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ih/tt telleth lies fhallnot tarry in my fight, AnJ 
though a Lyon be fometimes very fierce, yet he is 
then fo noble and generous * that he will fpare 
thofe who crouch to him ; fo it is policy in Prior 
ses to be ready to forgive, according to that di 
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to fpare th$ humblej and to Bring down the proud • 
and as Lyons fleep but very little, fo all Rulers 
ought to be vigilant and watchful, Homer feems 
to intimate to us. 
» Xf ^ Trotvvu'xtov Kexfiv^tvov d’vS'pol, i. e. 
It is not fit for a Governour to fleep much,* and 
therefore it is that the Ancients have given a Lyon 
in the Arms of Princes, to (hew that they ought 
to be pitiful and merciful, towards their fubjefts ; 
yet alfo juft arid impartial to all malefaftors and 
offenders ; therefore compareth the wrath 
of a King td the roaring of zLyon^ Pro. 20- a. 
The wrath of a King is as the roaring of a Lyon , 
whofo yrovoketh him to anger finneth againfi his own 
foal j and we find it prophefied by- Joely chap. a. 
lo, concerning God, That he fi)all utter his voice 
as a Lyon ; thus Chrifi is called the Lyon of the 
Tribe of Jaiah y Rev. 5. 5. fo the Tribe of J«r 
is called a Lyony and a Lyons whelpy Gen. 49. 9, 
So called becaufe it was fuch a fetled and ftrong 
Government, which, continued even untill Chrids 
time, and was then the moft famous Government 
in the whole World;, and although they had feve- 
tal Kings and Judge>, famous, for, power and wif- 
ddm, yetCArii? by way of-efifmencyis called the 
