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                                                                      			        SECRESY
                                                                      
                                                                      	Hence, "ever a fool when he holdeth his peace is counted
                                                                      wise"  17, 28
                                                                      Counsel in[s] the heart of a man is like deep water, but a
                                                                      man of understanding will draw it out  20 5.
                                                                          6.	The secresy of Divine working:  It is the glory of God
                                                                      to concea. a thing:  but the honour of kings is to search
                                                                      out a matter, 25, 2.
                                                                          7.	The Secresy of Kings, "The heaven for height and the
                                                                      earth for depth, and the heart of Kings is unsearchable" 25
                                                                      3.
                                                                          8.	The secresy of Prudence.  "Debate thy cause with thy
                                                                      neighbour himself and discover not a secret to another,
                                                                      lest he that heareth it[s] put thee to shame;  25, 9, 10
                                                                          9.	The secresy of Love, should be directly opposed to (3) of
                                                                      Hatred:  "Open rebuke is better than secret love", 27 5
                                                                         10.	The Secresy of Sin, "He that covereth his sins should not
                                                                      prosper, but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them, shall
                                                                      find mercy.
                                                                               There are four kind of Secresy or Reserve which are praise-
                                                                      worthy
                                                                      1st.   Reserve concerning our neighbours faults, (2)
                                                                      	2nd.  Reserve of our Knowledge or Counsel or Purpose (5)
                                                                                          (1)
                                                                      	3rd.  Reserve in our strifes (8)
                                                                      	4th.  Reserve in our emotions (4)
                                                                      	Of these the Second kind and the fourth are not so much
                                                                      praised as   vid p 65

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