Charets thee did from thy Master force Whilst he in Whirlewind vp to Heauen ascends His Spirit doubled downe on thee descends But ah I haue no Spirit but to mourne And wash with teares this sacred Fathers Vrne His 〈◊〉 is not left me to diuide Mine Eyes from Teares as Iordanes floods were dride Yet had I but his Spirit here to tell How stoutly he opposed Iezabel And all her Baalling superstitious crew Of Prophets and their Idols ouerthrew How firmely he in his Religion stood Readie till Death to seale it with his blood Without least Bastard thought to change that Truth Which was in him firme rooted from his youth I then might iusâ—ly hope my feeble Verse Had done full right vnto thy wronged Herse For I should muzzell those that wrong thy fame And die them like their whoare scarlet in shame Should force into their face that modest blood That left them ere since they left Truth and Good Yet why should I thinke much that Calumnie Labours to cloud thy Names bright memorie Since that Iust One thy Sauiour after Death Could not auoid Slanders envenom'd breath And if thy Lord and Masters fate were such Let not thy Ashes grieue to beare as much Oh sacred Spirit enclos'd in frailest mold Of britle Clay when I did thee behold Praying Elias-like thou couldst constrayne The Heau'ns to water all the Earth with rayne And when thy zealous tongue touch'd with the flame Which Seraphin had from the Altar taâ—ne Thou like to Paul or Peter didst diuine Three thousand Soules conuerting at a time When thou didst sit on Iustice sacred Throne Thy Prudence shin'd like that of Solomon And Samuel-like so equall didst diuide Thou often gau'st content to either side Like Aristotles thy Schole Disputations Thy Speeches Tullies eloquent Orations Thy Lectures all Ideas most diuine Where Arts like Starres in Firmament doe shine Did â— behold thee in thy Familie Thy House a Temple of the Deitie Thou Dauid-like didst to th' Almightie sweare No wicked riotous Person should come there You worthy Tribe of Leui when you want And find your shorne allowance all too scant His 〈◊〉 which refresht you often blisse And gaue you Liuengs free as they were his You Poore lament whom he so often fed Not with his Doctrine onely but his Bread And Strangers when you want his losse lament Who vnto you such large allowance sent One and the same Rule in things Temporall He did obserue as in Spirituall Who so on Earth doth plentifully sow May well expect a like increase to mow Most happy Man if Vertue Honour Right Or any worldly Blisse make happy wight Home and abroad honour'd belou'd and fear'd Him Grace and Learning vnto all endear'd But oh what Mortall stands so sure and fast That here may be call'd happy till his last To whom the People erst Hosanna cride When he in triumph doth through Sion ride Ere many dayes was on the Crosse so shaken As if he fear'd himselfe of God forsaken So when this Saint like Paul the â—ged sung To build vp Sions ruines with his Tongue The rauish'd Hearers with thy message strooke Sate as they had no powr's but Eare and Looke Both which did yeeld thy Worth such loud applause As if an Angels Trump had lent thee voyce I thinke their strict attention did fore-see They neuer more should heare so much from thee A Swan-like Dittie for it was his last For ere the Sunne had round his circuit past He that for Sions building vp did pray Did in his owne fraile Temple feele decay My Soule eu'n trembles but thy groanes to heare Alas how couldst thou them with Patience beare Afflictions which would breake a brasen Wall And hardest Milstone grin'd to powder small But Hee in Heau'n that heard thee groane and weepe And all thy teares did in his Bottle keepe When it was full doth take of thee compassion And freed thee from thy paynes and bitter passion Eu'n on that Day whereon we celebrate His Passion whom thou liu'dst to imitate Loe God doth millions of his Angels send Thy sorrowes here with heau'nly Ioyes to end Shall we bewaile thy happy commutation Now chang'd from Earth to heau'nly Habitation Where as thy Ioyes the Angels farre surpast Which neuer of thy Miseries did taste For there thou dost that Psalme of comfort ring Which none but Saints afflicted here can sing That Ioy which neuer had in Heau'n beene knowne But by those Saints that vnder crosses groane That Ioy which feeles God comfort vs againe After he hath vs plagu'd on Earth with paine And for a few yeares of aduersitie Rewards in Heau'n with Ioyes eternitie Which giues for Sorrow Ioy for Labour Rest A Hau'n to vs whom Shipwracke erst distrest From Danger Safetie Light vnto the eye Long blind in Dungeons obscuritie Life after Death doth make our liues more sweet Who here Christs plentifull afflictions meet Shall haue in him a plenteous consolation Then let vs all that wait for like saluation In Body like this Saint the dying beare Of 's dying Lord and let him neuer feare But his Lords life shall be made manifest In Him when He our Labour turnes to Rest. But more my Muse is as vnfit to write As are my sorrowes stupid to endite Onely Shee thus the publique losse bemones And what Shee wants in words supplyes with grones Act. 2. 3. Church Christ. Church Christ. Church Church Christ. Church Christ. Church Church Christ. Church Christ. Christ. Christ. Church Christ. Church Christ. Church Daugh. Church Daugh. Church Christ. Christ. Apples †Church Christ. Church Christ. Church Christ. Church a 1. Sam. 2â— 39. 40. b 1. Sam. 18. 18. c Mark 1. 3. d Iohn 3. 29. * Matth. 22. 9. f Can. 2. 14. 3. 7. g Caâ— 5. 1 2. h 2. Cor. 12. 1 2 3 4. i Matth. 22. 2 3 4. k Caâ— 7. 1 2 c. l Luk. 2. 32. m Luk. 14. 17 18 c. n Apoc. 22. 1 2. o Can. 5. 1. p Can. 4. 12. 6. 2. q Apoc. 21. 4. * Apoc. 5. 11. Quaere Iâ—dg 9. 8. * Pâ—nitentia * 〈◊〉 †Christs †Strength †Strength * Presumption a Infidelitie b Despaire †Heart †Iesus †By reason ¶ By sense * Reuel 6. 10. 11. †Mens merits * Separatists * 〈…〉 Truth of Iudgement Truth of Heart Truth of Speech Truth of Action †Potaâ—iana 3. Esdr. 4. * 〈◊〉 Gen. 32. 33. * Woman-Man * Cutter
can beate them from their Anchre-hold 31 Faith as the Sunne and Hope is as the Moone In Heau'n both glorious Lamps this World to light So in mans soule Faith Hope like two lights shone Their little world towards blisse to guide aright As Moone doth borrow from Sunnes glorious light So Hope from Faith And as when Sunne to shine On Moone forbeares shee 's scarce discern'd by sight So when Hope wants Faiths glorious light Diuine Shee wanes like Moone and all her beautie doth dec'line 32 Hope signifies a constant expectation Of some good thing to come from such a one Of whose Loue Pow're and Truth a firme perswasion We haue that all we wait for shall be done Loe first Hope onely is of things to come It is no Hope to hope for things we see Next in her selfe Hope confidence hath none Last all our hope and refuge is to flee Vnto Gods grace pow're wisdome Truth which certaine bee 33 Here in examples may my Muse transcend For whatsoeuer things are writ of old Are for our learning and instruction pend That we through Patience comfort may behold In Scriptures And haue Hope for to lay hold On all Gods Promises and Dealing kind By him shew'd to our forefathers of old And those which to our owne times are assign'd Last of all those which we within our selues doe find 34 These three may breede in vs experience Experience Hope Hope maketh not asham'd Loe first th'examples all haue reference To Hope which I in Faiths discourse haue nam'd Kings Prophets Iudges Martyrs all enflam'd With Loue in Hope and Faith most firme doe stand Without the one the other may be blam'd Both able are Hels malice to withstand For if one faints the other lends her helping hand 35 This generall briefe narration shall serue For all Hope 's noble famous acts of old Now if you will be pleased to obserue Whilst I th'examples of our times vnfold And those which our forefathers haue vs told God neuer hath so deâ—lt with any Nation In giuing temporall blessings manifold In our deliuerances ' boue expectation Lastly in yeelding vs such meanes for our saluation 36 He sets vs in a blessed Land where flow Hony and Milke and all good things abound The Plough-man reapes the Crop which he doth sow Here Peace and Plentie eu'ry where are found Here dreadfull trump of warre doth neuer sound No leading here into captiuitie Here no complayning in our streets is found Here 's health of body with prosperitie And all these lasted haue beyond mans memorie 37 I hope here is for vs sufficient ground To trust in God for all things temporall How many plots hath Hell and Rome out found Vs to betray to bondage spirituall Yet God hath vs deliuer'd out of all Besides that secret cruell trayt'rous broode Priests that themselues Catholique Champions call Shee hath prouok'd to make her quarrell good Great Kings to open warre and shedding innocent blood 38 Witnesse th'Armada huge of Eightie eight Which bâ—eathed nought but cruell desolation And was inuincible in Mans conceit Whom nought could satisfie but th'extirpation Of Protestants and all the English Nation Home-treason forraine warre vs to betray To Popish cursed hellish machination Nought could this Pharaâ—hs crueltie allay Till Death Hell and Destruction swept them all away 39 This quail'd the spite of Egypt but of Rome Though pow'r grow weake her spite growes yet more strong When force and open warre doe vaine become Shee seekes by treason to maintayne her wrong Loe Iesuites and Seminaries throng In Court Church Citie and in euery Place To sow seedes of Sedition vs among To bring Prince Counsell Prelate in disgrace To credit Superstition and the Truth out-face 40 How many were their plots of cursed Treason Deuis'd against our late dread Soueraigne Queene Impatient to expect the time and season When shee should hence goe and no more be seene That time they look'd to wreake their spitefull teene On opposites of Popes Supremacy Oh! this a bloody day had surely beene Had not the Lord vs succour'd from on high And whence we hop'd for least did vs most helpe supply 41 Loe whilst shee liu'd shee seem'd a weake defence A Woman to defend so great a Nation From secret treasons open violence Fill'd all the World with ioy and admiration But when by her most happy commutation Shee leaues this Earth Behold that prouidence Which made this weake Sexe strong for our saluation Brings in a stronger and more sure defence With Gladnesse Plentie Peace without all violence 42 Oh! that my Muse were able here to flie The high pitch of my Soueraignes commendation Who Solomon-like in all his Royaltie Brought Peace and Plentie to this happy Nation At whose most blessed glad Inauguration No Shimei barkes nor Sheba lifts his hand But all him meete with ioyfull salutation God saue King IAMES sole Monarch of our Land And set thy seate as fast as our late Queenes did stand 43 This was a gracious worke of Prouidence A thing vnparallel'd before not seene But can this stop the Dragons virulence No it encreaseth more his spite and teene For the same cause he hated our late Queene He doth Faith's great Defender now infest But against Loue Faith Hope is all his spleene And all that will not fall downe to the Beast With those that Antichristian supremacy detest 44 Many a cursed plot and cruell treason Hath beene attempted 'gainst our gracious King Before and since the happy time and season God him in peace to rule this Land did bring But neuer yet was hammer'd such a thing By Pope Turke Iesuite or in Hell below As was the powder plots fierce lightening Which in one instant all should ouerthrow King Counsell Nobles Citie Commons Priests vp blow 45 Oh barbarous wretches cruell instruments Of Death and Ruine to their natiue Nation What heart of steele or flint that not relents To apprehend the dreadfull desolation Besides of men of that faire habitation Those seates of Iustice Houses for deuotion Great Brittaines glorie Strangers admiration Shame is reward Gods wrath the bitter potion Of all that had their heads in this most hellish motion 46 But leaue them to their punishment and shame Behold a worke no older than the yeare Wherein Gods Loue to vs blest be his Name No lesse than in the former doth appeare I meane our Soueraignes sicknesse who was neere To the last act of all mortalitie But when all physicke fayl'd God did him cheere His health restoring with prosperitie And adding length of dayes to him that look'd to die 47 Nor onely doth this Antichristian Bore Seeke to roote vp the Vine of Gods right Hand But there be Foxes little Foxes store Which 'gainst her bloming Grapes in ambush stand Those that against Church gouernement doe band Churches illit'rate Vermine who disclose Their enuie to the Prelates of our Land When against their Succession they oppose Tithes Prayers Order Titles Ceremonies Clothes 48 These humorous Nouellists haue
pure But if in Subiects of Iniquitie They are contayn'd they cannot so endure But like the Subiect they become corrupt impure 10 Three kinds of Lawes from God I doe obserue Morall Iudiciall Ceremoniall Which three the Iewes did constantly preserue As bound in conscience to obay them all The Ceremoniall and Iudiciall Cease but remayne paternes for imitation The Morall is the same perpetuall That most pure Law which from Mans first creation Continues still to vs without least alteration 11 And though the Rule of Right now doth not tie To the Iudiciall Lawes strict obseruation Yet it doth bind vs to the equitie Thereof as fittest for our imitation Though Blasphemie Theft Murder Fornication Haue not amongst vs now the punishment Which Iewes inflicted by Gods ordination Yet 't is a Rule in all good gouernement The paine vnto the sinne must be equiualent 12 As Lawes right to maintayne and wrong redresse Should be conform'd to the Iudiciall So rules of order and of comelinesse Should imitate Lawes Ceremoniall The Morall Law by some call'd Naturall Is Gods eternall Law by which aboue He things in Heau'n and Earth disposeth all These God ingrau'd in Stone the Iewes to proue But in our hearts they all now written are by loue 13 Mistake me not that I maintayne hereby Grosse Iudaisme or out-worne rudiment Which Christs last Sacrifice did typifie Such Ceremonies long agoe are spent But those whereby we should our selues present In publique Preaching Sacraments Deuotions It well becomes vs all with one consent To imitate without strife or commotions 'T is sinne to disobay Lawes in indifferent motions 14 I know fnll well there is a Law beside This Morall Law which some call Naturall Which vnder God by Nature is impli'de To rule Heau'ns Spheres and Motions which they call The Law of Nature By which rise and fall Sunne Moone and Starres in Motion necessarie But from the Law of Reason whereby all That Reason haue are Agents voluntarie By some call'd Reasons Law my Muse now will not varie 15 From hence as from a Nurserie doe come All Lawes which by good Christian Politie And lawfull Power to vs as bonds become To keepe vs in the bands of Charitie And vs preserue from wrong and iniurie And not by others losse to raise our gayne But leade our liues in Truth and Honestie As not enough from euill to restrayne Except we good performe and others right maintayne 16 Eu'n as we see things wanting life and sense But Agents naturall striue to maintayne The preseruation of the common Ens And 'gainst their naturall course themselues constrayne Eu'n Motions against Nature doe darraigne As heauie stones will vp from Center flie Rather than all a Vacuum entertayne So reasonable men should rather die Then suffer any harme to Vniuersitie 17 And hence come Lawes of Nations which maintayne Leagues betwixt Princes Freedome Seruitude Next ciuill Law whose equitie did gayne Command of all Romes Empires amplitude The Canon Law whose wiâ—edome did conclude All other Lawes till Pride and Superstition Amongst those sacred Sanctions did intrude So Antichristianizing by ambition That holy Writ must now giue place to their Tradition 18 Thus Statutes of each Countrey Citie Land Which they themselues doe call Municipall All Lawes which now in force with vs doe stand The Common Ciuill Ecclesiasticall All these doe come from the pure Naturall And tend true Right and Iustice to maintayne Respecting Gods true worship aboue all Next Magistrates peace publique common gayne And last that each man may in peace his owne retayne 19 But as from Fountayne seated on a Hill Pure siluer streames in sundrie Channels flow First cleare like Spring from which their waters rill But passing farther thicke and miry grow Defiled by their Channels soile below Eu'n so all Lawes which from th' Eternall come First like the paterne are as pure as snow But doe in time corrupt and base become By Mans corrupted heart through which Lawes streames doe run 20 Base Dust and Ashes dares not be so bold As to define of Righteousnesse Diuine That Iustice pure which Flesh cannot behold But as some rayes here seeme below to shine As farre aboue the reach of humane eyne As infinite Loue Truth and Maiestie Transcends the measure of a finite Line Yet Man at first was fram'd thus righteous by The Righteous God from whom comes none iniquitie 21 For nothing that 's vnrighteous or vniust Hath e're or shall be in his Presence seene Wherefore renouncing all our rags we must In Christs pure Righteousnesse all clothed beene It is a wicked fond conceit to weene Mans righteousnesse once able is to stand Before the Righteous Iudge where our most cleane And perfect acts as vile vnpure are scand Oh wretched Man whom thus Presumption holds in band 22 My feeble Spirits and Soule amaz'd become When I contemplate of the Righteousnesse That with the most Iust God doth euer wonne My Muse vnable farre is to expresse His Iustice which is Truth and Holinesse Therefore I backe now will retire againe To Iustice that brings Man to Happinesse And here on Earth doth Peace and Loue maintayne And first her Nature by her Causes will explayne 23 Out of bad causes good effects to draw Peculiar is to Prouidence Diuine From whence it comes that many a wholsome Law From euill manners seemes to draw her Line But they no causes are For power Diuine Is the first Cause of Iustice and of Right Eu'n as the Sunne which giueth powre to shine To all the glorious Lamps wee see by night Though darknes seeme the cause of their pure twinkling light 24 Yet as the Sunne the Fountayne of all Light Doth of his beames to all those Planets send Which in the absence of the Sunne by night Direct all Trauailers aright to wend So righteous God such Righteousnesse doth lend To Kings and Rulers all that iudge below That they may Right and Iustice true extend And in Gods stead both Light and Guidance show To Men which else to all obliquitie would grow 25 At first when Kings and Princes gan to sway And that no Lawes as yet were on record All did their Princes will and mind obay And the whole Law came from the Princes word Law therefore Kings this Title doth afford And stiles them liuing Lawes by grace Diuine Sent vnto Men to be their Liege and Lord With power to make new Lawes and old define The Head which Members all in politique Body ioyne 26 Thus God first giues Kings power Lawes to ordayne Which power Kings to the Iudges delegate By their Lawes Right and Iustice to maintayne All Power from God doth first begin her date And therefore all ought him to imitate And thereby to doe right and wrong redresse Not onely to encrease their owne estate And liue in Plentie Pride and Wantonnesse For so we make God cause of our vnrighteousnesse 27 So we abuse the Power God doth giue To Pleasures Pride Vnrighteousnesse and Wrong As if we onely
to our selues did liue When Iudgement onely doth to God belong Who eu'n the Kings and Iudges sits among To doe the Orphane and the Widdow right To breake delayes that Clients suites prolong Nor suffering Right to be borne downe by Might But truely first discerne and then proceede aright 28 These true effects of righteous Causes are Like God first cause of Iustice to proceed Who pulleth downe the Mightie from his chaire And sets the Meeke and Humble in his stead Loe Iustice hath a sword to make sinne bleede As well as Scepter for to rule in Peace Besides our sowing we must also weede If we expect a plentifull encrease So long as Vice growes strong the sword must neuer cease 29 Sixe seuerall Serieants waâ—â— on Iustice Throne Which shee in seuerall duties doth employ By first shee doth command things to be done By second punisheth what 's done awry The third forbids the fourth giues leaue to trie The fift exhorts last doth the right aduise All these respect haue to lifes honestie And that no hurt gainst others we deuise Lastly things that are due to euery man to size 30 But not men onely in authoritie May Subiects be of doing wrong or right But eu'n weake men in want and pouertie As when a poore man doth his Neighbour smite Or workes to man or beast the least despite To wish the least hurt is vnrighteousnesse And who workes ought by open force or slight 'Gainst Neighbours goods or credit doth no lesse Offend against the perfect Rule of Righteousnesse 31 Yea Subiects sinne against the Rule of Right When double honour vnto Rulers due They doe not tender in the peoples sight Rulers are Ministers set in Gods lieu For good of those that euill doe eschew Who seekes Authoritie for to out-face Deserue sharpe punishment in open view Though as a Man I can beare all disgrace Yet should I not endure dishonour to my place 32 Loe here I could by subiects fiue expresse Fiue seuerall degrees which Meditation Suggests to me of this pure Righteousnesse First is of God from which by deriuation The other foure haue life and sustentation Of Angels Kings and Iudges all which â—ee Authorised by Princes delegation Lastly of Subiects But the latter three Corrupted often are by Mans impuritie 33 As plants which haue sole power vegetatiue Iudge not of Beasts which motion haue and sense Nor Beasts of Men that doe in reason thriue Nor Men of Angels pure diuine Essence Nor Angels infinite Omnipotence So Subiects iudge not Iudges vprightnesse Nor Iudges Kings Nor Kings the excellence Of Angels Iustice And Angels no lesse Vnable are to iudge of Gods pure Righteousnesse 34 Thus euery Soule by right we subiect see To higher Powers for conscience not for feare The Powers that are by God ordayned bee And but by God himselfe no Powers are Who then resists the Power doth not spare Eu'n Gods owne Ordinances to resist Which is for good to those that right doe fare But for their punishment that doe persist In wickednesse nor from wrong doing doe desist 35 Wherefore we must giue eu'ry Man his due To whom Tithe Custome Honour Feare belong We ought to render them most iust and true Or else thereby Gods Ministers we wrong We must owe nought but Loue to old or yong For he that loues fulfils the whole Lawes will Abstaynes from Murder Lust Detraction Wrong In briefe commanded good forsaking ill By louing Neighbours as our selues we all fulfill 36 Of all the 〈◊〉 that attend this Shee most of all in Truth 〈◊〉 take delight Who is alli'd in Righteousnesse so neere And link'd in Loue that from each others sight They neuer part but eu'n with all their might Ioyne their 〈◊〉 seruice to their Queene t' approue Obedience Knowledge Prudence wait on Right Braue Fortitude and Zeale resolued proue To maintayne all Right doth for their great Queene of Loue. 37 Thus all the Vertues that on Loue attend Companioâ—â— are of Iustice and of Right All single and in one their forces bend Her to assist against vnlawfull might Great Enemies with her doe daily fight Ambition 〈…〉 Wrong Seeking by 〈◊〉 force and secret â—â—ight To weaken hers and make their owne part strong Yet shee the proâ—dest of them all oft layes along 38 As many as are Enemies to Peace Publique or 〈◊〉 are her Enemies For whereas Discord Warres and Strife encrease There follow Wrong Reuenge and Iniuries And though 〈◊〉 ouer-vainely dâ—e aduise Braue Spirits to bloodie warres to purchase Fame Yet who so vndertakes such enterprise Vnlesse it be for Peace in Iustice name By shedding guiltlesse blood deserues eternall blame 39 Therefore the Pirate iustly did retort Reproch of Thiefe to Grecian Monarchs shame Who the whole World sought to subdue by tort To purchase proud vaine glorie to his name Assuring him he was as much to blame To rob by Land as he on Sea to pill The Monarch wronged all for idle Fame The Pirate for his gayne did rob and kill Each 'gainst the 〈◊〉 of Right by force maintayn'd his will 40 Some great 〈◊〉 glorie like to â—ikes in Pond All other vnder Fishes to deuour That they alone inherit may the Lord And all the World subdue vnto their power As neuer thinking of their latest hower When as they came they must returne againe Why should the Highest on the Lowest lower The greatest Prince the meanest Slaue disdayne Both borne aâ—â—ke breath die and in their graue remayne 41 Besides Vice oft in Vertues shape appeares Iniustice vnder Mercies name doth goe Therefore must Iudges not be mou'd with teares Of Sinners in calamitie and woe Rulers in Discipline may Mercy show And Meeknesse so they leaue not loosely light The raynes vnto Offenders ill to doe Whom Feare not Loue from doing hurt doth fright For hope of pardon doth lewd minds to sinne inuite 42 The Iudges then that such Offenders free To Iniurie betray the Innocent Three kinds of doing Almes some say there bee First to releeue the poore and impotent Next to remit all wrong vnto vs meant The last is Malefactors to represse Who so deferres deserued punishment Vpon Offenders 'gainst Gods Righteousnesse To anger doe prouoke his patient genâ—lenesse 43 Therefore let Iudges Grace and 〈◊〉 show In pardoning their priuate iniuries But for offences publique let them know They there eu'n Gods owne Iudgement exercise The ancient Romanes wisely did deuise To punish facile Iudges with that payne Which Law against Offenders did deuise Thus wisely foolish pitty to restrayne For that seuere vprightnesse Peace did best maintayne 44 For surely 〈…〉 Then fayned Mercy Pity Conscience Grace Who all their wrong entitle Iust and Right And the right 〈…〉 of Law deface Whereby each Man ought to direct his pâ—ce From which to stray is foule iniquitie I grant that Conscience may rule in some case But not against the Law whose equitie If not against Gods Word hath good authoritie 45 For as in euâ—ry Towne and common Mart There is