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A34173 The Compleat politician, or, Policy put in practise wherein the principles of policy are laid open to the view of all, and the practises of it by the ancients discovered to these latter times : illustrated with many excellent rules both divine and mortall : a work usefull for these times. 1656 (1656) Wing C5651; ESTC R29674 70,602 324

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therefore to doe this let not your height and greatnesse alwayes appeare but s ometimes shrowded in obscurity Starres twinkle most in their greatest height Thus The Mount was a good example For the Glory of the Lord abode on it and yet a Cloud covered it sixe dayes Ex. 24. 16. POLICIE LXXIV Princes when they should appeare terrible MAgistrates and Princes in place and occasion should appeare awfull and terrible offences are often put out of countenance and confidence when the eyes of Justice shoote lightening and revenge in the face of them Thus In the eyes of the Children of Israel the sight of the Glory of the Lord was like devouring Fire on the top of the Mount Ex. 24. 17. POLICIE LXXV princes in their absence are to substitute sit persons in their places IF you bee in authority and by chance importuned to remove be wise in the disposing and packing up your affaires I meane leave not things disordered and confused but doe as God did with Moses take part of your spirit of authority and put it upon some that are resident Thus When Moses was called from the people into the Mount hee said Aaron and Hur are with you if any man have any matters to doe Ex. 24. 14. POLICIE LXXVI To send good intelligence abroad IN the charge and advise for intelligence be very acurate and punctuall and the relations which are returned accordingly shall doe your Designe more service Balles come backe as they are racketted from you Thus When Moses sent out his Spies for Canaan See sayes hee the land and the people whether they be strong or weake few or many what cities they dwell in whether in tents or strong holds Numb 1. 18 19. POLICIE LXXVII How to becalme a mutiny IN any commotion or mutiny labour to becalme it with faire deprecations and plausible reasons which may superinduce a contrary opinion to that they are perswaded on this is to stroke a fury and fawne upon a frowne and smile a discontent into favour Thus when the people mutined because of the false report Moses and Aaron fell downe upon their faces before all the Assembly saying the Land is an exceeding good Land Numb 14. 5. 7. POLICIE LXXVIII Innovation dangerous FAll not into any humour of Innovation or Change too suddenly neither recant from any thing you interest your selfe in too in considerately in these actions let your motion bee like the shadow upon Ahaz Diall and goe backe by degrees Thus When God pretended hee would mite the people that instant for murmuring and make a greater Nation Moses perswaded him the action would bee scandalous to the Heathen the Nations will speake c. Numb 14 15. POLICIE LXXIX Discontent a kind of plurisie which must be speedily remedied IN universall murmurings and mutinies labour the remedy and supply without delay common people are suddaine and impatient in their passions and their discontent is a kinde of Plurisie which must have speedy redresse or the disease is mortall Thus When the people complained in the Desart for water Moses and Aaron without stay went and fell downe on their faces to God and he bid them Strike the Rocke for water Numb 20. 6. 11. POLICIE LXXX How to behave ones selfe in a strange Country WHen you are to make use of any thing where another hath property seeke to contract faire quarter for your present advantage and let your arguments for persuasion bee pertinent and materiall and inducing hee that rides other circuits for execution of his designe is out of his way or else goes a farther way about Thus Moses being to passe by the king of Edom sent to him saying God hath heard our voice and brought us from Egypt let us passe through thy country wee will not drinke of thy water nor turne to the right hand nor left Numb 20. 16 17. POLICIE LXXXI Places of Authority not to be long vacant WHen Places of Authority are likely to bee vacant bee ready in project with a successour long inter-reynums or interstices in government is the Winter and ill Season of a State where the nights are long and the dayes short Thus Aaron being ready to die Moses even then tooke Eleazar and stripped Aaron of his garment and put them upon Eleazar his Sonne Numb 20. 28. POLICIE LXXXII Praises and promises great inducements IF you would prevaile with any for some experiments of the faculty they excell in you may induce themby promises and advancing the report of their skill and ability and this is a kind of tuning an instrument for your hand or with Moses a blowing into the Silver Trumpet to make it sound Thus Balak though a wicked Prince did well in his act upon Balaam he sent him rewards and Come now sayes hee for I wote he whom thou blessest is blessed Numb 22. 6. 7. POLICIE LXXXIII Apply thy selfe to God on adesigne for successe I know no better Policy in the preface or entrance upon a designe then to apply your selfe to God for successe and direction or for declining your heart from it if it be not convenient This is to goe to the first Mover for a motion Thus Wicked Balaam was imitable in this action Tarry ye sayes he that I may know what the Lord will say Numb 22. 19. POLICIE LXXXIV A threefold cord is not easily broken HE that would draw any into assistance or other complot shall obtaine soonest by offers of interest in the cause and by propounding such respects as you thinke may sute the disposition of the parties or agents and by solliciting by persons of fame and quality and such a threefold cord is not easily broken Thus The methode of Balaks policy was good and sound for hee sent to Balaam Princes more honourable with this Language I will promote thee Numb 22. 15 17. POLICIE LXXXV Not to be too importunate IF you observe any obstruction or aversenesse or stopping in your businesse presse not forward with too much violence but take time to spruce the feathers of your industry that you may flie more roundly to the marke Thus Balaam did unwisely to spurre on his Asse when his Asse made a stand for the Angell said I went out to withstand thee and had shee not turned I had slaine thee Numb 22. 32 33. POLICIE LXXXVI Severall wayes to be tried in a businesse IN the thing you would have to succeed make triall of all the severall advantages you see open for there are more wayes than one into a City and some Posternes may be open though the foregates be shut Thus Balak had his action beene lawfull tooke a wise course for he said to the Prophet Come I pray thee unto another place Num. 23. 13 27 POLICIE LXXXVII Publique grace is to be shewne unto Successours IF you would have your successour inherit your eminency and respect after you derive to him betimes some publique grace which may bee a kinde of initiation or pre-instalment these whom wee would have members of a Visible Church
Day Thus Joab advised David I have fought against Rabbah now therefore gather the rest of the people and take it least I take it and it be called after my name 2 Sam. 12. 28 27. POLICY CLXIII How to have Intelligencers and Spies abroad WHere you feare practise and conspiracies use the subtlety to mingle instruments of intelligence or draw some of their counsellours by favours and promises to bee pentioners to to your countenance by this you may be well informed in the others complots and so know better how to dispose your selfe and your affaires it is princely to have a royalty in the liberties of another Thus David bid Hushai returne to the City and say to Absalom I will bee thy Servant as I have beene thy Fathers and what thing thou shalt heare out of the Kings house tell it 2 Sam. 15. 34 35. POLICY CLXIV An arch Policy to aime one way and shoot another WHen you are in complot or entertained in conspiracy with any and made private to a desig●ne which may prove injurious to whom you are secretly affected take it off by a subtle kinde of disliking and disapproving yet put in your project which may pretend as much evill or more in the face of it than the other tho●gh not in present circumstance this is an arch Policie when you shall aime one way and shoot another Thus Hushai defeated the counsell of Achitophel by saying The counsell that Achitophel hath given is not good at this time therefore I counsell thus And we will fall upon him and of the men that are with him shall not be left so much as one 2 Sam. 17. 7 11 12. POLICIE CLXV A Generall must not adventure his person too farre in a civill broile IT is not wisedome for a Generall or Head to adventure himselfe in person too farre or too nakedly in a civill or common broile every wound hee receives is a wound to the cause in agitation and the danger is most which makes them cry out with the Shunamite Mine head mine head Thus The People would not let David stirre out to battle Thou shalt not goe forth now thou art worth ten thousand of us 2 Sam. 18. 3. POLICIE CLXVI How to behave ones selfe in a victory IN actions of gratulations in publike or private returne of thankes bee free and open such sweet behaviour is a tribute of chearefulnesse to the spirits of those it concernes the neglect or omission of the ceremony may decline those affections which were well disposed to you and may worke a remorse in them for their good service so ungratefully accepted God hath lighted up an example in the Sunne who shines in the face of him that created him Thus Joab stirred up David when he kept private for the death of his Sonne now therefore arise goe forth and speake comforthly unto thy Servants and the King arose and sate in the Gate 2 Sa. 19. 7 8. POLICY CLXVII Delaies in appeasing commotions dangerous IN actions of civill commotion give not the Rebels occasion for long deliberations but labour to dissolve them with speed for delaies give them leave to take breath for advantages Thus When Amasa was employed to defeat Sheba he tarried longer than the set time and David said to Abishai take thy lords Servants and pursue after least hee get him fenced Cities 2 Sam. 20. 5 6. POLICY CLXVIII Imploy those for mediatours that are in favour with Princes IN petitions and sollicits make your selfe a second with those you importune and let him bee some of grace and power where the onsets are strong the resistance is ever lesse and more weake Thus When Adoniah entreated Salomon for Abishag the Shunamite to Wife he came to Bathsheba and said speake I pray thee to Salomon the King 1 Kings 2. 16. 17. POLICIE CLXIX How to make a man cry Peccavi WHen you would rebuke any person of eminency who are most commonly supercilious to all instructions doe it by subtle personation or propounding another in the same guilt and so insinuate his owne errour and make him condemne himselfe by deputy and in the person of another Thus Nathan told not David plainly how hee had sinned but tels him a story of a poore man and a rich man and how the rich man had wronged the poore and when David was moved against the rich man Nathan said Thou art the man 2 Sam. 12. 1 2 3 5 7. POLICIE CLXX When to suspect the affection of a familiar WHen you observe any change in the countenance which hath beene familiar and smoothe to you and in a tongue which hath been free in communications and beginnes to be lesse chearfull in the conference you may suspect something either ●ll taken or intended from obstructions or stoppings in the body the Physitian can guesse at a disease in the party Thus When Absalom intended to kill Amnon because he had forced his Sister Tamar Hee spake unto his Brother neither good nor bad for he hated him 2 Sam. 13. 22. POLICIE CLXXI. What circumspection is to bee had after reconcilement AFter reconcilements be circumspect for they are often made in policie to winne you from attention and suspition of practises especially if they bee persons of state and honour who doe this for they are lesse sensible of obligations than inferiours and therefore make lesse conscience and such are like cunning Wrestlers who close with you to give you a more compleat fall Thus When David and Absalom were reconciled Absalom tooke the occasion of stealing away the Peoples hearts and oh that I were Judge 2 Sam. 15. 1 2 3 4. POLICIE CLXXII Long deliberation in the discovery of treason is dangerous WHen practises are discovered to you doe not deliberate too long before you have secured your selfe least while you are in deliberation destruction overtake you this motion is even to thinke and consider your selfe into your Enemies hand Thus When David heard Absalom was risen hee said to his Servants Arise and let us flie make speed to depart least he overtake us 2 Sam. 15. 14 15. POLICIE CLXXIII Be not too forward in carrying bad newes MAke no pretence and flourish when you have nothing of weight for you raise expectation in others and you come off with disgrace if you doe not satisfie like the picture of a Courser in an hanging that sits in a riding posture but goes no farther Thus When Ahimaaz might carry no newes Howsoever sayes he let me runne and when hee came to the King and had nothing to say turne aside sayes the King and stand here POLICY CLXXIV At reduction to honour bee mercifull not revengefull AT your induction into place or honor be kind and gracious and take not revenges then though you have power be not like the Sunne who when he reaches to the point of noone-day or houre of glory then scorches the World and the brighter hee is hee hath the more heate Thus David when Abishai asked him if his reviler Shimei should