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A29659 The remains of Sir Fulk Grevill Lord Brooke being poems of monarchy and religion : never before printed. Greville, Fulke, Baron Brooke, 1554-1628. 1670 (1670) Wing B4900; ESTC R350 71,163 212

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but_o rather_o vice_n make_v art_n of_o tyranny_n 157._o for_o majesty_n than_o sink_v when_o private_a vice_n be_v not_o keep_v servant_n to_o the_o public_a state_n but_o rather_o crown_n with_o common_a prejudice_n subject_v base_o to_o their_o vice_n fate_n because_o of_o consequence_n than_o power_n must_v serve_v they_o in_o all_o thing_n that_o observe_v their_o lust._n 158._o wise_a solomon_n be_v take_v in_o this_o net_n when_o those_o strange_a woman_n which_o bewitch_v his_o mind_n by_o it_o a_o powerful_a government_n do_v get_v to_o wave_v his_o own_o faith_n and_o seduce_v mankind_n for_o which_o vice_n if_o his_o heir_n do_v loose_v the_o throne_n it_o prove_v disorder_n never_o go_v alone_o 159._o again_o as_o tyrant_n be_v eclipse_v by_o this_o so_o fall_v the_o sceptre_n when_o it_o bankrupt_a grow_v in_o common_a fame_n which_o nature_n trumpet_n be_v defect_n for_o ever_o find_v scorn_n below_o for_o reputation_n airy_a though_o it_o be_v yet_o be_v the_o beauty_n of_o authority_n 160._o which_o to_o improve_v strong_a prince_n must_v despise_v all_o art_n that_o blemish_n birth_n place_n courage_n worth_n for_o tyrant_n unto_o man_n than_o sacrifice_v their_o throne_n when_o inward_a error_n they_o show_v forth_o which_o curious_o the_o wise_a have_v ever_o use_v to_o keep_v conceal_v well_o balance_v or_o excuse_v 161._o such_o be_v extortion_n cruelty_n oppression_n covetousness_n endless_a anger_n or_o displeasure_n neglect_v or_o scorn_v of_o person_n or_o profession_n pride_n baseness_n rudeness_n vain_a expense_n of_o treasure_n all_o which_o like_o number_n multiply_v by_o place_n do_v in_o the_o man_n the_o monarchy_n disgrace_n 162._o dissolve_v due_a respect_n and_o reverence_n which_o gentle_a reins_n in_o active_a prince_n hand_n give_v such_o restraint_n or_o latitude_n to_o sense_n as_o with_o the_o end_n of_o government_n best_o stand_v and_o who_o let_v fall_v these_o please_a inward_a tie_n must_v either_o fall_v in_o state_n or_o tyrannize_v 163._o let_v rehoboam_n then_o in_o all_o his_o way_n avoid_v young_a council_n which_o inflame_v the_o heart_n and_o so_o on_o ruin_n power_n foundation_n lay_v in_o which_o light_a youth_n have_v still_o the_o chief_a part_n their_o wit_n be_v force_n the_o old_a man_n force_n be_v wit_n and_o then_o for_o throne_n let_v no_o man_n judge_v what_o be_v fit_a 164._o but_o above_o all_o such_o action_n as_o may_v bring_v his_o faith_n in_o doubt_n a_o strong_a prince_n must_v eschew_v because_o it_o do_v concern_v a_o boundless_a king_n to_o keep_v his_o word_n and_o contract_n steady_a true_a his_o grant_n entire_a grace_n not_o undermine_v as_o if_o both_o truth_n and_o power_n have_v but_o one_o mind_n 165._o what_o do_v it_o profit_v that_o great_a charles_n the_o fist_n to_o traffic_v with_o the_o proud_a simplicity_n of_o german_a prince_n by_o unprincely_a shift_n misletterd_a writ_n a_o conclave_n subtlety_n since_o ill_a fate_n then_o and_o ever_o do_v befall_v that_o break_a faith_n aspirer_n work_v withal_o 166._o the_o precept_n of_o lysander_n to_o beguile_v child_n with_o toy_n and_o man_n with_o perfidy_n record_v himself_o by_o this_o infamous_a wile_n to_o be_v their_o tutor_n in_o malignity_n who_o since_o conclude_v that_o perjury_n no_o sin_n which_o by_o equivocation_n enter_v in_o 167._o a_o vice_n so_o hateful_a never_o as_o when_o it_o borrow_v the_o veil_n of_o justice_n for_o deceit_n hollow_a tiberius_n play_v not_o with_o his_o wit_n but_o to_o give_v his_o false_a practice_n better_a weight_n hence_o sacred_a virgin_n be_v to_o be_v defile_v by_o hangman_n first_o to_o have_v the_o law_n beguile_v 168._o the_o poet_n show_v what_o credit_n with_o these_o god_n truth_n have_v by_o sacred_a oath_n of_o stygian_a lake_n the_o heavy_a doom_n and_o still_o torment_a rod_n which_o they_o reserve_v sor_n they_o that_o swear_v and_o break_v and_o free_v from_o pain_n if_o these_o power_n can_v not_o be_v what_o shall_v we_o think_v of_o tyrant_n blasphemy_n 169._o do_v tantalus_n belove_v of_o jupiter_n with_o his_o own_o nectar_n and_o ambrosia_n nurse_v or_o battus_n painless_a in_o perjure_v err_v when_o tantalus_n in_o hell_n see_v store_n and_o starve_v which_o senseless_a battus_n for_o a_o touchstone_n serve_v 170._o thus_o see_v we_o how_o all_o time_n all_o sort_n of_o faith_n some_o by_o the_o cloud_n of_o feign_a transformation_n other_o by_o humane_a censure_n unto_o death_n and_o some_o by_o heavy_a doom_n of_o discreation_n to_o keep_v truth_n sacred_a careful_o have_v seek_v without_o which_o no_o society_n be_v aught_o 171._o therefore_o let_v power_n in_o her_o deliberation_n take_v time_n and_o care_n before_o she_o undertake_v that_o she_o a_o equal_a princely_a calculation_n of_o wealth_n strength_n title_n fear_n and_o hope_n may_v make_v because_o if_o tyrant_n there_o poise_v all_o thing_n right_a to_o do_v or_o to_o forbear_v it_o give_v they_o light_a 172._o the_o pain_n be_v no_o 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which_o infinite_a those_o heart_n desire_v to_o please_v while_o to_o the_o world_n they_o leave_v her_o wickedness_n sect_n and_o division_n can_v here_o arise_v where_o every_o man_n in_o god_n be_v only_o wise_a 101._o can_v it_o then_o be_v a_o doctrine_n of_o despair_n to_o use_v the_o word_n or_o council_n of_o our_o god_n as_o they_o stand_v in_o he_o though_o they_o seem_v severe_a health_n of_o the_o choose_a be_v the_o lose_v child_v rod._n though_o flesh_n can_v believe_v yet_o god_n be_v true_a and_o only_o know_v where_o he_o create_v a_o new_a 102._o thing_n possible_a with_o man_n be_v yet_o in_o question_n god_n power_n gift_n will_n here_o faith_n true_a base_n be_v all_o medium_n else_o be_v but_o the_o sin_n suggestion_n the_o mover_n only_o make_v our_o nature_n free_a faith_n and_o obedience_n he_o that_o ask_v gives_z and_o without_o these_o god_n spirit_n never_o live_v 103._o again_o in_o this_o strange_a war_n this_o wilderness_n these_o egypt_n brick-kills_a from_o our_o straw_n deprive_v god_n ever_o lively_a do_v himself_n express_v help_v be_v here_o from_o heavenly_a power_n derive_v affliction_n of_o the_o spirit_n make_v man_n true_a glass_n to_o show_v he_o god_n bring_v what_o he_o will_v to_o pass_v 104._o now_o in_o this_o fight_n wherein_o the_o man_n despair_n between_o the_o sin_n and_o his_o regeneration_n faith_n upon_o credit_n never_o take_v her_o heir_n god_n wonder_v in_o we_o work_v her_o adoration_n who_o from_o the_o heaven_n send_v his_o grace_n down_o to_o work_v the_o same_o obedience_n he_o will_v crown_v 105._o this_o lead_v we_o to_o our_o saviour_n who_o no_o more_o do_v ask_v then_o he_o enable_v we_o to_o do_v the_o rest_n he_o free_v and_o take_v upon_o his_o score_n faith_n and_o obedience_n only_o bind_v we_o to_o all_o other_o latitude_n be_v flesh_n and_o devil_n to_o stain_v our_o knowledge_n and_o enlarge_v our_o evil_n 106._o offer_v these_o truth_n to_o power_n will_v she_o obey_v it_o prune_v her_o pomp_n perchance_o plough_v up_o the_o root_n it_o pride_n of_o tyrant_n humour_n do_v allay_v make_v god_n their_o lord_n and_o cast_v they_o at_o his_o foot_n this_o truth_n they_o can_v wave_v yet_o will_v not_o do_v and_o fear_v to_o know_v because_o that_o bind_v they_o too_o 107._o show_v these_o to_o art_n those_o riddle_n of_o the_o sin_n which_o error_n first_o create_v and_o then_o inherit_v this_o light_n consume_v those_o mist_n they_o flourish_v in_o at_o once_o deprive_v their_o glory_n and_o their_o merit_n those_o mortal_a form_n mould_v of_o humane_a error_n dissolve_v themselves_o by_o look_v in_o this_o mirror_n 108._o show_v it_o to_o law_n god_n law_n the_o true_a foundation_n prove_v how_o they_o build_v up_o earth_n and_o loose_v the_o heaven_n give_v thing_n eternal_a mortal_a limitation_n o're-ruling_a he_o from_o who_o their_o law_n be_v give_v god_n law_n be_v right_a just_a wise_a and_o so_o will_v make_v we_o man_n captious_a divers_a false_a and_o so_o they_o take_v we_o 109._o show_v it_o the_o outward_a church_n strange_a speculation_n for_o that_o hypocrisy_n to_o see_v the_o life_n they_o that_o sell_v god_n for_o earthly_a estimation_n be_v here_o divorce_v from_o that_o adulterous_a wife_n for_o this_o truth_n teach_v mankind_n to_o despise_v they_o while_o god_n more_o just_o for_o his_o own_o deny_v they_o 110._o offer_v these_o truth_n to_o flesh_n in_o general_n god_n in_o his_o power_n and_o truth_n they_o do_v confess_v but_o want_v of_o faith_n that_o venom_n of_o their_o fall_n despair_n to_o undergo_v his_o righteousness_n they_o think_v god_n good_a and_o so_o his_o mercy_n trust_v yet_o hold_v good_a life_n impossible_a to_o dust_n 111._o only_o that_o little_a flock_n god_n own_o elect_a who_o live_v in_o the_o world_n yet_o of_o it_o be_v not_o god_n be_v the_o wealth_n will_n empire_n they_o affect_v his_o law_n their_o wisdom_n for_o the_o rest_n they_o care_v not_o among_o all_o flood_n this_o ark_n be_v still_o preserve_v storm_n of_o the_o world_n be_v for_o she_o own_o reserve_v 112._o for_o their_o sake_n god_n do_v give_v restrain_v grace_n to_o his_o see_a church_n and_o to_o the_o heathen_a too_o set_v sin_n her_o latitude_n of_o time_n and_o place_n that_o only_o she_o she_o own_o may_v still_o undo_v and_o where_o the_o sin_n be_v free_a to_o all_o as_o one_o he_o binds_z temptation_n to_o preserve_v his_o own_o 113._o so_o as_o though_o still_o in_o wilderness_n they_o live_v as_o go_v from_o egypt_n suffer_v israel_n care_n yet_o food_n and_o clothes_n that_o wear_v not_o out_o he_o give_v of_o they_o that_o hate_v they_o they_o preserve_v be_v this_o grace_n restrain_v bound_n the_o hypocrite_n who_o ravine_n else_o may_v spoil_v the_o world_n of_o light_n 114._o then_o man_n rest_n on_o this_o feel_n from_o above_o plant_v thou_o thy_o faith_n on_o this_o celestial_a way_n the_o world_n be_v make_v for_o use_n god_n be_v for_o love_n sorrow_n for_o sin_n knowledge_n but_o to_o 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