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THE SPEACH OF THE KIRK OF SCOTLAND TO HER BELOVED CHILDREN.
HEu, heu Domine Deus, quia ipsi sunt in per∣secutione tuâ primi, qui videntur in Ecclesia tua primatum diligere, gerere principatum; impe∣dire salutem est persequi Saluatorem.
Bernard.
Alace Alace ô Lord God, for they are cheesest in thy persecution, who love the first and chief places and to bear rule: to stay the course of salvation is to persecute the Savi∣our.
Bernard.
SImplicitas amentia, malitia sapientia nomen habet, viri{que} boni us{que} adeo irridentur, ut fere nullus qui irrideri possit, appareat.
Petrarch.
Simplicitie now carieth the name of mad∣nes, malice the name of wisdome, and good men are so derided, that almost no man can be found to be derided.
Petrarch.
Imprinted in the yere 1620.