. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . Heaven, finceit gives, as we fee, fa many real ones! * : ■ -1 (8) S*nfltus, ac reverentiw vfum, de ailit Deorum credere, quarto¡are. Tac. de Mor. Germ. (9) Neque mfi Romani Dei, nee qun Alit£more, quam parvo colerentur, T. Liv. (io) ¿¡ña externa fuperjivione^ytlefcanr. Tac. 11. Ann. CO Vol.!. Falfe Hopes dangerous. to thóíé who with a firm Faith and AíTurance expeéí:them from Divine Providence ? How can an infinitelyJuft God give fucceis to thefe Arts which ieem to callin queftion his Care and Concern for things here be-low, that
. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . Heaven, finceit gives, as we fee, fa many real ones! * : ■ -1 (8) S*nfltus, ac reverentiw vfum, de ailit Deorum credere, quarto¡are. Tac. de Mor. Germ. (9) Neque mfi Romani Dei, nee qun Alit£more, quam parvo colerentur, T. Liv. (io) ¿¡ña externa fuperjivione^ytlefcanr. Tac. 11. Ann. CO Vol.!. Falfe Hopes dangerous. to thóíé who with a firm Faith and AíTurance expeéí:them from Divine Providence ? How can an infinitelyJuft God give fucceis to thefe Arts which ieem to callin queftion his Care and Concern for things here be-low, that counterfeit his Omnipotence, and afcribe toJiim what he is not the Author of? What certaintyin Religion can the People promiie themfelves, 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 isjpertainly very uníate, that is cloakd with Fraud, veryWeak and tottering, that is fupported by contri-vance. v*A6 %o% Ve EMBLEM PRudence is the Rule and Meafure of Virtues, without that theíé degenerate into Vices. Whereforas other Virtues have theirs in the Appetite, this has itrefidence in the Intellect, from thence prefiding ovethem all. Agatbo calls it a great Goddeis. This itwhich conftitutes the three Forms of GovernmentMonarchy, Ariftocracy, and Democracy, and affig!each of them their Parts conformed to the Subjeéts Niture, having its Eyes always intent upon their Preíavation as the principal end of Politicks. Prudencis the States Anchor, the Princes Compafs. Wherthis Virtue fails, the very Soul of Government is warning. 7ar thisy (fays King Alphonfus ) which makes Ifee things as thy are, and judge what thsy may be, tnakmm aft {herein decently, without Tumult and Trecipitatm \ío\. I. A Prince fbould have refpeft to, &c. iaj TU the peculiar Virtue of Princes (i), and that whichibove all others renders a Man compleat, whichnakes Nature fo Ip
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