POLICY CLXXVIII. Flatterers are dangerous to Prin∣ces.
IN consultations and delibera∣tions about great attempts, bee not too credulous, especially if you discerne their advices and suffrages encline to that part
The practice of policie in a Christian life taught from the Scriptures / written by I. Saltmarshe ...
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- The practice of policie in a Christian life taught from the Scriptures / written by I. Saltmarshe ...
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- Saltmarsh, John, d. 1647.
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- London :: Printed by E.G. for Samuel Endarby and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Starre in Popes head alley,
- 1639.
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"The practice of policie in a Christian life taught from the Scriptures / written by I. Saltmarshe ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A11380.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 20, 2024.
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you discover your selfe disposed, for men are naturally prone ra∣ther to bend in placency to∣wards their superiours humours, than to minister any sowre con∣tradictions.
Thus,
When the King of Israel enqui∣red of the Prophets if hee should warre against Ramoth-Gilead, they said, as he inclined, goe up, but for Michaiah who alwayes prophesied truly to the King, I hate him, sayes he,
1 Kings 22. 6, 7, 8.