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his great maftcr fliall call him to reckoning he may receiue his owne with advantaofe.

��LVIII.

OIN and fliame euer goe together. He that would company of the iirft.
 * ^-^ be freed from the laft, miift be fure to fhun the

LIX.

/""^OD doth many times both reward and punifh for ^-^ one and the fame a6lion: as we fee in Jehu, he is rewarded with a kingdome to the fourth generation, for takeing veangence on the houfe of Ahab; and yet a little while (faith God), and 1 will avenge the blood of Jezerel vpon the houfe of Jehu: he was rewarded for the matter, and yet puniflied for the manner, which fliould warn him, that doth any fpeciall feruice for God, to fixe his e3"e on the command, and not on his own ends, left he meet with Jehu's reward, which will end in punifliment.

LX.

1" TE that would be content with a mean condition, -^ -*- muft not caft his eye vpon one that is in a far better eftate then himfelf, but let him look vpon him that is lower then he is, and, if he fe that fuch a one beares pouerty comfortably, it will help to quiet him; but if that will not do, let him look on his owne

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