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thtaij and then taking only the hinder parts of 
them : this may be a fit reprefentation of thole 
who io delight in fcandalizing and reproaching 
thei ; e.ghbour. Too great multitudes of Frogs 
art thought, by fome, to portend, an unhappy year : 
thus it is with thefe men who alwaies breed com- 
motions, and are the proihoters of diflentions and 
divifions, If Frogs do croak more than ordinarilyj 
it Iheweth the change of weather ; thus, when 
wicked men flourifli, and profper, it is but a bad 
omen of fome alteration for the worfe. Frogs are 
not fenfible of the flings of Bees; lo great and 
high are men in their wickednefs, that reproofs 
and advices will do them no good. 
croak only in warm water, but make no 
noife at all in cold watenthus wicked men are well 
enough while in a profperous condition ; bur, when 
once affliaion cometh, then they cannot bear it. 
F-ev. 16 . 13 . And,^ faro three unclean ffir its like 
Frogs come out of the mouth of the Dragon ; that is, 
Heretick* proceeding out of the mouth o’f Sathan^ 
fuch as were formerly the Monkjt and at this day 
t\xQ jefuites-^ho,by all their reafonings and difpu- 
tations, do only endeavour to maintain the 
Supremacjyaxii his power over all other men what- 
foever. i . If one were to judge of the bignefs of a 
Frog by the noife that it made, and did not fee it, 
wefhouldbereadyto conclude that it was fome 
large beaft: ignorant people, at firfl, ti^at do not 
examine their arguments, and bring them to the 
touchftone of the Scripture, ready prefently to 
conclude their arguments un^fwerable, when, in- 
, deed. 
