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God, a jealous God of his Honour. [ 1547]

VVHen the Empresse of Constantinople had let slip some words of Con∣tempt against the Valiant Narses,* 1.1 that she would make him spin amongst her Maidens, It so enraged the injur'd Captain, that he protested in his anger, he would weave such a web, as all their power should never be able to undo; And thereupon in a deep revenge brought the Lombards into Italy: Thus, if the generous, of all other injuries can least bear disgraces, can it pos∣sibly be imagined,* 1.2 but that if we speak contemptibly of Gods power, if undervaluingly of his Wisedome, if complainingly of his provisions, if murmuringly of his providence, or if impatiently of his corrections, but that we do all things that we can to dis∣grace him, and that he will be highly provoked for the same?

Notes

• * 1.1

  Cedreni An∣nales. Niceph. Gre∣gor. de Impp. Rom. lib. 6.
• * 1.2

  —Quis enim laesos impunè putaret Esse Deos? Lucan. 3.