. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . 3. 50. á which %fZ Let a Prince learn to draw Felicity, &c. Vol. Í. which are kepi in Vigor by Motion, without whichthey languiih and decay. Whence it appears farther,how erroneous we are in our Judgments of Good andEvil, fcarce ever knowing what is moft for our Advan-tage. Adveriity we look on as Rigour and Chaftife*ment, when it is really Warning and Inftruétíon. ThePrefent of Ear-rings and a Sheep, which Jobs Friendsand Relations made him, feems to in t i mate, that heihould endure all things with a patient, even Tem-per (4), and t
. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . 3. 50. á which %fZ Let a Prince learn to draw Felicity, &c. Vol. Í. which are kepi in Vigor by Motion, without whichthey languiih and decay. Whence it appears farther,how erroneous we are in our Judgments of Good andEvil, fcarce ever knowing what is moft for our Advan-tage. Adveriity we look on as Rigour and Chaftife*ment, when it is really Warning and Inftruétíon. ThePrefent of Ear-rings and a Sheep, which Jobs Friendsand Relations made him, feems to in t i mate, that heihould endure all things with a patient, even Tem-per (4), and that thofe Afflidions were precious Admo-nitions of God whiiperd in his Ear. God s affli&ingus fometimes is wonderful Mercy, and on the contraryhis Recompences are Puniíhménts ,• for by thefe heclears, as it were, the Bill of our Debts, and by pay-ing for fome of our Merits, remains Creditor to ourOffences; whereas by affli&ing us, he at once pays him*felf, and excites us to Amendment. (4) Job » Mt étír if 9 EMBLEM pH E expert and prudené Seaman is not always car-•*■ ried at the Pleafure of the Wind, but rather bythe Benefit of it, fo difpofes the Sails of his Ship, thathe arrives at the defired Port, and with the fame Windlands at which he pleafes of two oppofite Shores, with-out endangering his Voyage. But when the Heavens calm, by the help of Sails andOars he out ftrips even the Wind it felf, With no ieiiCare and Diligence the Prince ought to Steer theVeffel ofhis State in the tempeftuóus Sea of his Reign, fo atten-tively obferving all Storms that he may with Prudenceand Valour make ufe of the fame in their time and is a Pilot, to whofe Conduce the Lite and Safetyof all is committed ; nor is any Ship more hazardousthan a Crown expoíéd to fo many Wmds cf Ambition, S3 & i6o A Prince fhoulJ Sail with all Winds. Vol.!. ib many Rocks of Enemies, and Storms of People,King Sancho the Brave needed all his Induftry to armhimfelf againft
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