. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . odigies ofHeaven, finceit gives, as we fee, fo many real ones (8) S(m8ins% ac reverent?/* vifum, de allii Deorum credere, qttamfare. Tac. de Mor. Germ. {9) Ñeque mfi Romani Vet, nee quo altomore, quam parvo colerenturt T. Üy. (10) £>uia extern* fuperjtitionesvalefiant,Tac,*!• Ann, • . to Vol.!. Falfe Hopes dangerous. %o\ to thofe who with a firm Faith and Aflurance expe&them from Divine Providence ? How can an infinitelyJuft God give fucceis to thefe Arts which feem to callin queftion his Care and Concern for things here be-low, th
. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . odigies ofHeaven, finceit gives, as we fee, fo many real ones (8) S(m8ins% ac reverent?/* vifum, de allii Deorum credere, qttamfare. Tac. de Mor. Germ. {9) Ñeque mfi Romani Vet, nee quo altomore, quam parvo colerenturt T. Üy. (10) £>uia extern* fuperjtitionesvalefiant,Tac,*!• Ann, • . to Vol.!. Falfe Hopes dangerous. %o\ to thofe who with a firm Faith and Aflurance expe&them from Divine Providence ? How can an infinitelyJuft God give fucceis to thefe Arts which feem to callin queftion his Care and Concern for things here be-low, that counterfeit his Omnipotence, and afcribe tohim what he is not the Author of ? What certaintyin Religion can the People promife themferves, if theyfee it wrefted to ferve the particular Ends of Princes,and that tis nothing but a Veil with which they covertheir Defigns, and give Truth the lye? That Policy iscertainly very unfafe, that is cloakd with Fraud, veryweak and tottering, that is fupported by contri*vanee. EM* Voir. XXVI IT. ■2d. Q^ftt PRudence is the Rule and Meafure of Virtues, with-out that thefe degenerate into Vices. Whereforeás other Virtues have theirs in the Appetite, this has itsreiidence in the Intellect, from thence prefiding overthem all. Agatho calls it a great Goddefs. This it iswhich conftitutes the three Forms of Government,Monarchy, Ariftocracy, and Democracy, and affignseach of them their Parts conformed to the Subje&s Na-ture, having its Eyes always intent upon their Prefer-vation as the principal end of Politicks. Prudenceis the States Anchor, the Princes Compaís. Wherethis Virtue fails, the very Soul of Government is want-ing. Tis this, ( fays King Alphonfus ) which makes usfee things as they are, and judge what they may be, makingus att therein decently , without Tumult and Precipitation. Tis Vol. I. A Prince fhould have refpecl to, &c. the peculiar Virtue of Princes (r), and that whichabove all others renders a Man comple
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