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Or put case they escape, and rest unmasked to their lives' end, yet after their death their memory stinks as a snuff of a candle put out, and those that durst not so much as mutter against them in their lives, will prosecute their name with satires, libels, and bitter imprecations, they shall male audire in all succeeding ages, and be odious to the world's end. OR PUT CASE THEY ESCAPE AND REST UNMASKED TO THEIR LIVES END YET AFTER THEIR DEATH THEIR MEMORY STINKS AS A SNUFF OF A CANDLE PUT OUT AND THOSE THAT DURST NOT SO MUCH AS MUTTER AGAINST THEM AND THEIR LIVES WILL PROSECUTE THEIR NAMES WITH SATIRES LIBELS AND BITTER IMPRECATIONS THEY SHALL MALE ALDURATE IN ALL SUCCEEDING AGES AND BE ODIOUS TO THE WORLD'S END
times to lay violent hands on them, or else God's judgments overtake them: instead of graces, come furies. So when fair [4583]Abigail, a woman of singular wisdom, was acceptable to David, Nabal was churlish and evil-conditioned; and therefore [4584]Mordecai was received, when Haman was executed, Haman the favourite, that had his seat above the other princes, to whom all the king's servants that stood in the gates, bowed their knees and reverenced. Though they flourished many times, such hypocrites, such temporising foxes, and blear the world's eyes by flattery, bribery, dissembling their natures, or other men's weakness, that cannot so apprehend their tricks, yet in the end they will be discerned, and precipitated in a moment: surely, saith David, thou hast set them in slippery places, Psal. xxxvii. 5. as so many Sejani, they will come down to the Gemonian scales; and as Eusebius in [4585] Ammianus, that was in such authority, ad jubendum Imperatorem, be cast down headlong on a sudden. M WOULD FAIN BE RID OF THEM AND ARE COMPELLED MANY TIMES TO LAY VIOLENT HANDS ON THEM OR ELSE GOD'S JUDGMENT OVERTAKE THEM INSTEAD OF GRACES COME FURIES SO WHEN FAIR ABIGAIL A WOMAN OF SINGULAR WISDOM WAS ACCEPTABLE TO DAVID NABAL WAS JEWISH AND EVIL CONDITIONED AND THEREFORE MORDECAI WAS RECEIVED WHEN HAMAN WAS EXECUTED HAMAN THE FAVORITE THAT HAD HIS SEAT ABOVE THE OTHER PRINCES TO WHOM ALL THE KING'S SERVANTS THAT STOOD IN THE GATES BOWED THEIR KNEES IN REVERENCE THOUGH THEY FLOURISHED MANY TIMES SUCH HYPOCRITES SUCH TEMPORISING FOXES AND BLEAR THE WORLD'S EYES BY FLATTERY BRIBERY DISSEMBLING THEIR NATURES OR OTHER MEN'S WEAKNESS THAT CANNOT SO APPREHEND THEIR TRICKS YET IN THE END THEY WILL BE DISCERNED AND PRECIPITATED IN A MOMENT SURELY SAITH DAVID THOU HAST SET THEM IN SLIPPERY PLACES SOME THIRTY SEVEN FIVE AS SO MANY SAID JANI THEY WILL COME DOWN TO THE GAMONIAN SCALES AND AS EUCIBIUS IN AMMIONUS THAT WAS IN SUCH AUTHORITY AD GIBENDUM IMPROTERM BE CAST DOWN HEADLONG ON A SUDDEN
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