To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/ for more information.
* 1.1 There is a commonwealth of men, in their owne eyes, the most of all other refined from the vulgar, and their interest of grea∣ter concernment then all else▪ and yet of all others, if wanting would be least missed. They are not on∣ly like Aesops Flies, in that buz∣zing about the wheels of all af∣faires they fancy to themselves what a dust they raise: but like his
B••etle too, which made Iupiter let fall the Eagles egges out of his lappe. They boast between them∣selves great security, and cry with Nero; 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, yea while they live; they feare nought: and yet their Basis rests on things more uncertaine and fleeting than the aire and that is but Chimara's and fancies. To be serious with them a little, I feare none are more hardly perswaded to be Christians: For pride, vaine glo∣ry; and contempt of others (those stiffe Opposites to humbling grace) though I dare not affirme them strict Proprieties to that so∣ciety, yet I wish they did not ap∣peare Accidents allmost insepera∣ble. Besides, how farre is he from cure that hath not one eye open to see his disease, and will as soon almost deny his Creed as believe those that can discerne better?
Give them a serious exhortation or reproofe, they returne you backe againe, in a scoffe, the sa∣lutation of Grave and Wise. And if you labour to answer them ac∣cording to their foolishnesse, you must expect but worse language 'Tis the first rudiment of that professi∣on, Never to acknowledg a fault: and they would have it their Pri∣viledge, that none should dare tell them of any. Howbeit if any man be se bold, it would be a sin im∣pardonable by the Company, to let him scape unpunish'd; nay, I warrant you, if words could wound, the man should bleed to death. Being such untractable subjects I leave them to God who is best able to deale with them▪
Obs: 9.