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a £)cfcn'pti'on of litjfttg Cteatute^. ©5 
Ele^hmts ; as Htrodtt»s^[v\ his firft Book, and 7. 
Chap, gtveth inftances of more at large. 
13. Hsrfes and Dogs are true and cbnftantto 
their Mailers, unlefs they grow mad ; which love 
is greatly increafed by making much of them ;aio , 
better way to make a \iorfe mild and gentle, than 
to forbear ftriking of him as much as you can ; for 
he will do that by fair means , which he will 
not do with the Spur and Whip ; thefe are the fe- 
veral properties of the tlorfe ; we come now, ac- 
cording to our method, to draw fome corrolaries 
from him • we might compare him to Souldiers , 
but I lhall fpeak to that place, Zach. i. 8. 1 farv 
hj nighty and hehold a man riding tiponared Horfe . 
and he flood among the Myrtle trees th^wsre in t be 
bottom j and behind him were reit Horfes fpeckjed and 
white I then [aid I y O my Lardy what are thefe} and 
the Angel that talked with me faidy I will Jhew thee 
what thefe be ; and the man that flood among the Myr- 
tle Trees anfwered and fatd, thefe are they whom the 
Lord hath fent to walk.to and fro through the Earth ; 
To this agreeth that of the Brophet Habakkjtk^y 
Chap. 3. 8. That thou dldfl ride^pon thy Horfes y 
and thy Chariots of Salvation - in which places the 
Apoflles and all MiniBers are compared to Horfesy 
'on whom Chrift rideth through the Earth to the e- 
tenial falvation of the World ; many good 
rences might be drawn from the Nature of this A- 
nimal ; I fhall mention but few of them. 
I. As carry burthens and packs intofe- 
veral Countries ; thus the MiniBers'^tt^ich the 
©ofpel throughout the Earth. 
2. As 
