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Meditations and O>ferva.tions Theological!

deane. Their first beginnings are goodly and glorious but theend is not answerable. Many are hot professors and zealous intheir younger veares, but grow key-cOld in their elder yeares;therefore Socles. 7. The end is better then the beginning. Thisdeceittulnesse of men is also in their fpeciall callings.Many goodMagistrates at the first, as Saul -, and Ministers, as Judas ; butthey are best at first, like Nebuchadnezzar; image , a goldenhead, and iron and davie feete.

VII.

If a man did findc an all-sufficiency in God, he would neverturne from him, nor feeke to the creature ; Even as the Bee, ifit did finde honey enough in one flower, would not hasten coanother; but because it doth not, it goes from flower to flower.And so is the nature of man, as Solomon exprefleth it, faying*that he hafiened to outward things, that is,when he fell upon one,he found not enough in it,he made hast to another, and to ano-ther, So the nature of man if it did find fweetnesse and comfortand contentment enough in God,it would not turne from himto the creature,but because in his sense the object' is too narrow,inhere is somewhat he would have more,he lookes over the Paleas ic were, he seech something he dcsirech, and chat causeth himto stejsoqr.

l ' VIII.

Bees will endure Waspes abroad, or in other hives,but neverwillingly in their owne ^ for antipathic isaperpetuall enmitie.If the force of antipathic prevaile so farre to make an irrecon-cilable hatred, as great should be our hatred against sinnersand Gods dishonour. It is feaiefull when we can easily com-port with the wicked and digest their company and socictie.

IX.

Bees when they are weary ot the drones, having no furtheruse. of them - and fearing prejudice and future, want by theirjaurmandizing; at first shew their dislike by molesting and*

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